Isabella 4 years old Prep Level B/ Level C

Practice looking good!
Are you ready for the Piano Recital?

Hopefully, we have been working really hard I am just not sure she will be able to play from memory for it. We are planning to record either this week or next, it will definitely be recorded and posted before the 15th of June.

Okay so the month of May! Yay! We tried to work really hard during the month of May, the kids were sick with some pretty bad coughs and fever but we tried to practice as much as possible to get ready for the recital.

May 1, 2014
Finger Exercises- Early Learner and Hanon
Guess Key 5 mins [67] 0:58
Music Appreciation: Beethoven’s Turkish March
Beethoven’s Turkish March P2 63/71 (122) I played it as well my score was P2 70/71 (45)
Hickory Dickory Dock P2 43/54 (112) 42/54 (96) 43/54 (99) 50/54 (100)
I played it and got 50/54 (55)
Little Dog Gone P2 58/63 (101) 51/63 (129)
Note duration 5 mins [164] 4:16 51 Level 5
Note Duration is probably one of her most favorite games.

May 2, 2014
Finger Exercises Early Learner and Hanon
Turkish March P2 63/71 (83) 65/71 (91)
I played and got 71/71 (29)
Hickory Dickory Dock P2 34/54 (99) 47/54 (73)
Little Dog Gone P2 55/63 (61) 52/63 (100)
Old Mac Donald P1 95/98 (?) We got out before we can note time
Note Alphabet 5 mins [159] 3:07
May 5, 2014- Cinco De Mayo!
Finger Exercises- Early learner and Hanon
Turkish March P2 68/71 (63)
Broken Chord Waltz: P2 25/32 (33)
Drummer- P2 25/32 (33)
Fingerobics #3 P2 25/30 (47)
A New Year’s Tree P2 48/57 (65)
Alphabet Song P2 42/40 (45)
Hickory Dickory Dock P2 46/54 (95) P1 52/54 (67)
Little Dog Gone P1 61/63 (93) P2 58/63 (91)
Guess Key 5 mins [72] 1:58
Note duration 5 mins [135] 3:49 42 Level 5

May 6, 2014
Note Alphabet 5 mins [92] 4:59
Finger Exercises- Early Learner and Hanon
Turkish March P2 67/71 (65)
Liebestraum P2 37/40 (31)
Broken Chord Waltz P2 29/32 (27)
Drummer P2 82/85 (45)
Fingerobics #3 P2 23/30 (33)
A New Years Tree P2 56/57 (76)
Alphabet Song P2 48/48 (25)
Hickory Dickory Dock P2 39/54 (87) P1 51/54 (72)
Little Dog Gone P1 58/63 (75) P2 55/63 (90)
Guess Key 5 mins [63] 1:51
Hot Cross Buns 37/37 (35)
Fruit Lines 5 min [23] 4:15 Level 3
May 12, 2014
Finger Exercises- Earl Learner and Hanon
Turkish March P2 67/71 (73)
Broken Chord Waltz P2 31/32 (24)
Drummer P2 80/85 (49)
Fingerobics # 3 P2 30/30 (28)
A New Year’s Tree P2 50/57 (78)
Alphabet Song P2 43/54 (96)
Hickory Dickory Dock P2 43/54 (96)
Little Dog Gone P2 49/63 (138)
Guess Key 5 mins [69} 1:37
Note Duration 5 mins [47] 51 2:52

May 14, 2014
Finger Exercises Early Learner and Hanon
Turkish March P2 67/71 (65)
Broken Chord Waltz P2 30/32 (35)
Drummer- P2 80/85 (43)
Fingerobics #3 P2 26/30 (42)
A New Year’s Tree P2 55/57 (52)
Alphabet Song P2 46/48 (36)
Hickory Dickory Dock P1 51/54 (56) P2 46/54 (?)
Little Dog Gone P1 63/63 (50) P2 54/63 (108)
Guess Key 5 mins [81] 1:06
Hickory Dickory Dock P3 50/54 (108) P1 53/54 (59)
Little Dog Gone P3 60/63 (99) P1 63/63 (48)
Fruit Lines Level 9 4:10 [77]
May 16, 2014
Treble Puzzle [241] 7 :59
Finger Exercises P2 37/40 (34)
Turkish March P2 70/71 (85)
Broken Chord Waltz P2 31/32 (29)
Drummer P2 83/85 (42)
Fingerobics #3 P2 28/30 (26)
Hot Cross Buns H 37/37 (21)
A New Year’s Tree P2 56/57 (53)
Alphabet Song P2 48/48 (28)
Hickory Dickory Dock P1 53/54 (47) P2 45/54 (41)
Little Dog Gone P1 60/63 (44) P2 58/63 (62)
Guess Key 5 mins [99] 1:28

May 19 2014
Note Duration 5 min [171] 4:21 Level 6 28
Finger Exercises Early Learner and Hanon
Liebestraum P1 39/40 (25) P1 40/40 (26)
Turkish March P1 69/71 (56) P1 71/71 (39)
Broken Chord Waltz P1 32/32 (28)
Drummer P1 84/85 (41)
Fingerobics #3 P1 28/30 (19)
A New Year’s Tree P1 54/57 (44)
Alphabet Song- P1 48/48 (25)
Hickory Dickory Dock R1 32/33 (24) L1 20/21 (18) P1 52/54 (46)
Little Dog Gone R1 32/33 (34) L1 30/30 (25) P1 63/63 (52)
Guess Key 5 mins [ 127] 1:09
May 20, 2014
Finger Exercises Early Learner and Hanon
Liebestraum P1 34/40 (36) P1 40/40 (23)
Turkish March P1 69/71 (53) P1 69/71 (42)
Broken Chord Waltz P1 31/32 (23)
Drummer P1 83/85 (34)
Fingerobics #3 P1 27/30 (23)
A New Year’s Tree P1 57/57 (35)
Alphabet Song P1 48/48 (26)
Hickory Dickory Dock R1 31/33 (27) L1 17/21 (28) P1 52/54 (40)
Little Dog Gone R1 31/33 (35) L1 30/30 (33) P1 62/63 (53)
Star Spangled Banner : P1 165/174 (345) She wanted to try it out.
Lullaby Brahms- P1 94/98 (157) <- she had really wanted to play this song for her little brother
Guess Key 5 mins [98] 1:12
Bass Puzzle 5 min [226] 6:40
May 21, 2014
Finger Exercises
Lullaby P1 96/98 (126)
Liebestraum P1 38/40 (23) P1 38/40 (20)
Turkish March P1 70/71 (45) P2 71/71 (36)
Broken Chord Waltz P2 29/85 (35) P2 85/85 (27)
Drummer P2 76/85 (35) P2 85/85
Fingerobics #3 P2 30/30 (13)
A New Year’s Tree P2 51/ 57 (47)
Alphabet Song P2 41/48 (44)
Hickory Dickory Dock R2 27/33 (34) R2 28/33 (38) L2 19/21 (21) L2 20/21 (19) P2 50/54 (47) P2 47/54 (63)
Little Dog Gone R2 30/33 (38) R2 30/33 (36) L2 28/30 (28) L2 28/30 (24) P2 53/63 (62) P2 52/63 (68)
Guess Key 5 min [94] 1:29
Note duration 5 min [67] 4:12 60 Level 2

May 22, 2014
Finger Exercises Early Learner and Hanon
Turkish March P2 70/71 (59)
Hickory Dickory Dock P2 46/54 (71) P2 50/54 (57)
Little Dog Gone P2 54/63 (86) P2 63/63 (63)
Guess Key 5 mins 1:52 [118]
Fruit Lines [33] 4:00 Level 5
May 27, 2014
Finger Exercises
Lieberstraum P2 36/40 (31) P2 39/40 (49)
Turkish March P2 67/71 (50) P2 68/71 (63)
Hickory Dickory Dock P2 54/54 (54)
Little Dog Gone P2 63/63 (59)
Guess Key 5 mins [113] 1:26
Note Duration 5 mins [167] 4:56 Level 6 37
May 30, 2014
Finger Exercises
Liebestraum P2 40/40 (22)
Turkish March P2 71/71 (45)
Hickory Dickory Dock P2 53/54 (45)
Little Dog Gone P2 61/63 (60)
Guess Key 5 mins [138] 0:55

Best,
Christine

We are also up to chapter 3 of Kingdom of Tune.
We plan to work throughout summer to be ready for the new school year, since we fell a little behind this year. Anyway, looking forward to posting out recital and viewing all of yours.

Hey Everyone,
I know the semester is over but we are continuing to work throughout the summer. We worked through June and the beginning of July, trying to hit spots that need work or review.

Isabella has a higher chair now which has seemed to help her with her lessons.

We have been reviewing scales like Re-Re and Mi-Mi. We are trying to cover things that we had missed during the semester since we had fallen behind. We have continued to work with Guess Key School and alternating games like Note Duration, Note Alphabet, Treble Puzzle and Bass Puzzle each day. We have been practicing Hanon, although she does it pretty well, we wanted to focus a little more on it because it was a little bit difficult for her.

Isabella just started the chromatic scale yesterday with her right hand from Do-Do forward and backward. She is doing really well.

However, I do not know what to practice when it comes to songs. She knows a lot of pieces but not by heart she can play them well on P1 or P3 even P2 and P4. Where do I start on trying to memorize the pieces? I understand to break up a song to by four and do it on the right side and left side and I don't want to overwhelm her and myself with songs. What songs should we work on? For June and the part of July we have been working on Turkish March, Ode to Joy and A New Year's Tree. (The only song that she knows by heart is Hot Cross Buns and maybe French Song)

Here is our progress:
I don't have the progress from before June 30th even though we did do work on those days, I seemed to misplace the records.
June 30th
Turkish March PH 15/17 (23) PH 17/17 (12)
A New Year's Tree PH 16/19
Ode to Joy RH 10/12 (10) RH 8/12 (25)
Guess Key 3 mins [40] 0:57
Note Duration 3 mins [16] 02:30 177 Level 1

July 1st
A New Year's Tree RH 9/11 (11) RH 11/11 (7)
Ode to Joy RH 10/15 (26) RH 8/15 (22)
Turkish March PH 69/71 (44)
Guess Key 3 mins [48] 0:51
Note Duration 3 mins [84] 02:26 31 Level 3

July 7th
Turkish March PH 61/71 (99)
A New Year's Tree PH 12/19 (28)
Ode to Joy RH 6/19 (43)
Guess Key 3 mins [20] 1:04
Note Alphabet [48] 3:02

July 8th
Turkish March PH 24/25 (13)
A New Year's Tree PH 16/19 (20)
Ode to Joy PH 25/29 (26)
Guess Key [64] 1:05
Fruit Lines [45] 1:57 Level 6

July 10th
Turkish March PH 54/71 (101)
Ode to Joy RH 20/30 (37)
A New Year's Tree PH 37/57 (132)
Guess Key 5 mins [70] 1:03
Note Duration 5 mins [153] 07:09 42 Level 6


July 14th
Turkish March PH 28/31 (28)
Ode to Joy PH 26/29 (27)
A New Year's Tree PH 23/29 (34)
Guess Key 5 mins [71] 1:24
Note Duration 5 min [114] 03:27 45 Level 5

July 15th
A New Year's Tree PH 38/48 (53)
Ode to Joy PH 28/41 (42)
Turkish March PH 27/31 (23)
Guess Key 1 min [16] 0:18
Treble Puzzle 3 min [102] 2:31

July 16th
Turkish March PH 48/54 (60)
A New Year's Tree PH 27/35 (40)
Ode to Joy PH 20/29 (32)
Guess Key 3 min [41] 0:46
Bass Puzzle 3 min [67] 2:12

July 17th
Turkish March PH 25/31 (34)
A New Year's Tree PH 18/24 (25)
Ode to Joy PH 18/23 (21)
Guess Key 3 min [52] 0:49
Note Alphabet 3 min [112] 3:04

July 21st
Springtime Song R1 24/26 (54)
Guess Key 3 min [91] 0:50
Fruit Lines 3 min [45] 1:59 Level 6

So again what songs should we work on learning by heart since she only knows Hot Cross Buns and French Song.


I also wanted to include this photo of my daughter Isabella (4 years) and son Anthony (he was about 9 or 10 months there) playing piano together.


He likes to watch his sister do her piano lessons as well as "play" the piano himself (he just bangs on the keys) I try to play notes for him so he can learn the sounds. He will also be a Soft Mozart student.


Best,
Christine

I wasn't going to post some of the work we did and recorded over summer (especially since the new "school" year started) but then I thought maybe it will help someone. So here it goes:

July 22nd
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- Fa-Fa
Springtime Song- R1 26/26 (37)
Guess Key 3 min [54] 0:38
Note Duration- 3 min [88] 3:12 51 level 3

July 24th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- Fa-Fa
Springtime Song- R1 203/211 (515)
Guess Key 3 min [65] 01:03
Note Alphabet- 5 min [94] 3:01

July 28th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- Fa-Fa
Springtime Song- R1 16/18 (53)
Guess Key 1 min [15] 0:16
Note Duration- 3 min [81] 4:26 98 level 3

July 29th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- Fa-Fa
Springtime Song- R1 22/22 (37)
Lets Boogie P1 76/78 (38)
Guess Key 1 min [39] 0:24
Treble Puzzle- 3 min [100] 2:36


July 31st
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- Fa-Fa
Springtime Song- R1 18/18 (24)
Lets Boogie P1 77/78 (27)
Guess Key 1 min [35] 0:29
Fruit Lines- 3 min [32] 2:20 level 4

August 1st
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- Fa-Fa
Springtime Song- R1 22/22 (31)
Lets Boogie P1 78/78 (26)
Hot Cross Buns H 37/37 (17)
Guess Key 1 min [57] 1:41
Note Alphabet- 3 min [78] 1:49

It was our Birthday week (mine is the 5th of August, Isabella's is the 7th and Anthony {the baby} is the 8th) so we were celebrating.

August 11th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- Fa-Fa
Springtime Song- R1 24/26 (46)
Lets Boogie P2 70/78 (66)
Fingerobics #3 P2 23/30 (36)
Guess Key 3 min [69] 2:10
Note Duration 3 min [45] 77 03:59

August 12th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- Fa-Fa
Springtime Song- R1 29/32 (44)
Lets Boogie P2 67/78 (30)
Fingerobics #3 P2 30/30 (16)
Guess Key 3 min [66] 0:36
Fruit Lines- 3 min [24] 1:29 Level 4

August 14th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- Sol-Sol
Springtime Song- R1 26/26 (32)
Lets Boogie P2 66/78 (30)
Fingerobics #3 P2 29/30 (24)
Guess Key 3 min [41] 0:50
Note Alphabet- 3 min [52] 2:32

August 15th
Finger Exercise- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- Sol-Sol
Springtime Song- R2 16/32 (83)
Let's Boogie- P2 26/30 (15)
Guess Key 4 min [84] 1:18
Treble Puzzle 3 min [76]1:51

August 18th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale (Right)
Scales- sol-sol
Music Appreciation- Spring Song Mozart
Theory Theater- Heart Beat 1 and 2

August 19th
Scales-sol-sol
Music Appreciation Spring Song Mozart
Theory Theater Mistakes

September 1st
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale
Scales- Sol-Sol
Springtime Song- R1 82/91 (171)
Lets Boogie P2 63/78 (31)
Fingerobics #3 P2 28/30 (19)
Drummer- P2 79/85 (43)
Broken Chord Waltz-P2 79/85 (43)
Guess Key 5 min [80] 1:11
Note Duration 5 min [143] 3:56 46 Level 5

September 2nd
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation- Spring Song
Scales- Sol-Sol
Springtime Song- L1 116/120 (212)
Broken Chord Waltz- R2 8/8(5) P2 30/32 (22)
Drummer- P2 76/85 (46)
Fingerobics #4 P2 23/24 (28)
Let's Boogie- P2 75/78 (47)
Guess Key 5min [109] 1:25
Fruit Lines: 5 min [53] 2:49 Level 7

September 3rd
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation- Spring Song
Scales- Sol-Sol
Springtime Song- L1 114/120 (202)
Broken Chord Waltz- P3 31/32 (33)
Drummer- P3 85/85 (34)
Fingerobics #3 P3 30/30 (14)
Let's Boogie- P3 73/78 (30)
Guess Key 3 min [110] 0:50
Note Alphabet- 3 min [224] 4:48

September 4th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation- Spring Song
Scales- Sol-Sol
Springtime Song- R3 83/91 (164)
Broken Chord Waltz- P4 31/32 (19)
Drummer- P4 84/85 (26)
Fingerobics #3 P4 25/30 (24)
Let's Boogie- P4 62/78 (42)
Guess Key 3 min [112] 0:50
Treble Staff Puzzle 3 min [92] 2:17

September 8th
Scales- Sol to Sol
Finger Exercises -Early learner, Chromatic, Hanon
Music Appreciation- Melody
Melody P1 43/44 (41)
Broken Chord Waltz P4 26/30 (38)
Let's Boogie P4 [61] 0:41
Bass Staff Puzzle 3 min [162] 2:50

September 9th
Scales ti-ti
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation- Melody
Melody P3 41/44 (61)
Liebestraum P4 39/40 (25)
Broken Chord Waltz P4 32/32 (16)
Drummer P4 80/85 (39)
Fingerobics #3 P4 30/30 (7) (she started to memorize the song)
Let's Boogie P4 73/78 (34)
Guess Key 3 min [50] 1:12
Note duration 3 min [114] 2:35 25

September 10th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Chromatic, Hanon
Scales- Ti-Ti
Music Appreciation- Melody
Melody P3 44/44 (56)
Liebestraum P4 40/40 (36)
Broken Chord Waltz P4 32/32 (15)
Drummer P4 85/85 (30)
Fingerobics #3 P4 29/30 (08)
Let's Boogie P4 74/78 (37)
French Song P4 47/48 (26)
Guess Key 3 mins [123] 0:40
Note Alphabet 3 mins [116] 2:44

September 11th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic
Scales- Ti-Ti
Music Appreciation- Melody
Melody P3 44/44 (49)
Liebestraum P4 40/40 (18)
Broken Chord Waltz P4 32/32 (14)
Drummer P4 84/85 (30)
Fingerobics #3 P4 28/30 (23)
Let's Boogie P4 74/78 (39)
Slumber Song P3 61/62 (50)
Guess Key 3 mins [143] 0:42
Fruit Lines [90] 1:49 Level 10

September 12th
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic
Music Appreciation Melody
Melody P3 43/44 (40)
Broken Chord Waltz P5 32/32 (19)
Drummer P4 84/85 (19)
Fingerobics #3 P4 30/30 (14)
Let's Boogies P4 71/78 (31)
Guess Key 3 min [92] 0:36
Treble Staff Puzzle 10 min [239] 9:13


I also want to just say I either missed the last message from you Hellene or misread it so sorry we didn't follow your advice in some areas but now that I have seen it and reread it we will!

Best regards,
Christine and Isabella