Areeya’s Piano Lessons

August 24, 2023

Scales

C major scale –

  • play hands separately and then together

Theory/Sightreading

P. 20-21

Technique

This 1 is 4 You p. 17

  • play every day – keep your fingers curved and your wrist level
  • repeat both hands with fingers 2 and 5

Lessons

A Mixed-Up Song p. 30-31

  • remember the rests get 1 beat of silence, so you still count them
  • watch out for m. 17-22 – it’s all LH
  • add dynamics

Learn Flute of the Andes p. 32

  • write in counting
  • write in finger numbers for all notes
  • counting out loud

Performance

Rusty Old Bike and Merry March p. 13-14

  • count out loud
  • play this MORE times correctly than incorrectly – if you make a mistake, you need to play it correctly at least two times
  • write in all finger numbers