Level 5 Piano - Confirmation No. 7/3 9 am
🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)
At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:
N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)
✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.
Step-by-Step Practice Flow
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.
“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:
✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.
Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing the spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.
🔧 Troubleshooting Tips
🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:
Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Musicianship & Technique
💚Celebrate piano level 2 repertoire
Start from p. 4
Sight-read 8 measures at a time (repeat the same 8 measures if necessary).
Two 8 measure chunks per practice session.
Raise your tempo each time if it’s at a fast tempo.
PLEASE KEEP A STEADY BEAT AND PLAY THROUGH MISTAKES.
Finished Celebrate PIano Lesson & Musicianship 3 on December 12, 2024
💚Four Star Sight-reading & Ear Tests Level 5 (IN NEWZIK)
(Approx. 3-5 min each practice session)
Go back to the beginning of level 5 Four Start and sight-read three per day.
Focus on sight-reading. Do them at least three times each correcting your mistakes between tries.
Interval recognition: good
💛Level 5 RCM Technique (5-10 min daily)
Use metronome: with and without for each item.
Rotate through each item (all items).
Remember some of the fingerings are a bit off.
💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 5
Prepare pages 1-3
Repertoire
💚A Summer Day by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 5, Etude)
💛Joyous Etude by Melody Bober (b. 1955) (L. 5, Etude)
Correct the pink and any remaining pen - they will say something about measure 15.
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by Johann Sebastian Bach (L. 5, A)
💚Sonatina in G Major op. 168 no. 2 by Anton Diabelli (L. 5, B)
💚The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5, C)
practice once a day with 💛m.m. 92
Mice on Venus from Minecraft, arr. Sam Hodgkinson (P. Choice)
List C: Foggy Day Blues by Mike Springer (L. 4, C)
Etude 1: Etude in E Minor, op. 65, no. 42 by Loeschhorn (L. 4, Etude)
Solitude by Joyce Grill (b. 1936) (L. 4, Etude)
Level 4, Practical Test: May 29, 2024
List A: Minuet in G Major by J. S. Bach
List B: Sonatina in F Major, op. 168 no. 1 “Moderato cantabile” by Anton Diabelli
List C: Foggy Day Blues by Mike Springer
Etude 1: Etude in E Minor, op. 65, no. 42 by Loeschhorn
Etude 2: Solitude by Joyce Grill
Level 3, Practical Test: June 2023 ( score of 87)
List A: J. S. Bach, Polonaise in F Minor, BWV Anh. 119 (L. 3, A)
List B: Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 by Albert Biehl (L. 3, B)
List C: Wild Mignonette, Op. 205 No. 1 by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901) (L. 3, C)
Etude: Burgmuller, Op. 100 No. 2, L’Arabesque (Etude, L. 3)
Etude: Prelude VII by Barbara Arens (b. 1960) (L. 3, Etude)