Hi all,
Wow! It’s almost May! That means that there are two months before summer starts! Yay! What can we learn in the next two months? What can we learn in the next week? If you believe in yourself, anything is possible! Keep doing your best! Please see your homework below.
Tuesday students:
Gerardo:
Recommended minutes to practice: 30 min per day
What to practice: C major and E minor scales, argeggio pg 10 all keys
Triads- C major- 2 octaves, HS
You played Gumdrops confidently!
Work on Spanish Caballero –
How to practice it most effectively: Practice the arpeggios first on pg 10, then isolate the more difficult bars and practice those, then try all
Maria:
Recommended minutes to practice: 30 min per day
What to practice: Scales with metronome: Fur elise, Anyone
How to practice it most effectively: Fur elise- write in the note names if necessary, Anyone: explore playing the chords closest to each other, play HS
Isabella
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min per day
What to practice: Part of your world, Let’s go fly a kite
How to practice it most effectively: Use recording, try talking it through before singing
How parents can support practice: work together in parts
Christian
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min per day
What to practice: Try playing row, row, row your boat by ear, Pg. 21 book
How to practice it most effectively: Keep your fingers round, wrists flat
How parents can support practice: watch posture and hand shape, set a regular time
Linda Recommended minutes to practice:
What to practice: G scale, E minor, triads, sightreading
Cranky Cat, start a new Etude next week
How to practice it most effectively: Practice a small section at a time, visualize fingerings
Wed students:
Vlada
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 per day
What to practice: warmups- you tube, start lightly and smaller range and expand higher and lower
Ancient dreams- goal to become independent of the singer- sing it with karaoke version
How to practice it most effectively: one section at a time
Caedan
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min per day
What to practice: Review intervals- thirds, fifths, print out c scale
Book- pg 45 review, start pg. 46, Row row row your boat by ear
https://makingmusicfun.net/htm/f_printit_free_printable_sheet_music/c-major-piano.php
How to practice it most effectively: Encourage emotion in the playing, dynamics, review note names as he plays
Oliver
Recommended minutes to practice: 20 min per day
What to practice: warmups- c scale and intervals, print ode to joy with chords
Book: Lightly row- good start, keep working on it to become more comfortable, start Forest drums
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/freesheetmusic/ode-to-joy-piano-fancy-lh.pdf
Naiara
Recommended minutes to practice: 30 min per day
What to practice: warmups- c scale
Songs: All through the night- 3rd line, print chords to Can’t stop this feeling
Miikwan:
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min per day
What to practice: using all your fingers, warmup- print Peanut butter etude pg 5 below
Fur elise, Ode to joy- print
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/freesheetmusic/ode-to-joy-piano-fancy-lh.pdf
https://www.true-piano-lessons.com/support-files/psfbeginnerlevel1.pdf