Hakim

Technical Exercises – G and D Major scales 1 octave – practicing hands separately 

  • Practicing as solid groups of fingers (RH groups of 3 and 5, LH groups of 5 and 3) and stepping through
  • Saying note names out loud as you play, making sure you know which sharps you need for each scale
    • (G Major – F#, D Major – F# and C#)

Bartok –  #7-9

The Calico Cat – Beginning to work hands separately

  • Focusing on an A minor 5 finger hand position moving up and down the keyboard.

Bizville – Finding layers in each hand – focusing on our Left hand “groove”

  • Focusing on B flat in the left hand, jumping between octaves – Make sure you know which octave you start in 
  • Figuring out where each main beat in your measure is!

Clara

Technical Exercises – C Major scale – one octave hands separately

  • Practicing as solid blocks of fingerings and stepping through – saying note names out loud.

Lesson Book – pages 68-71 – focusing on reading rests while playing

  • Thinking of our rests as beats of silence where we listen, instead of stopping and pausing at rests.
  • Acknowledge any rests as you play (breathing on the rest or saying “rest” out loud are easy ways to keep track of them)