Nova

Great work today! Here’s your homework:

Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 per day

What to practice: Rich Man, Lightly Row, minor scales

How to practice:

Rich Man

– review timing/stacatto in bars 4 and 12; the bar is divided by two half notes, the staccato is beat 2 of the first half

– Review all staccato areas and make sure to do them (particularly bar 7)

– Dynamic contrast; use crescendos as your guide to dynamic changes

– Practice rhythmic changes for straight eighths, with crescendo

– Review bar 15; use rit to your advantage

– Practice transition between G octaves for bar 16

Lightly Row (p. 35 lesson book)

-start hands separate, when comfortable you can put hands together but don’t have to

-Be mindful of articulations (staccatos, slurs, slurred staccatos, detached notes)

-pay attention to movement/static in different voices in bar 4

How parents can support practice: Listen and guide as needed.

See you next week :)