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Homework

Anna Anna should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session. Lesson Book We've been working to polish up Entry of the Gladiators - you play section A very well, focus and work a little more on section B, and also marked spots in your book! Technique D natural minor, D harmonic minor, and D melodic minor scales [...]

2018-10-10T21:45:14-04:00October 10th, 2018|

TFS Homework

Anna Anna should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session. Lesson Book We've been working to polish up Entry of the Gladiators - you play section A very well, focus and work a little more on section B, and also marked spots in your book! Technique D natural minor, D harmonic minor, and D melodic minor scales [...]

2018-10-02T21:54:22-04:00October 2nd, 2018|

Wednesday Homework

Eliana Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session. Tchaikovsky - articulation -> staccato playing on the 8th note chords, and play with liveliness. Scamp - Work on this at a very slow and steady tempo, take your time to count (in 8th notes) and understand the rhythm with a metronome (hope the written rhythm counting [...]

2018-09-26T22:13:08-04:00September 26th, 2018|

Wednesday Homework

Eliana Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session. Tchaikovsky - work on articulation - staccato playing on the 8th note chords, dynamic (especially p at the lower register) Scamp/Sunset in Rio/Sonatina in C (first movement) - since we just began these 3 new pieces, work on the first page (notes/rhythm/articulation) of each piece hands separately   [...]

2018-09-19T22:05:26-04:00September 19th, 2018|

Wednesday Homework

Eliana Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session. For Sonatina & Tchaikovsky - work on articulation and phrasing with much details (staccatos, short slurs, detached playing, legato...etc) Since we just began learning The Entertainer, learn up to the repeat sign hands separately, especially where the right hand has moving octaves.   Vivienne Vivienne should practice [...]

2018-09-06T22:59:18-04:00September 6th, 2018|

Wednesday Homework

Anastasiya Anastasiya should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session. Work on Ode to Joy hands together for the first half (warm up by playing hands separately), and try to focus more on reading the musical notes on the sheets than playing by memory. Practice reading music notes with flash cards - start with C-D-E-F-G (read, and [...]

2018-06-14T22:44:29-04:00June 14th, 2018|

Wednesday Homework

Anastasiya Anastasiya should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session. Work on Ode to Joy hands together for the first half (warm up by playing hands separately), and try to learn and focus on reading the musical notes on the sheets than playing by memory; use the first 2 pages of your Beyer book to help you [...]

2018-05-31T22:51:07-04:00May 31st, 2018|

Wednesday Homework

Anastasiya Anastasiya should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session - We have learned the notes for both hands for Ode to Joy. Refer to the notes I wrote on the separate sheet of paper to guide you on playing hands together, and try not to play too fast, choose a slow to moderate tempo. For next [...]

2018-05-17T21:47:17-04:00May 17th, 2018|

Wednesday Homework

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR RECITALS! Vivienne Vivienne should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 min per session - Work on both pieces hands together at a moderate tempo, and correct the rhythm (some parts with 8th notes and quarter notes) in both pieces. Also, legato (smooth) playing in both On Top of Smoky and Roman Holiday with phrasing and [...]

2018-04-26T22:44:01-04:00April 26th, 2018|

Wednesday Homework

Vivienne Vivienne should practice her assigned pieces 4-5 times per week for 15-20 min per session. She should warm up each song by playing hands separately, but also work on both pieces hands together at a slow tempo, and correct rhythm (some parts with 8th notes and quarter notes)   Osten Osten should practice his pieces more than his current [...]

2018-03-28T22:44:19-04:00March 28th, 2018|
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