Anastasiya

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

The Bubble

  • Practice and review the whole piece

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

  • Practice and Review both pages at a steady tempo, not too fast, and be mindful of left hand pattern on the 2nd page

Betty Ragtime

  • Warm up playing hands separately, and practice hands together up to the repeat sign

Chantal

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

A Dozen A day

  • Weekly assigned exercises

O Canada

  • Practice playing with the left hand

When the Saints go Marching In

  • Work on the accuracy of notes in the R.H., and play all notes on time (2nd page) without stops

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
  • Keep your knuckles and fingers up

You and I

  • Accuracy and fluency of notes, and try to voice the top note of all chords
  • Pedal – clear pedal on pick up notes, and make sure harmonies do not overlap

In Church

  • Fingering – follow the written fingering for both hands, especially the second half of the piece
  • Start putting hands together for the first half

Maria

Calypso Carnival

  • Practice and review both hands separately

David

Turkish March

  • Musicality – phrase the musical lines in each section, and bring out the different characteristics in each major/minor section

Pathetique 2nd movement

  • Voicing – soften the inner voices even more
  • Phrasing – look at where the line of music is going
  • Continue to learn half of 3rd page