Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Lesson 47 (2/24/16)



Emmy (purple books)
Lesson page 14-15 (Remember to play a steady beat like a clock.)
Theory pg 2 (pay attention to hands) 
Performance pg 2


Quincy
Classical song: Sonatina in C – Add a little more
O Holy Night- finish the song
red books (level 1)
Lesson Pg 16 + Discovery (transpose to G)
Popular pg 8
Theory pg 6
Sight Reading 
Performance pg 6-7 (Faster!)
Dr Who – Try to figure out new part from video

Eliot
Classical song: Start hard Burleske -Hands together!
Focus on matching up hands while you look at the paper.
Lesson pg 16-17 + Discovery
Performance pg 2-3
à Fix rhythm (don’t rush the quarter notes), add staccato and legato
Dr Who – Try to figure out new part from video
Practice your songs 5x every day!

Here is a link to the practice charts I posted a while ago.
Here is an assignment sheet if you want to write down your assignments instead of checking the blog to every day.

They should be doing some kind of sight reading every week. Hymns are a great way to practice.
Here's a link to a PDF of simplified children's hymns.
Here's a link to the actual children's hymnbook. Good choices for now have no flats or sharps, or only 1 flat or 1 sharp.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Lesson 46 (2/17/16)



Emmy (purple books)
Lesson page 11 DISCOVERY
+ pg. 12-13
Theory pg 2 (pay attention to hands)  
Performance pg 2


Quincy
Classical song: Sonatina in C – Add a little more
O Holy Night- finish the song
red books (level 1)
Lesson Pg 16 + Discovery (transpose to G)
Popular pg 8
Theory pg 6
Sight Reading 
Performance pg 6-7 (Faster!)
Dr Who – Try to figure out new part from video

Eliot
Classical song: Start hard Burleske -Hands together!
Focus on matching up hands while you look at the paper.
Lesson pg 14 + CREATIVE
Lesson pg 15
Performance pg 2-3
à Fix rhythm, add staccato and legato
Dr Who – Try to figure out new part from video

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Lesson 45 (2/3/16)

Emmy (purple books)
Lesson page 10-11
Theory pg 2
Performance pg 2


Quincy (red books) 
Classical song: Sonatina in C – first 8 measures  à perfect notes & rhythm!
O Holy Night- finish the song
red books (level 1)
Lesson Pg 14
Popular pg 8
Theory pg 6
Sight Reading 
Performance pg 6-7
Dr Who – Try to figure out new part from video

Eliot (blue books) 
Classical song: Start hard Burleske -
Left Hand measure 1-5
Right Hand measure 1-5
Lesson pg 12-13 – practice as is and then transpose to F
(If any song gets hard, you are NOT allowed to say "I can't do it!" Instead, pause and say out loud “I’m awesome! I can do this!” and try again.)
Lesson pg 14
Lesson pg 14 CREATIVE
Performance pg 2-3
Dr Who – Try to figure out new part from video