2018-2019 Lesson 24: 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:

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  1. TECHNIQUE

    1. LH Chromatic fingering

    2. Root / Tonic - the first degree of the scale. A major scale, the root and tonic are A

    3. Bass - the lowest note of the chord.

    4. Fingering for Tonic Triads

      1. Root - RH 1, 3, 5 - LH, 5, 3, 1

      2. !st Inversion - RH, 1, 2, 5 - LH, 5, 3, 1

      3. 2nd Inversion - RH, 1, 3, 5 - LH, 5, 2, 1

    5. Articulation for Tonic Triads - broken

      1. Apply one phrase to the entire exercise

  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

  4. Repertoire

    1. Prokofiev Op. 65 No. 10

      1. NFRPE to learn hands together to m. 26

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

      1. Start to practice with the metronome. m.m. 112 is your final tempo. Practice at m.m. 96, 100, 104, 108 and 112

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

      1. Start to learn hands alone after your Prokoifiev assignment.

HOLD

  1. 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