Week of April 9-13
Welcome Back from Spring Break
Continue to Identify and Label all of the white keys on the piano A - G with anchor keys of C & F
Start identifying the Black keys with 2 names each (A#/Bb, C#/Db, etc)
Write the finger numbers of Right & L hands (R - 1,2,3,4,5 L - 5,4,3,2,1) and what keys they play in C hand position
Know all the notes on the Treble Clef Lines: E G B D F "Every Good Boy Does Fine on the line"
Know the notes on the Treble Clef Spaces: F A C E "It spells FACE in the space."
Know the notes on the Bass Clef Lines: G B D F A "Good Boys Do Fine Always"
Know the notes on the Bass Clef Spaces: A C E G "All Cows Eat Grass"
Identify and label the terms and symbols: Staff (5 lines, 4 spaces), Clef, bar line, double bar line, measure, time signature, ledger line
Identify the following rests: whole, half, quarter, eighth, & sixteenth.
Know all values and how the coordinate with the note values.
Know symbols and Italian terms: piano, forte, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, pianissimo, fortissimo, fermata, time signature, legato, staccato, flat, sharp, natural, common time, cut time, crescendo, decrescendo, diminuendo, ritardando, staff, measure, bar line, double bar line, repeat sign, treble & Bass clef
Write a Major scale on the staff. Label the pattern of steps W, W, H, W, W, W, H
Continue playing and passing off songs in the piano book. Try to get to pg 30/32 by the end of the week.
Friday is Recital Day - be prepared with a song to play.