Level 1

Segment 1 (September - October in SMA)


To ALL lessons




WEEKLY PLANS

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

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Segment 2 (October - November in SMA)


To ALL lessons


WEEKLY PLANS

Lesson 6

Lesson 7

Lesson 8

Lesson 9

Lesson 10

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Segment 3 ( November - December in SMA)

Music appreciation

Tchaikovsky ‘Nutcracker’ – ‘Dance of the Reed Pipes’ – play at least several bars on R3, L3 (P3*optional*)

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Ear Training

Playing and singing Solfeggio any 2 pieces of ‘Favorite Classics Primer’ on R1, L1 and P1.

Reciting singing Solfeggio 1-2 songs from ‘Nursery Primer’ by heart with or without keyboard.

Music Dictation 3 -




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


Piano sight-reading

Gentle Piano:
Nursery Primer. Play all the piano pieces on R2, L2 and P2

Interactive theory

Saying Note Alphabet from Mi to Mi, Fa to Fa, Sol to Sol forward and backwards
‘Fruit Lines’ game. Play for 4-5 minutes.

Segment 4 ( December - January in SMA)

Music appreciation

Piano experience – Nutcracker ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’.

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Ear Training

Singing and playing on piano 2 previous piano pieces on R2, R3, L2 and L3 and P2 and P3 with Solfeggio. Trying to hide notes and memorize them.

Music Dictation 4 -


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.



Piano sight-reading

Gentle Piano:
Nursery Primer on R4, L4 and P4

Interactive theory

Saying Note Alphabet from Fa to Fa, Sol to Sol and La to La forward and backwards
Note Duration game. Playing for 5 minutes at a time and writing the results down.

Segment 5 ( January - February in SMA)

Music appreciation

Piano version Favorite Classics 1 – Alexander Borodin ‘Polovetzian Dance’

Original sample:

Modern version:

Ear Training

Solfeggio and Chords. Level 1, C Major. Playing Zhuchka by R3, singing it with Solfeggio. Try to make perfect score on R (H) and write the melody down.

Music Dictation 5 -



Piano

- Repeating Hanon #1 and Chromatic Scale
- Learning triads ‘Three Sisters’ exercise:
- Starting new piano pieces *Ask Soft Mozart teacher for suggestions*


Piano sight-reading

Gentle Piano: Nursery Primer on R5, L5 and P5

Interactive theory

Saying Note Alphabet from Sol to Sol, La to La and Ti to Ti forward and backwards
Playing Treble Staff Puzzle for 5 minutes.

Segment 6 ( February - March in SMA)

Music appreciation

Piano experience – Favorite Classics 1 – Edvard Grieg ‘Morning Mood’

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Ear Training

Solfeggio and Chords. Level 1, G Major. ‘Zhuchka’. Playing the piece with Right hand and singing Solfeggio. Making perfect score on R (H). Writing the melody down.



Piano

- Learning to play triads with both hands
- Practicing the piano pieces for May recital using R and L hands

Music Dictation 6 -


Piano sight-reading

Gentle Piano: Nursery Primer’ on R6, L6 and P6

Interactive theory

Saying Note Alphabet from La to La, Ti to Ti and Do to Do forward and backwards
Bass Staff Puzzle. Playing for 3 minutes.

Transposing I II III in Major and Minor pianolearningsoftware.com/pages/transpos...r-step-and-half-step