Hello Everyone!

I hope you’re all enjoying the early spring weather!

Georgia

Georgia can continue to practice The Rainbow hands separate. Please have her practice the Andante and Adagio parts separately.  She should play slowly, watching the sheet music as she plays, and count out loud to help ensure rhythmic accuracy. She should practice the left hand of the Andante twice before practicing the right hand as we are less familiar with the left hand. Once Georgia has reviewed both the right and left hand of the Andante, encourage her to go back and start piecing the song together with both hands. She does not have to play in time as she does this, instead encourage her to name the notes out loud so that she can see how the two lines match up. Do the same for the Adagio section.

Benji

For this week, Benji can continue to warm up with the C Major and G Major scales. He should play both of these hands together. Benji has also been given the D Major scale this week. The fingering for this scale is the same as C and G, but with 2 sharps (F sharp and C sharp). Benji should continue to practice Young Hunter hands separate. Please have Benji review all three lines and should he get stuck or forget the name of a note, help guide him to the answer by asking him if the next note is higher or lower than the one he just played, and by how many steps. Most of the song is in 3rds! Please also help Benji by reminding him that the left hand part in the first and third line descends at the end.

Eva

Please help Eva this week as she continues to practice Young Hunter. Help her read the notes by reminding her of the silly pneumonic phrases “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge” “FACE in the Space” “Green Bugs Dont Fly Away” and “All Cows Eat Grass”. If she wants to make up new silly pneumonic phrases to help her remember she can, but the first letter of each word should match the notes on the staff!

Clara

This week when practicing the Musette, Clara should focus on the B section of the piece. Practice playing this section hands together, slowly, so that Clara can focus on lining up her octave jumps overtop of the right hand. Clara can also start to practice the Pink Panther theme! She should review the left hand, but focus on the right hand. This song has triplets! Clara learned that she can count these by saying or thinking “Tri-pl-et”. The first triplet is tied to the eighth note before hand so she should use her knowledge of the theme song so gauge how to play these for this week. We will review how to count this accurately next week. Clara can also bring in the other arrangement of Pink Panther you found online next week so that we can compare the two.

 

Thank you everyone!

Looking forward to seeing you all in class next week!