Vivienne

Vivienne should practice 4-5 times per week for 20-30 mins per session.

Betty Ragtime

  • Do not start your practice with section A nor play through the whole piece repeatedly. Practice section B, 2 bars at a time, with correct notes, rhythm, and fluency like how we worked on in class

Can Can

  • Practice the first page hands separately, and try to put both hands together

Ellis

Ellis should practice 4-5 times per week at 10 – 15 mins per session

Lesson book

  • Learn and practice the last 2 pieces of the book
  • Bring the next book (level 1, red) for our next lesson

A Dozen a Day

  • New weekly assigned exercises

Chantal

Chantal should practice 4-5 times per week at 20 – 30 mins per session

A Dozen A day

  • Weekly assigned exercises

Lesson Book

  • Whirling Leaves – play it soft and smoothly
  • Snake Charmer

Popular Selection Book

  • Practice and review the pieces

Alyssa

Alyssa should practice 4-5 times per week at 45 mins – 1 hr per session.

Technique

  • Practice and review everything with the metronome at required tempo

Sunset in Rio

  • Memorize this piece – not just knowing the notes, but also all dynamic and articulation

Sonatina in C

  • Review and polish up the piece at quarter note = 96-100 in tempo
  • Be mindful of not to hold any end-of-the-phrase eighth note, keep them short

Scherzo in C

  • Fingering corrections
  • 2nd page – accuracy of notes
  • Correction of trills

Allegro in D

  • Clean up the trills, and use the metronome to work up to quarter note = 68 / eighth note = 136
  • Last 4 bars – RH chords, do not slow down

In Church

  • Second half – Keep a clean sound on the RH chords

Maria

Maria should practice 4-5 times per week for 20-30 mins per session.

Lesson Book

  • Waltz – Keep an even 1, 2, 3 rhythm, do not speed up in the LH while RH is held
  • Go Down Moses – practice this piece hands together this week!

Simone

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

Lesson Book

  • Scarf Dance – keep a steady 1, 2, 3 counting and rhythm
  • Song for a Scarecrow – use of C major chords

Theory

  • Weekly assigned pages

David

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

Clair de Lune

Schumann

  • Be mindful of tied notes/held notes

Invention

  • Use the copy we analyzed, and phrase each subject/counter subject