Prep Level C ( 5 year old and up)

Segment 1 (September - October in SMA)


To ALL lessons


To receive lessons weekly by e-mails



WEEKLY PLANS

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

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At least 2 pictures and 1-2 videos of the listed activity will be counted towards your/your child's credits for graduation DIPLOMA. Please, upload the videos on You Tube, copy the address from the BROWSER window and past it in your Progress Diary. Don't forget to mention in the description of your photo/video Soft Mozart Academy, year and activity.

Segment 2 (October - November in SMA)


To ALL lessons


To receive lessons weekly by e-mails



WEEKLY PLANS

Lesson 6

Lesson 7

Lesson 8

Lesson 9

Lesson 10

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At least 2 pictures and 1-2 videos of the listed activity will be counted towards your/your child's credits for graduation DIPLOMA. Please, upload the videos on You Tube, copy the address from the BROWSER window and past it in your Progress Diary. Don't forget to mention in the description of your photo/video Soft Mozart Academy, year and activity.

Segment 3 (November - December in SMA)

Music appreciation

Tchaikovsky ‘Nutcracker’ – March (from Gentle piano). For parents – beginners to play at least 8 bars using Right or Left hand.

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Ear Training

PP singing of Note Alphabet Song from ‘Do’ to ‘Do’ Song and sing it alone with a singer: SoftMozartSolfege1.1DotoDo.ppt and ‘Re’ to ‘Re’. SoftMozartSolfege1.2RetoRe.ppt

Nursery Primer: Play ‘Tom, Tom, the piper’s son’ on R3, L3 or P3 and sing the piece with the names of the notes.


Piano

Exercises:
- Playing ‘Hanon #1’ up and down with R, L and both hands.
- Learning to play ‘White and Black Cat’ (Chromatic Scale) using the TEACHING video: with R, L and both hands *both hands optional*

Piano Pieces:
- Practice playing R (H), L (H) and P(H) of all the pieces that you had been selected for recital and try to make perfect score
- Gentle Piano: Christmas Carols and Christmas Classics. Read on 1 or on 3 the songs that you like.



Interactive theory

‘Fruit Lines’ game. Play for 4-5 minutes.

THEORY THEATER: Watch 'Heartbeat of music'

Segment 4 (December - January in SMA)

Music appreciation

Piano piece to be added to Song Library ‘Carol of the Bells’.
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Ear Training

Singing with PP files the track from Mi to Mi SoftMozartSolfege1.3MitoMi.zip

Gentle piano: Nursery Primer. ‘Mary had a little lamb’. Play the piece on R3, L3 and P3 and sing R hand with Solfeggio names.


Piano

- Hanon #1 – playing using 2 hands up and down
- Chromatic Scale – playing with both hands up and down
- Practicing piano pieces with TEACHING VIDEOS and getting ready for the recital.


Interactive theory

Note Duration game. Playing for 5 minutes at a time and writing the results down.

THEORY THEATER: Watch 'Heartbeat of music' 2

Segment 5 (January - February in SMA)

Music appreciation

piano version Favorite Classics Primer - Liszt ‘Liebestraum’. Original sample -

Ear Training

Singing with PP notes from Fa to Fa softmozart.com/forum/31-share-files/1047...-solfege-1.html#1047

Gentle Piano: Sing the song ‘The Farmer in the Dell’ with Solfeggio names.


Piano

- Hanon #1 – playing using 2 hands up and down
- Chromatic Scale – playing with both hands up and down
- Practicing piano pieces with TEACHING VIDEOS and getting ready for the recital.
- Picking up new piano pieces for the next semester


Interactive theory

Playing Treble Staff Puzzle for 3 minutes.

Segment 6 (February - March in SMA)

Music appreciation

Piano experience – Favorite Classics Primer – Beethoven ‘Turkish March’
Original sample:

Ear Training

Singing with PP files from So to So softmozart.com/forum/31-share-files/1047...-solfege-1.html#1047

Playing and singing Solfeggio ‘Alphabet’ song from Nursery Primer

Piano

- Learning to play triads with both hands

- Sight-reading Nursery Primer on R4, L4 and P4
- Practicing the piano pieces for May recital using R and L hands


Interactive theory

Watch the video about Tonica (I) and Bodyguard (II)



Practice rhythmical dictations as it shown on the dedicated page.

Learn how transpose (to play from different keys) with Gentle piano

pianolearningsoftware.com/pages/transpos...ourse-for-very-young

Bass Staff Puzzle. Playing for 3 minutes.