Hi all,
Good work this week. Keep up the effort. Beethoven said “to play a wrong note is insignificant, to play without passion is inexcusable.” Please see your specific homework below.
Student 1: Vlada
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min
What to practice: 5 min you tube warmup, 10 minutes Scarborough Fair
How to practice it most effectively: Get comfortable with the lyrics slowly by speaking them, singing without the accompaniment, and then add the piano. Consider how you can express each verse differently.
How parents can support practice: If possible, encourage regular practice by helping to create a specific time each day for practice and establishing a place that is private and without distraction.
Student 2: Alex
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min
What to practice: 5 min you tube warmup, 10 minutes Scarborough Fair
How to practice it most effectively: Get comfortable with the lyrics slowly by speaking them, singing without the accompaniment, and then add the piano. Consider how you can express each verse differently.
How parents can support practice: If possible, encourage regular practice by helping to create a specific time each day for practice and establishing a place that is private and without distraction.
Student 3: Caedan
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min- 20 min
What to practice: Review note names, and note lenghts, continue from page 41
How to practice it most effectively: Get comfortable with the new notes, say them out loud, make up new songs with your new notes.
How parents can support practice: Keep encouraging good posture and round hand position, and counting and saying notes out loud.
Student 4: Naira
Recommended minutes to practice: 30 min
What to practice: 10 min you tube warmup, 20 minutes song: All through the night
How to practice it most effectively: Get comfortable with the lyrics slowly by speaking them in rhythm, then singing without the accompaniment, and then add the piano accompaniment.
How parents can support practice: If possible, encourage regular practice by helping to create a specific time each day for practice and establishing a place that is private and without distraction.
Student 5: Linda
Recommended minutes to practice: 30 min
What to practice: 10 min technique: scales, triads (bpm=50), ear training- (app? RCM website?)
20 minutes songs
How to practice it most effectively: Push the tempo in small sections, don’t worry about not playing it perfectly, go for it!
Student 6: Miikwan
Happy birthday!
Recommended minutes to practice: 20 min per day
What to practice: Buy the book- Accelerated Piano Adventures for the older beginner Lesson book 1- Faber
How to practice it most effectively: Start looking through it before we meet next week.