Eliana

Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session.

Marches Militaires

  • First page – practice with dynamic changes
  • Second page – polish up with fluency, and staccato playing

Anastasia

Anastasia should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session.

Boogie on the Broadway

  • Practice until fluency, and try to read the music while you play, with the correct and suggested fingering

Theory Book

  • Make sure we bring this book to every lesson!

Vivienne

Vivienne should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session.

Maple Leaf Rag

  • Keep practicing the 2nd page and overall fluency!

Heart and Soul

  • Keep working on the accompaniment part and melody part with different rhythm and extra notes for some embellishment!

Chantal

Chantal should practice 4-5 times per week at 15 – 20 mins per session

A Dozen A day

  • Review and perfect our old and new exercises from A Dozen A Day.

Piano Adventures

  • My Pony – Polish up until fluency

Way in a Manger

  • Keep reviewing the R.H. part, but also focus on the L.H. part until fluency!

Alyssa

Alyssa should practice 4-5 times per week at 30 mins – 1 hr per session.

Technique

  • Use the correct fingering, play with accuracy, and clarity on everything with the metronome

Sonatina in F

  • Playing articulation in the marked bars (legato/staccato playing)

Minuet in E

  • Not fast
  • “Dance” on the chords with light tap-like playing, don’t push down too harshly on the keys

You and I

  • Review the notes hands separately, with legato playing

Etudes

  • Work towards the minimum required tempo on both etudes – only move up by 2 at a time on the metronome
  • Practice with dynamic changes/phrasing

Maria

Sarasponda

  • Work on the L.H. part for G and C section, and then start putting hands together for the whole song!

Claire

Claire should practice 4-5 times per week at 15 – 30 mins per session.

The Return

  • Start practicing hands together using the correct/suggested fingering

Canon

  • Work on both band version (with simple chords) and solo piano version (as written) we discussed in class

Anna

Anna should practice 4-5 times per week at 20 – 40 mins per session.

Rivers Flow in You

  • Polish up last 2 pages

Over the Rainbow

  • Keep working on it with R.H. voicing, and always play your L.H. accompaniment softer than R.H. melody

Summertime

  • Keep working on hands together for the first 2 pages, and go on further to 3rd page playing hands separately