October 2, 2023

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Newzik Project Link

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Assignment 1

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE MAKE A COMMENT IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW. WRITE WHAT YOU DID AND FOR HOW LONG.


Assignment 2

Note Speed: Level 4

  1. Set the piano metronome to m.m. 50 to 60 (60 is the goal).

  2. Place a card on the music stand every two ticks.

  3. Daniel must say and play the names of the cards out loud before two ticks is up!

  4. Keep placing cards down at the rate above, even if the name of the note is not said correctly.

Assignment 3

Four Start Sight-reading and Ear Tests: Level 1

  1. Prepare Review Set 2 (found in Newzik)

    1. Read the instructions in red in your PDF

Assignment 4

Witches and Wizards.

  1. measures 1-4: 3 times correctly every day, FINGERING.

  2. measures 5-8: 3 times correctly every day, FINGERING.

  3. measures 9-12: 3 times correctly every day, FINGERING, hand POSITION.

  4. measures 13-17: 3 times correctly every day, FINGERING, hand POSITION.

  5. measures 18-End: 3 times correctly every day, FINGERING, hand POSITION.



😐Rest of 2023 Repertoire

  1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1)

  2. Etude in D Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L 2)

  3. Crazy Comics by Christine Donkin (L. 2)

  4. Trumpet Blues by Christopher Norton (L. 2)

  5. Witches and Wizards by Christine Donkin (L. 3)

  6. Wasps by Jason Noble (L. 3)

  7. Sidewalk Chalk by Christine Donkin (L. 5)

  8. Into the Waves by Linda Niamath (L. 1)

  9. The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5)

  10. Sunset in Rio by Mike Springer (L. 5)

September 25, 2023

Blog Access: www.GledhillArtsCollectieve.com

Newzik Access: www.Newzik.com

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  • Education123!


🧐= Prepare for your lesson

😐= Don’t need to prepare


Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC19zRGXVheSn

🧐EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE MAKE A COMMENT IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW. WRITE WHAT YOU DID AND FOR HOW LONG.


🧐Note Speed: Level 4

  1. Lay out 8-9 cards on the music stand

  2. Say and play as fast as you can

  3. Repeat the above steps until you’ve gone through the entire deck.

  1. 🧐Four Start Sight-reading and Ear Tests: Level 1

    1. Prepare Review Set 1 (found in Newzik)


😐Witches and Wizards.

  1. 😐measures 1-4: 3 times correctly every day, FINGERING.

  2. 😐measures 5-8: 3 times correctly every day, FINGERING.

  3. 😐measures 9-12: 3 times correctly every day, FINGERING, hand POSITION.

    1. SET YOUR METRONOME TO 120 = 8TH NOTE BEFORE YOU TOUCH THE KEYS.

  4. 🧐FINISH LEARNING THE REST OF THE PIECE! Remember to learn the correct fingering or we will need to fix it again next week.



😐Rest of 2023 Repertoire

  1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1)

  2. Etude in D Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L 2)

  3. Crazy Comics by Christine Donkin (L. 2)

  4. Trumpet Blues by Christopher Norton (L. 2)

  5. Witches and Wizards by Christine Donkin (L. 3)

  6. Wasps by Jason Noble (L. 3)

  7. Sidewalk Chalk by Christine Donkin (L. 5)

  8. Into the Waves by Linda Niamath (L. 1)

  9. The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5)

  10. Sunset in Rio by Mike Springer (L. 5)

September 18, 2023

Blog Access: www.GledhillArtsCollectieve.com

Newzik Access: www.Newzik.com

  • Natalie.zador@yahoo.com (username)

  • Education123!

🧐= Prepare for your lesson

😐= Don’t need to prepare

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC19zRGXVheSn

🧐EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE MAKE A COMMENT IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW. WRITE WHAT YOU DID AND FOR HOW LONG.

🧐Note Speed: Level 2 & 3 mixed

  1. Lay out 8-9 cards on the music stand

  2. Say and play as fast as you can

  3. Repeat the above steps until you’ve gone through the entire deck.

🧐Witches and Wizards.

  1. One measure at a time: LEARN MEASURES 1-13

    1. FINGERING: you must play all the correct fingering.

    2. KEY SIGNATURE: The sharps and flats at the beginning of each system (line). Every note is sharped or flatted that’s int he key signature.

    3. REGISTER: Double check which part of the keyboard is correct. The SYMBOLS of treble clef and bass clef tell us.

    4. METRONOME: no faster than m.m. 88

    5. FIX RED PEN: in Newzik, make sure you have all the red pen fixed.

      1. Say and play the names of the notes out loud

      2. Say and play the fingering out loud

      3. Play with wrists above the white and fingers curved

    6. THREE TIMES CORRECTLY.

😐Rest of 2023 Repertoire

  1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1)

  2. Etude in D Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L 2)

  3. Crazy Comics by Christine Donkin (L. 2)

  4. Trumpet Blues by Christopher Norton (L. 2)

  5. Witches and Wizards by Christine Donkin (L. 3)

  6. Wasps by Jason Noble (L. 3)

  7. Sidewalk Chalk by Christine Donkin (L. 5)

  8. Into the Waves by Linda Niamath (L. 1)

  9. The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5)

  10. Sunset in Rio by Mike Springer (L. 5)

September 16, 2023

🧐= Prepare for your lesson

😐= Don’t need to prepare

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC19zRGXVheSn

🧐EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE MAKE A COMMENT IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW. WRITE WHAT YOU DID AND FOR HOW LONG.

🧐Note Speed: Level 2 & 3 mixed

  1. Lay out 8-9 cards on the music stand

  2. Say and play as fast as you can

  3. Repeat the above steps until you’ve gone through the entire deck.

🧐Witches and Wizards.

  1. One measure at a time: LEARN MEASURES 1-10

    1. LOOK AT YOUR MUSIC WHEN YOU PRACTICE THESE STEPS.

    2. Say the names of the notes AND FINGERING out loud until you can say them with a steady beat.

    3. ONLY THEN can you play and say the names of the notes on the keyboard.

    4. THREE TIMES CORRECTLY.

😐Rest of 2023 Repertoire

  1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1)

  2. Etude in D Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L 2)

  3. Crazy Comics by Christine Donkin (L. 2)

  4. Trumpet Blues by Christopher Norton (L. 2)

  5. Witches and Wizards by Christine Donkin (L. 3)

  6. Wasps by Jason Noble (L. 3)

  7. Sidewalk Chalk by Christine Donkin (L. 5)

  8. Into the Waves by Linda Niamath (L. 1)

  9. The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5)

  10. Sunset in Rio by Mike Springer (L. 5)

August 15, 2023

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC19zRGXVheSn

NOTE SPEED HALLOWEEN CHART GOAL!

😁Note Speed: play with your brother or sister on Wednesday and Thursday

  1. Level 2: 8.75 seconds

  2. Level 3: 7:10 seconds

👎Witches and Wizards.

  1. One measure at a time: LEARN MEASURES 1-8

    1. LOOK AT YOUR MUSIC WHEN YOU PRACTICE THESE STEPS.

    2. Say the names of the notes AND FINGERING out loud until you can say them with a steady beat.

    3. ONLY THEN can you play and say the names of the notes on the keyboard. THREE TIMES CORRECTLY.

Rest of 2023 Repertoire

  1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1)

  2. Etude in D Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L 2)

  3. Crazy Comics by Christine Donkin (L. 2)

  4. Trumpet Blues by Christopher Norton (L. 2)

  5. Witches and Wizards by Christine Donkin (L. 3)

  6. Wasps by Jason Noble (L. 3)

  7. Sidewalk Chalk by Christine Donkin (L. 5)

  8. Into the Waves by Linda Niamath (L. 1)

  9. The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5)

  10. Sunset in Rio by Mike Springer (L. 5)

August 11, 2023

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC19zRGXVheSn

😁Note Speed: play with your brother or sister on Wednesday and Thursday

  1. Level 2: 8.75 seconds

  2. Level 3: 7:10 seconds

👎Witches and Wizards.

  1. One measure at a time: (at least measures 1-4)

    1. Say the names of the notes out loud until you can say them with a steady beat.

    2. ONLY THEN can you play and say the names of the notes on the keyboard.

    3. Position of the fingers.

Rest of 2023 Repertoire

  1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1)

  2. Etude in D Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L 2)

  3. Crazy Comics by Christine Donkin (L. 2)

  4. Trumpet Blues by Christopher Norton (L. 2)

  5. Witches and Wizards by Christine Donkin (L. 3)

  6. Wasps by Jason Noble (L. 3)

  7. Sidewalk Chalk by Christine Donkin (L. 5)

  8. Into the Waves by Linda Niamath (L. 1)

  9. The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5)

  10. Sunset in Rio by Mike Springer (L. 5)

August 4, 2023 (60 min)

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC19zRGXVheSn

😁Note Speed: play with your brother or sister on Wednesday and Thursday

  1. Staff = five lines and four spaces

  2. Leger Lines = lines that float above and below the staff

  3. Bass clef AKA F clef, and why?

  4. Treble clef AKA G clef, and why?

👎Witches and Wizards. See the purple comments in Newzik and learn the first four measures for Friday.

  1. One measure at a time:

    1. Say the names of the notes out loud until you can say them with a steady beat.

    2. ONLY THEN can you play and say the names of the notes on the keyboard.

Rest of 2023 Repertoire

  1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1)

  2. Etude in D Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L 2)

  3. Crazy Comics by Christine Donkin (L. 2)

  4. Trumpet Blues by Christopher Norton (L. 2)

  5. Witches and Wizards by Christine Donkin (L. 3)

  6. Wasps by Jason Noble (L. 3)

  7. Sidewalk Chalk by Christine Donkin (L. 5)

  8. Into the Waves by Linda Niamath (L. 1)

  9. The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5)

  10. Sunset in Rio by Mike Springer (L. 5)

August 1, 2023 (60 min)

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC19zRGXVheSn

💚Note Speed: play with your brother or sister on Wednesday and Thursday

💚Make a comment in the comment section below every time you practice.

💚Witches and Wizards. See the purple comments in Newzik and learn the first four measures for Friday.

Rest of 2023 Repertoire

  1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1)

  2. Etude in D Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L 2)

  3. Crazy Comics by Christine Donkin (L. 2)

  4. Trumpet Blues by Christopher Norton (L. 2)

  5. Witches and Wizards by Christine Donkin (L. 3)

  6. Wasps by Jason Noble (L. 3)

  7. Sidewalk Chalk by Christine Donkin (L. 5)

  8. Into the Waves by Linda Niamath (L. 1)

  9. The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5)

  10. Sunset in Rio by Mike Springer (L. 5)