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Your class schedule on Friday at 6:00 PM

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1. Hallow's Eve: make sure you have scale nd cadence before the piece
2. Prelude in C major: complete with the book
3. Meditation: complete with the book, attention to details.

Continue to work on your program.

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Prelude in C major: Practice both hands and start adding the pedal.
Hallow's Eve: practice with left hand by itself and make sure you know it well.

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Scales - polish up your major scales. Really practice your minor scales. Use the book to help you. Practice them slowly both hands. Remember they are played over an octave.
Chords & Cadences -- polish up your major and definitely your minor scales.

Arpeggios -

Prelude in A -

Meditation -

Hallow's Eve - Practice in parts. Have parts 1 2 3 by next week both hands.

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Hallow's Eve - Keep practicing a lot to get the patterns. You can do it Valeria. You just have to practice. Please do your best. You're slowly getting the hang of it.

Prelude in A -

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Hallow's Eve: Work on making the ascending and descending chord passages feel like they are sweeping. accent the first 8th note in each group. Work on making th left hand in measures 17=24 very strong.

Prelude in A: work on the last line

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Meditation -  memorize, fix left hand ending. Follow the finger # to make it easier on yourself

A  Time for Us - First page both hands by next week

Hallow Eve - Please begin to memorize at least the couple of lines

Prelude in A  - start to memorize. Careful with the counting

Prelude in Cm -

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Continue to work on your program.
Meditation- more assurance, work slow and careful.
Prelude - separate hands work needed to stabilize all notes and markings.
A Time for us: bring next week
Hallow Eve: bring next week

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Major cadence I-IV-I-V, scales, and arpeggios
1, Prelude in A. Practice single hands with pedal. Keep practicing both hands. Also look at a recording on youtube to get a feel of what it should sound.

2. Meditation-Practice and start playing in tempo. Avoid stopping, so if you stop or slow down at a certain section, work on that section slowly and accurately until it is ready to be played at performance tempo.

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1. Prelude in A - complete both hands by next week.

2. Meditation -Both hands by next week. Make sure to count slowly and correctly

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10 practice tips study and follow
1. A Time For Us - complete slow 1st and 3rd page.
2. Prelude in A
3. Prelude in c min
4. Meditation
5. Hallow's Eve
6. Wilderness at Night- complete 1 and 3 part(next time work on the middle)
7. ?

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Practice your pieces as much as you can.
Scales, Chords, Arpeggios

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Preludw in A - Practice each measure slowly with both hands. Take the time to carefully read the notes. Have both hands completed by next week

Prelude in C minor -Both hands by next week both pages

Hallow's Eve - Both hands by next week. Be very careful of the notes. Watch your notes.

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1. Scales
2. Chords/Cadences
3. Arpeggios
4. Prelude in A - complete with the book
5. Prelude in C minor: complete with the book in slow tempo
6. Hallow's Eve - by memory
7. Meditation - review

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Scales - Go back to your scales paper and review the fingering. Keep practicing these major scales. They are VERY important.

Prelude in C minor - Really focus on this piece with recognizing notes quicker and easier. You need to practice this song everyday to get use to it. Find some time to practice.

Hallow Eve - Needs to be practiced

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Prelude in C minor: Focus on measures 14-21 and measures 24-32. Check notes in the left hand from 24-32. Practice in small 4-6 measure sections making sure that all notes are correct.

Hallow's Eve; Make sure you count. Measures 28 through the end are very similar to measures 1-12. have whole piece hands together for after break. really practice and count measures 17-23

Prelude in A - First Line both hands by next week

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Halloween's Eve: Learn all the notes on the right hand and then on the left hand.

Scale: F major scale, A major. Practice all the scales  including the ones in sharps and flats.

Prelude in C Minor: practice it more slowly with the correct notes.

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Scales: f major, a major check fingers. Practice all scales on the scale sheets. When practicing scales try changing up the rhythms instead of playing them all the same. It will help you remember them later on.

Prelude in C Minor: practice slowly in two to 4 measure sections. Make sure all notes are correct. Have the whole song slowly with both hands. Watch your left hand carefully, and be mindful of all accidentals.

Hallow's Eve: Accent the beat (first chord in each group of 9th notes) to keep a steady pulse.

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Scales: f major, a major check fingers. Practice all scales on the scale sheets. When practicing scales try changing up the rhythms instead of playing them all the same. It will help you remember them later on.

Prelude in C Minor: practice slowly in two to 4 measure sections. Make sure all notes are correct. Have the whole song slowly with both hands.

Hallow's Eve: Practice in 4 measure sections. Make sure the chords have a sweeping feeling and that the piece always feels like is it moving forward. Have the whole piece hands together confidently. Don't worry about speed yet.

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All Major in the white keys scales both hands with the correct fingerings
Bb Major Scale single hands
F Major Scale single hands
C# major scale single hands
Practice using a Scales book

Prelude in C Minor-Practice it a lot and make it sound more musical. You want to remove hesitations and let your hands know where to go. Memorize the piece measure by measure. Also, listen to it on YouTube.

Hallow's Eve-Practice this a lot. Actually know all the the notes and chords and where they are going. Familiarize yourself and your fingers to know the piece well. Practice to the point where you are sight reading less and knowing it more. Try memorizing measure by measure.

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Prelude in C minor - Have both hands by next week. Be sure to count and be CAREFUL OF THE NOTES as you practice this piece

Hallow's Eve - Have both hands completed by next week. Focus on the patterns and count 1 2 3 4 5 6. You need to practice this if you want to get this done

Prelude in A - First Line both hands by next week

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He's a Pirate: Try to finish song by next week; take as slow as possible to fix fluidity on first 2 pages before speeding up; work on measures hands separately if needed; try to have everything by memory for next week; remember to keep an even count

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Scales: Good; Review your sharp and flat majors

Chords/Cadences: Learn 1st inversion for C, D, and G Major; Work on making all of your cadences I-IV-I-V-I

Arpeggios: Keep reviewing

He's Pirate: Keep working on last pages hands separately measure by measure and then together; for other pages, work on transitions between measures (don't pause); don't rush the quarter notes

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Your lesson scheduled on Friday at 6:00 PM according to the schedule.
We reopen for the new school year on Monday, September 11, 2017.
Please view and download the newsletter and calendar below.
See you soon.

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He's a pirate: practice in small sections and count. Isolate the places you are hesitating by starting the measure before the place you stopped, and play 1 beat after the place you stopped as slowly as you need to. Practice with the fingerings written in the score. Focus on the first two pages.

Prelude in C minor: watch the key signature and all accidentals. Play hands separate until the end of the first line of page 2.

Prelude in A major: watch the notes and accidentals in measures 3 and 5. Practice cery slowly and at a consistent tempo. Play with the correct fingers. Practice hands separate.

Wilderness at Night: play through measures 1-12 and measures 25-37 hands separate, then together. slowly count the beats out loud.

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Prelude in A-major: Keep the 2 sections.  Watch out for the ties and remember that fingerings are important.

Disney Piece: Practice up on this piece again

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New Pieces (haven't started)
Wilderness at Night
Hallow's Eve
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Prelude in Cm - have up to measure 15 for next week. Remember to practice with the outline of the chords first

Prelude in A - up to the star for next week.

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SCCA - watch out for fingering!
~~~ YOUR THUMB DOES NOT WANT TO BE ON A BLACK KEY
- As long as the 1, 4, or 5 is not a black key, the fingering will be normal (L: 54321 321 // R: 123 12345)
- You will alternate between over/under third finger and fourth finger (except for FM)

Meditation - Finish memory!

Sonatina Mvmt 1 - kind of by memory, fix transitions between phrases

Sea Breezes - You have to keep working with the book in the yellow section especially. make sure to keep counting

Minuet in Cm - memory from pink part on!!

Sir Abelard's Lament - memory!! try to roll the arpeggios more

Grandma's Song - don't slow down in the middle

Transylvania Ball -

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Your Audition Scheduled on June 18, 2017 at 2:30 PM

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Meditation: memorize

Menuet in C minor: watch the key signature: practice with metronome. Much better. Gradually work up 90 BPM on metronome.

Seabreezes: don't rush the repeated E on the last page. Measures 20-24 don't rush the 8th notes.

Sonatina: keep practicing check rhythms don't rush memorize.

Transylvania Ball: relearn: count the beats out loud don't rush.

Sir Abelard's Lament: don't drag. Add pedal. Memorize.

Grandma's Song: don't play the 16th notes like triplets. Become very confident in how you feel the pulse.

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Sea Breezes - Memorize for next class. much better. keep counting

Sir Lament - good. look for patterns to make smoother

Grandma's Song - Don't slow down in the middle section, keep counting. Pedal is important!!!

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1. Scales - minors C-G-D-A-E-B--F#(Gb)- C# (Db) - Ab-Eb-Bb F
two octaves , Chords, Cadences, Arpeggios
Have to practice every day to gain confidence and speed.

2. All majors
Continue to work on your program

No classes next week for memorial weekend.
Enjoy.

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Menuet in C minor: watch the key signature, make sure you do not pay the 8th notes as quarter notes. Keep practicing slowly.

Sonatina: memorize. Keep working on the second pge. Start to pick up the tempo a little bit.

Meditation: too much rubato practice it more in time counting the beats.

Sir Abelard's lament: practice making sure the 8th notes are in time and not played as quarter notes.

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Make sure you can play the scales, chords and cadences confidently for the keys of each of your pieces.

Meditation: make sure all of your rhythms are correct specifically in measures 3 and 10. Play the last two measures much softer.

Menuet in C minor: good work knowing the notes. Practice with a metronome and bring the tempo up to 60 beats per minute.

Sea breezes: green section make sure all of the notes are even. In the orange section The trade off between the left and right hands is seamless. Yellow section practice hands separate and know exactly what notes you are playing in the arpeggios in the left hand. Count your beats in all sections.

Sonatina: watch where you land on the leaps. Make sure that you land on the right starting notes. Clean up all of the scale passages.

Sir Abelard's lament: keep the rhythms and tempo even. Count out loud when you are practicing.

He's a pirate: focus on the beginning through measure 26. Practice in 4 measure sections. Count the beats out loud.

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Work on memorizing a line of EVERYTHING per day. It won't be so hard if you keep at it!

Meditation - needs a lot of work, you know what does
Menuet in C major - work on fingerings, don't speed it up
Sonatina mvt 1 - Learn the second page much better
He's A Pirate - Right hand to the end of page 4
Sea Breezes - Practice seperately this week, at next week's lesson we will put it together

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SCCA

1. meditation: great job, try to have by memory next week. Good speed for now.
2. menuet in c- have pink and yellow brackets hands together for next week :)
if you get bored keep going at it hands together.
3. sonatina I
4. sonatina II

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Meditation:  Blue section - a word of advice: Don't think that treble clef is the clef to play with just the right hand

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Meditation: play the whole piece with both hands. Really focus on the last 4 measures. For right now keep the tempo even. Once you are comfortable with all of the notes and rhythms you can start experimenting with where to push the tempo and where to pull back.

Menuet in C Minor: work on the first line left hand with the new fingers.

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Mark J. Celis presents The  Color Treatment:  The Color Treatment is my way of organizing pieces into small sections using different highlighters.  The purpose is to make sure that students don't just aimlessly repeat playing the piece without knowing what to practice specifically.  Just like building blocks, the color treatment should be used to challenge the student incrementally.
Ex. Section 1 = Red
Section 2 = Blue
Section 3 = Green.
So let's say for one week, a student just works on the red section.  the following week, they will not only work on the blue section (section 2) but also add the red section (section 1) and put them together.

Meditation:
Red Section Issues
1. Left hand - read notes carefully
2. Count very slowly
3. Please go single hands if you have trouble putting hands together
**Prepeare to Play the Indigo section next week

Menuet in C Minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdl82xTgIU4
Practice Magenta and Yellow Sections
1. Right hand and left hand separately
2. We have 3 flats - remember them
3. Follow Fingerings
4. Listen to recording

**Stay Healthy**

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Meditation: Careful with tempo, a meditation is supposed to be relaxing.  So, don't rush on the tempo.  Single Hands (except for the last 3 measures).  I need each hand to sound like they know where each note goes to.

Menuet in C-Minor:  B-Flat, E-Flat, and A-flat.  Those are the 3 main flats that we have.  Once again, go single hands and be aware where those flats come in.

Sonatina (Clementi):

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1. SCCA: Review
2. Sonatina I: Review first page line by line so you have the correct notes/fingering/counts.  Continue working on the LH for the second page and slowly start hands together
3. Sonatina II and III: Begin hands separate
4. Menuet: Complete it hands separate
5. Meditation: New, begin hands separate

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*PRACTICE UP THIS WEEK!!!!!*
1.  All major scales this week.  Look at "Intermediate A" and pick any 3 or 4 you can practice in one day.
2. Sonatina: First Page: Good, needs to be improved more.  Both hands for next week.  Page 2: Right Hand ONLY.  Look at fingerings ALWAYS, pay careful attention to detail.

3. Menuet in C Minor: Counting!!! Very important.  The first several measures before the first repeat already has a tie

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G-flat/F# are the same fingerings.
D-flat/C# are also the same fingerings

Sonatina: Mvt. 1, Page 1: Single Hands, slowly.  By the end of the week, put hands together.
Mvt. 2:  More of the same.  Be aware of the B-flat in the Key Singnature

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1. SCCA: Use the paper now since you have it to practice. Complete all major scales (sharps and flats). Slowly start on minors.
Chords and cadences should be inversions
Scales and arpeggios are still two octaves.

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f#minor: Notes: f#, g#, a, b, c# ,d, e#, f#
c#minor:  Notes: c# d#, e f# g# a b c#
a flat minor: a-flat, b-flat, c-flat, d-flat, e-flat, f-flat, g , a-flat
b-flat

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1. Scales
2. Chords/ Cadences
3. Arpeggios

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OCTOBER 22, 2016

1. Take your time before you start

2. Sing at least two measures and count before you put your hands on the keyboard. It will help you to determine the tempo.

3. Hear the sound before you play it.

4. LAST NOTE: very important to end properly, relieve the energy and place your hands on your knees and then get up and bow.

5. Practice that at home everyday.Do not forget to play it slow.

6. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED just keep going and do not STOP!!!

SING SONGS on THE padlet.com/rhapsodyacademy/main everyday 5 times'

Have your scales complete the first lesson after the recital.

Saturday October 29 REHEARSAL 1-4 PM at Bloomfield college

Sunday October 30th RECITAL

We will start at 3:30 sharp

The door will be open at 3

The students have to arrive 1:15 on the day of the RECITAL all dressed

Parents will be allowed in the auditorium at 3 PM only

The address of the place is 467 instead of 499

It is just college iss very big  and numbers are confusing

I will sent you details about the parking availability once I confirm with college administration.

Everyone relax and enjoy performing experience.

Treat you kids after the recital!!!🎶🎹😉

Mrs. Anna

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Your lesson scheduled on Friday at 6:30 PM according to the schedule
We reopen for the new school year on Monday, September 12
Please read the informational letter and check our calendar on padlet/main
See you soon

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Duet - Practice in parts, not all the way through. Repeat one or two phrases until you feel like you can move on.
At B section, staccato is important! Be short!
Stop taking your hands off the piano when you have rests!

Do your best to practice. As you gain confidence, raise the bpm (tempo) by about 10 every once in a while.
DOWNLOAD METRONOME APP :
Mobile Metronome (by:Gabriel Simoes)

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Practice two new pieces Baseball Rag and
Toccata & Fugue in d minor. Make sure to count loud and play slow. Continue using the metronome. Careful with counting the triplets.
Ask if you have trouble with rhythm.

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Tango: COUNT COUNT COUNT!!! This is very important especially since this is a duet.  If one of you is ahead or behind the other, the piece will fall apart.

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Age 14
1. Transylvania Ball - Klose
2. Sonatina No. 2 - Allison
3. II -"
4. III -"
5. Waltz in C - Gurlitt
6. Grandma's Song - Karp
7. Musette in G Major - Bach
8. S
9. C/C
10. A

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SCCA Requirements - TWO OCTAVES. Can be hands separate. only majors. Chord inversions. Cadences only in root position.
Work on playing two octaves. Fingering is important. You go to either 3 or 4.
Sonatina
I - Make sure you are playing the circled chord IN TIME!
II - Remember tips and tricks to make this easier to play through. Remember also that it goes from C Major to A minor. Practice with the music. You often forget the bass notes.
III - Just keep on practicing!! So much progress :) Little things need to polished over.b

Musette in G major - Memorized for next week! We memorized together two lines already (HALF THE PIECE!) Notice the patterns. Mark up your music.

Grandma's Song - continue to practice with music. Fully memorized for next week. No ritard at the end.

waltz   - much better! just keep working on making it smoother.

Trans Ball - Work on keeping the beginning of the second page IN TIME!!

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May 20, 2016 - SCHEDULE YOUR TIME!!! in a planner.

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May 20, 2016 - SCHEDULE YOUR TIME!!! in a planner.

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SCCA Requirements - ONLY Major SCCA. Chord inversions. Cadences only in root position. Work on fingering.

Musette in G Major - NEEDS TO BE MEMORIZED FOR NEXT WEEK.

Waltz in C - Much better! Polish memory!

Grandma's song - Practice from measure 57 on. Polish memory!

Sonatina
I - Keep reviewing! :)
II - Memory is kind of there already. Strengthen memory.
III - Have hands together SLOWLY for next week.

Transylvania -

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START LOOKING AT YOUR HOMEWORK!!!!

Work on SCCA. Fingering is super important! You need to work on your flats. Bb Eb Ab Db and Gb. Remember; Your thumb wants to be on a white key if possible!

Grandma's Song -  The second and third page just need attention!! Broken chords at the end are easier if you just play with 1 and 5.

Pennsylvanian Ball - Middle part needs to be in time; You are playing it in double time. Practice singing it in your head.

Waltz in C - make sure you pay attention to rests. The second page needs the most attention. Make sure you D.C. al Capo.

Musette in G Major - BY MEMORY FOR NEXT WEEK!

Sonatina
I - The only thing not memorized is that one chord!!! good :)
II - Make sure B section is in time, you are slowing down. START MEMORIZING up to star.
III - Put the rest of the piece together hands separate.

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Scales - ALL new elem e scales need work (F# C# Ab Eb Bb) you MUST do these all twice a day perfectly.

Cadences -  C Major 1st inversion, make sure to memorize how the hand moves and which fingers stay

E minor root position
Arpeggios -

[[I, Valeria Aleixo, am a bad noodle if this message remains by May 13th next week. I was told to look at my homework and I didnt : ((( ]]

Transylanvia Ball - Practice bracketed areas especially and drill them repeatedly a few times before playing in full. Practice at 82 BPM or a little more if it's too slow.

Sonatina No. 2 Movement 1 - Play more loudly at home in general, but emphasize moments 1 and 2
Movement 2 - Focus on playing LH twice for every time you play it hands together...Keep tempo even and try to eliminate stops while memorizing
Movement 3 - Up to first barline by next week sep or together are both fine

Grandma's Song - DO NOT NEGLECT this piece! You have already done much good work on it and to forget all of that only because of time passing is a waste. Refresh this piece ASAP and get it to a "5"--perfect!

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1. Slurs:  New stuff we learned today.  I tried to explain it the best I can so you can understand it.

But basically, when you see a curve over a series of notes, play them evenly without any hesitation.  It's equivalent of speaking a complete sentence.

Whenever you come to the end of a slur, we have to "breathe".  Yes, breathing is an important part in playing piano even though we're not playing a wind instrument.  Breathing is a relaxation technique and when playing piano, breathing makes you not only presentable, but it just flows the music.

2.  Scales:  C# and F# major.  Keep in mind: sharps aren't necessarily going to be on a black key.  E# is technically played on F and B# is played on C.