Ellis
Ellis should practice 4-5 times per week at 10 – 15 mins per session
Lesson book
- Review The Young Haunter – you did a great job this week!
- Review all notes on the spaces of Treble Clef staff (“FACE”), and learn and practice Half-Time Show (with repeat).
A Dozen a Day
- New weekly assigned exercises
Chantal
Chantal should practice 4-5 times per week at 20 – 30 mins per session
Technique
- Review C+, G+ and F+ scales and triads
Repertoire
- Swirling Leaves – perfect it with fluency & dynamic
Etudes
- Etude in C – learn and practice each hand separately with suggested fingering
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
- Memory – review
Sonatina in C
- Stay at tempo 120, and start practicing with dynamic changes
- Practice and memorize with dynamic changes
Scherzo in C
- Work up to tempo in the 160’s to the eighth note with dynamic changes
Allegro in D
- Section B – Practice with the metronome, get used to staying in tempo
- Play with the dynamic marking of “2nd time”
In Church
- Think about the tempo before you start – it should be no faster than the ‘seconds’ on a clock
- Keep in mind not to accent the quarter-note chord after repeated eighth-notes, unless it’s marked with an “accent”
Maria
Maria should practice 4-5 times per week for 20-30 mins per session.
Lesson Book
- La Raspa – Rhythm Section A – (3 | 1 (rest) 3 | 1 (rest) 3 | 1 (rest rest | rest rest) 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 (rest) 3 | 1…). Section B – (1 (2) 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 (rest rest) | 1 (2) 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1…). Rhythm Section B – with the pick up notes of E & G, (1 (rest) 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 (rest rest)| 1 (rest) 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 (rest rest)…)
- Raisins and Almonds – Practice playing hands together, and mind the “ti-ti” rhythm on eighth-notes
Simone
Simone should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session.
Lesson Book
- Review The Dradle Song – try to memorize it if you can!
- Practice The Bubble (both pages) – let’s aim to finish this book in the next 2 lessons!
Theory
- Try and go on with theory questions on your own before we go back to in-person lessons!