Eliana, 9 y.o., US (Level 2)

Segment 1 (September - October in SMA)

Music appreciation
Edward Grieg ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ Gentle piano: Favorite Classics 2. Get acquaintance with the piece on the most comfortable presentation, play it using R, L or both hands.



Ear Training
Guess Key Game – playing the game for 5 min and stop it by pressing F1. Always record the score! SING the names of the notes while playing.




Music Dictation (Rhythm): Solfeggio and Chords. Level 1 C Major ‘Train’. Play Right Hand and sing the song with Solfeggio names.
- R (Hide) and make perfect score
- Write the melody down (only ‘skinny’ notes)





Piano
Exercises: Hanon # 2



Piano sight-reading
Christmas Carols. Play all the pieces that have no key signature (Key signatures are generally written immediately after the clef) on R2, L2 and P2.

Segment 1 (September - October in SMA)
Piano sight-reading
Christmas Carols. Play all the pieces that have no key signature (Key signatures are generally written immediately after the clef) on R2, L2 and P2.















Interactive theory
Saying Second Circle of Note Alphabet from Do to Do



Note Alphabet game – play for 10-15 minutes and write the score down.

Segment 2 (October - November in SMA)

Music appreciation
Favorite Classics 2 – G.F.Handel ‘Hallelujah Chorus’



Ear Training
Music Dictation (Rhythm): Solfeggio and Chords. Level 1 F Major.
- Play Right Hand and sing ‘Train’ with Solfeggio names.
- Memorize the Right Hand in F (Fa) Major
- Place as many vertical ‘sticks’ as many notes in the song while voice rehearsing it
- Place dots under longer notes
- Connect shorter notes together.
- Check results on P6





Piano
Hanon #2. Playing backwards the exercise and saying the names of the keys.



Piano sight-reading
Christmas Classics. Play all the pieces that have no key signature on R4, L4 and P4

Segment 2 (October - November in SMA)
Piano sight-reading
Christmas Classics. Play all the pieces that have no key signature on R4, L4 and P4







Interactive theory
Circle 2 – learn to say fast from Mi to Mi, Sol to Sol, Ti to Ti, Re to Re, Fa to Fa and La to La.



Note Alphabet game – play for 10-15 minutes and write the score down.

Segment 3 (November-December in SMA)

Music appreciation
Tchaikovsky ‘Nutcracker’ – ‘Chinese Dance’ – play at least several bars on R3, L3 (P3*optional*)



Ear Training
- Solfeggio and Chords. Level 1. Listening all the pieces and determining whether this is 2 or 3 times.
- Solfeggio and Chords Level 1 G – major ‘The Spring has come’ – learn the Right Hand on R3, memorize, write the notes by memory, place dots and stems. Organize rhythmically. Divide the melody by bars.





Piano
Exercises:
- Playing ‘Hanon #2’ up and down with R, L and both hands



- Learning to play Do-Major with 2 hands in parallel motion up and down



Piano sight-reading
Christmas Carols and Christmas Classics – play all the pieces with no key signature on R5, L5 and P5

Segment 3 (November-December in SMA)

Piano sight-reading
Christmas Carols and Christmas Classics – play all the pieces with no key signature on R5, L5 and P5