Hi all,
Keep working hard- success is 10 percent talent and 90 percent hard work! But also, enjoy your long weekend!
Tuesdays
Student 1: Gerardo
Recommended minutes to practice: 30 min per day
What to practice: Technique: C major and A minor scales, 2 octaves (remember fingerings)
Songs: Captain Hook- nice playing, Almost like a dream- use metronome at quarter note = 70
How to practice it most effectively: check your arm position (L-shape) and round hand (like you are holding a ball)
How parents can support practice: help establish a private space and regular schedule, buy a Four Star Sightreading book level 2
Student: Maria
Recommended to practice: 30 min per day
What to practice: Technique: B flat major and G harmonic and natural minor scales and triads- use a metronome, formula pattern- D major
Songs: Funny puppy, We don’t talk about Bruno
How to practice it most effectively: please move your piano, or raise your bench to ensure your arms are in an L-shape
Student: Isabella
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min per day
What to practice: Review you tube sol fege and recording of Do a deer
How to practice it most effectively: do a small section at a time
How parents can support practice: help establish a private space and regular schedule
Student: Linda
Recommended minutes to practice: 30 min per day
What to practice: Technique: E minor- harmonic and melodic, triads in E minor, Four star sightreading level 2
Pieces: Cranky cat- start HT slowly, Etude in C- its coming along well. Work on the few bars that are not as fast as the rest.
How to practice it most effectively: do a small section at a time
Wed students:
Student: Vlada
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min per day
What to practice: Warmup you tube and Castle on a cloud
How to practice it most effectively: start in the middle to practice the end, work on the words we circled for bringing out the emotion connected to them.
Student: Alex
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min per day
What to practice: Keep reviewing note reading and ear training, Fingers crossed
How to practice it most effectively: notice where your breathing originates- is it shallow or low in the belly?
Student: Caedan
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min per day
What to practice: Review of Ode to joy, try any song you played earlier in the book, start at pg. 46
How to practice it most effectively: keep using all your fingers, concentrate for a short time then take a break!
Student: Oliver
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min per day
What to practice: Runaway rabbit, try playing pop songs that you like
How to practice it most effectively: do a small section at a time, check for louds and softs, even practice for a short time,
Student: Naiara
Recommended minutes to practice: 20 min per day
What to practice: Piano tiles- Faded, songs with chords
How to practice it most effectively: do a small section at a time
Student: Miikwan
Recommended minutes to practice: 20 min per day
What to practice: Book: Review pg. 12 and 13, read through 14 and 15
How to practice it most effectively: be sure that you are sitting high enough that your arms make an L shape
How parents can support practice: check posture