2018-2019 Lesson 21: Jenny Wang

* = Assignment is a priority for the following week

** = Assignment was not prepared two weeks in-a-row

Repertoire Goals

Etudes

1. Burgmuller Op. 100 No. 5 Innocence

2. Burgmuller Op. 100 No. 7 Le Courant Limpide

3. Burgmuller Op. 100 No. 8 La Gracieuse

4. Burgmuller Op. 100 No. 9 La Chasse

5. Burgmuller Op. 100 No. 11 La Bergeronnette

Lesson Assignments:

1. RCM Repertoire Level 1

   1. List A: German Dance

   2. List B:

   3. Etude: Celebration

2. Practice Tools

   1. Close Loud

      1. With each note, keep your fingers close to the keyboard and pop your wrist up to help release the tension created when you hit the key with force!

   2. Rhythms (Long, short, short, Long, short, short. etc.)

      1. The long notes are strong like “close loud,” and the short notes are light and played as quickly as possible, THINKING about going to the next long note.

   3. Accent Practice

      1. Accent one note in a group and practice alternating the note that receives the accent.

   4. Staccato Practice

   5. Double Note Practice

   6. Slo-Mo Practice

3. Technique (do first each practice session)

   1. Hanon No. 3

      1. Close Loud

      2. Accent Practice (every other note)

      3. Sprint practice

   2. Scales: HS, 2 Octaves:

   3. Scales: HT, 2 Octaves: Contrary Motion

   4. Scales: HS, Chromatic

      1. CLOSE LOUD

      2. STACCATO

      3. LEGATO (don't let your wrist drop on finger 1)

         1. C, G, Major

            1. RH Fingering: 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

            2. LH Fingering: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1

         2. F Major

            1. RH Fingering: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4 (RH finger 4 is always on B-flat)

            2. LH Fingering: (traditional) (LH 4th finger is always on G)

         3. A, E, D Minor (natural and harmonic)

            1. Harmonic scale: means to raise the 7th degree of the scale by a half step.

4. Repertoire

   1. Prokofiev Op. 65 No. 10

      1. Use your NFRPE chart to learn up to m. 9 (at least) hands together.

   2. Burgmuller Op. 100 No. “The Limped Stream”

      1. Use all the practice tools you know (listed above) to get the RH smooth and fingers close to the keys.

   3. Tchaikovsky Op. 39 No. 9 “Waltz”

      1. HOLD

5. **Reading

   1. Lesson & Musicianship 2B

   2. **Solos 2

      1. PREPARE: pages 38-39 - careful of the rhythm.

   3. Czerny No.

On Hold:

Lesson & Musicianship 2B

1. Left off on page 30

2. BARTOK: Mikrokosmos (no assignment)

   1. PREPARE: No. 8 next time

3. Basic Rhythmic Training (no assignment)

   1. PREPARE: 65-66 Be able to ta and conduct.

4. Four Star, Sight-reading and Ear Tests (no assignment)

   1. DUSTIN BRING SETS 8-10

   2. Prep B: Set 7

5. Solfege - (no assignment)

   1. Chapter 8 - left off

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**REVIEW - once a week with your music. The "*" means we've heard it.

1. Toccatina by Kabalevsky

2. Andante in G Minor by Telemann (L. 1)

3. *Haydn German Dance in D Major (L. 1)

4. *Hopscotch by Boris Berlin (L. 1 Etude)

5. *Celebration by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1 Etude)

6. *A Swinging Leprechaun by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 1 Etude)

7. Etude in C Major by Félix Le Couppey (L. 1 Etude)

8. Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

9. *Distant Chimes by Jon George

10. Gavotte in C by Telemann

11. *Pantomime by Faber

12. Curious Cat by Teresa Richert (Prep A)

13. Baby Kangaroo (12/7/17)

14. Teeter-Totter by Dale Reubart (Prep A)

15. Dmitri Kabalevsky: Marching Op. 39 No. 3 (Prep A)

16. *Let's Waltz by Elvina Pearce (Prep A)

THEORY (no assignment)

1.  Music Theory for Young Children 3 (no assignment)

   1. Left off at page 34 (scale theory)

Performance Class: TWO

1. Sunday, February 11, 2018

   1. Celebration

   2. Swinging Leprechaun

   3. Hopscotch