Vivienne

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

Betty Ragtime

  • Practice and review hands together up to the repeat sign, with repeat

Bring your Alfred’s piano lesson book!

Ellis

  • Play and say each note on the piano starting from middle C, going up and down

Lesson book

  • Play and review playing middle C in quarter note, half note, and whole note rhythm

Chantal

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

A Dozen A day

  • Weekly assigned exercises

Skip My Lou/Popcorn

  • Practice both pieces hands together, aim for perfection without stops

Puff the Dragon

  • Practice and review, with the correct repetition

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

  • Phrasing – show a bigger difference between in your dynamic range, take more time on “rit”, and “breathe” quickly with your fingers and pedal for each phrase

In Church

  • 2nd half of the piece – make sure the L.H. is playing all the “E”s, and play the top slurred voice legato
  • Phrasing – “breathe” between phrases, and do a gentle lift at the end of short slurs

Sunset in Rio

  • Practice the whole piece hands separately, with the correct rhythm and articultion

Maria

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

Malaguena

  • Practice and review the whole piece – focus on perfecting the end of “S4”

Simone

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

Lesson Book

  • Practice and review Ferris Wheel, Mexican Jumping Beans, and Haunted Mouse
  • Staccato – “bounce” your finger on the keys, play them short and light

Theory

  • Complete page 5-6

David

David should practice 4-5 times per week for 30 mins – 1hour per session.

Pathetique 2nd movement

  • Voicing – soften the inner voices even more
  • Articulation – avoid pedaling too much, especially on staccato notes. Pay attention to all the rests, not everything is held

Turkish March

  • Keep a steady tempo – don’t drag in the octave section
  • Last page – play the grace notes lightly into the top voice of the notes

Rag

  • L.H. – play the octaves with a little bit of emphasis going into the chords
  • Mind the rests – don’t play everything too legato

Eliana

Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30 mins – 1hour per session.

Sonatina in F

  • Learn and practice both hands separately

Trio

  • Learn and practice the first 2 pages hands separately – mind the fingering for the arpeggios

Mignon/Happy Time Jazz

  • Choose one of the 2 and start learning it hands separately