September 28, 2023

😎Every time you practice, make a “comment” in the section below about what you practice and for how long.

ASSIGNMENT 1

🥳🎹NOTE SPEED Level 2: HALLOWEEN CHART GOAL!

  1. Passed of Level 1 - 🥳 yay!

  2. Practice Level 2 once a day:

    1. Set your metronome on the piano to m.m. 60

    2. Have your practice partner place one card on the music stand every three ticks.

    3. Your practice partner should NOT wait for you to get the note correctly. Keep a steady flow of cards every three beats.

    4. Say and play the name of the card.

    5. To pass level 2, no more than two errors at the next lesson test.

ASSIGNMENT 2

🎹Prickly Pear Rag (A)

  1. FOR EVERY TWO MEASURES (measures 1-8) DO THE THREE STEPS BELOW:

    1. SAY the names of the notes out loud without the piano (3 TIMES CORRECTLY)

    2. Then say and PLAY the names of the notes out loud. USE CORRECT FINGER NUMBERS. (3 TIMES CORRECTLY)

    3. Keep your wrist above the white (3 TIMES CORRECTLY)

NO ASSIGNMENTS DUE BELOW

😎= most important assignment to practice for next lesson.

🎹= prepare the assignment for next lesson

🌈= assignment is on hold. No need to prepare

😎 Newzik Project Link!

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC1KY1dYLW6ZY

🌈Repertoire Options:

  1. A Skating Waltz (A)

  2. What’s That Noise? (A)

  3. Smooth and Crunch (A)

  4. Sleigh Bells (A)

  5. Raptors (B)

  6. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (B)

September 16, 2023

😎= most important assignment to practice for next lesson.

🎹= prepare the assignment for next lesson

🌈= assignment is on hold. No need to prepare

😎 Go to your blog every day and read your assignments.

😎Every time you practice, make a “comment” in the section below about what you practice and for how long.

😎 Newzik Project Link!

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC1KY1dYLW6ZY

🎹NOTE SPEED Level 1: HALLOWEEN CHART GOAL!

  1. On the music stand, lay out 8-9 Level 1 cards at a time:

  2. Say and play them as quickly as possible.

  3. Repeat the above until you’ve gone through the whole deck of Level 1 cards

🎹Prickly Pear Rag (A)

  1. TWO MEASURES AT A TIME: DO NOT PLAY FAST.

    1. SAY the names of the notes out loud without the piano.

    2. Then say and PLAY the names of the notes out loud. USE CORRECT FINGER NUMBERS.

    3. Keep your wrist above the white .

  2. Prepare measures 1-8 using the above method.

🌈ROBLOX game “STICK BUG: Bee Swarm Simulator” Learn with Dustin

  1. Dustin - create our own version

🌈Repertoire Options:

  1. A Skating Waltz (A)

  2. What’s That Noise? (A)

  3. Smooth and Crunch (A)

  4. Sleigh Bells (A)

  5. Raptors (B)

  6. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (B)

August 15, 2023

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC1KY1dYLW6ZY

ROBLOX game “Bee Swarm Simulator” Learn with Dustin

NOTE SPEED HALLOWEEN CHART GOAL!

EAR TRAINING MAJOR & MINOR SOUNDS:

  1. IN NEWZIK: Go to the “Ear Training Major Minor Sounds” PDF and complete the chart by listening to the audio in the PDF!

NOTE SPEED:

  1. LEVEL 1: Play the game away from the keyboard

  2. LEVEL 1: Set 7 cards on the music stand. Say and play from left to right as fast as possible. Remember that once you pass off this level you’ll get a sweet reward. :)

Prickly Pear Rag (A)

  1. ONE MEASURE AT A TIME: DO NOT PLAY FAST. GO SLOWLY PLEASE.

    1. SAY the names of the notes out loud without the piano.

    2. Then say and PLAY the names of the notes out loud.

    3. Keep your wrist above the white .

Repertoire Options:

  1. A Skating Waltz (A)

  2. What’s That Noise? (A)

  3. Smooth and Crunch (A)

  4. Sleigh Bells (A)

  5. Raptors (B)

  6. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (B)

August 11, 2023 (60 min)

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC1KY1dYLW6ZY

NOTE SPEED:

  1. LEVEL 1: Play the game away from the keyboard

  2. LEVEL 1: Set 7 cards on the music stand. Say and play from left to right as fast as possible. Remember that once you pass off this level you’ll get a sweet reward. :)

Prickly Pear Rag (A)

  1. ONE MEASURE AT A TIME: DO NOT PLAY FAST. GO SLOWLY PLEASE.

    1. SAY the names of the notes out loud without the piano.

    2. Then say and PLAY the names of the notes out loud.

    3. Keep your wrist above the white .

Repertoire Options:

  1. A Skating Waltz (A)

  2. What’s That Noise? (A)

  3. Smooth and Crunch (A)

  4. Sleigh Bells (A)

  5. Raptors (B)

  6. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (B)

August 4, 2023

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC1KY1dYLW6ZY

Prickly Pear Rag (A)

  1. ONE MEASURE AT A TIME:

    1. SAY the names of the notes out loud without the piano.

    2. Then say and PLAY the names of the notes out loud.

    3. Keep your wrist above the white

    4. Go slowly

Repertoire Options:

  1. A Skating Waltz (A)

  2. What’s That Noise? (A)

  3. Smooth and Crunch (A)

  4. Sleigh Bells (A)

  5. Raptors (B)

  6. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (B)

June 14, 2023

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC1KY1dYLW6ZY

ASSIGNMENT:

  1. GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND PLAY SOME OF THE QUIZES AND GAMES!

    1. https://kids.carnegiehall.org/quizzes

  2. GOAL: Study the NFRPE “Practice Ingredients.”

    1. INSTRUCTIONS:

      1. Go to the “sight-reading primer” PDF in your Newzik project

      2. Study (once a day) the “Practice Ingredients” page (first page).

      3. Be able to teach me about this at the next lesson!

  3. I also found a game that you can play:

    1. Click the link below - it plays instrument sound or animal sounds and you have to guess which one is which!

      1. https://kids.carnegiehall.org/quiz/animal-or-instrument

    2. Dice / Animal game on the keyboard

      1. Teacher and student choose a pawn

      2. Take turns rolling the dice

      3. Name the key on which you land

      4. Move back if you get it wrong

      5. Winner reaching the top of the keyboard first

    3. Add-on Note Copy Game

      1. Taking turns adding on notes until one of us can’t remember the next step

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June 5, 2023

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC1KY1dYLW6ZY

ASSIGNMENT:

  1. GOAL: Study the NFRPE “Practice Ingredients.”

    1. INSTRUCTIONS:

      1. Go to the “sight-reading primer” PDF in your Newzik project

      2. Study (once a day) the “Practice Ingredients” page (first page).

      3. Be able to teach me about this at the next lesson!

  2. I also found a game that you can play:

    1. Click the link below - it plays instrument sound or animal sounds and you have to guess which one is which!

      1. https://kids.carnegiehall.org/quiz/animal-or-instrument

    2. Dice / Animal game on the keyboard

      1. Teacher and student choose a pawn

      2. Take turns rolling the dice

      3. Name the key on which you land

      4. Move back if you get it wrong

      5. Winner reaching the top of the keyboard first

    3. Add-on Note Copy Game

      1. Taking turns adding on notes until one of us can’t remember the next step

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May 22, 2023 (45)

Practice Log:

  1. In the “comment” section below, or in any other way (journal, iPad, notepad, etc), keep track of what and exactly how much your practice each day.

ASSIGNMENT:

  1. GOAL: Create Account in Newzik:

    1. INSTRUCTIONS:

      1. ILAN will create the account in Newzik and give you the login details.

      2. Once you’ve logged in, click the link below (Newzik Project Link) to access your music in the app!

  2. GOAL: Study the NFRPE “Practice Ingredients.”

    1. INSTRUCTIONS:

      1. Go to the “sight-reading primer” PDF in your Newzik project

      2. Study (once a day) the “Practice Ingredients” page (first page).

      3. You’ll have a test on this at the next lesson

  3. GOAL: Complete the NFRPE chart instructions on page 2

    1. INSTRUCTIONS:

      1. Go to the “sight-reading primer” PDF in your Newzik projects

      2. Follow the instructions on page 2 of the PDF (the colorful charts).

      3. Please comment in the “comment” section below if you have any questions.

      4. I will ask you to play all five of the pieces at your next lesson.

Newzik Project Link

https://newzik.com/newzik-link-redirection/?link=newzik%3A%2F%2Fimsa%2Fplaylist-sending%2FSC1KY1dYLW6ZY