Level 2

Segment 1 (September - October in SMA)


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WEEKLY PLANS

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

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Segment 2 (October - November in SMA)

Music appreciation

Favorite Classics 2 – G.F.Handel ‘Hallelujah Chorus’
One of the originals:


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.



Gentle piano – Practice your recital pieces on R, L and P. Try to make less mistakes in less time.

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*)

Original sample -


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 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

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

Interactive theory

‘Fruit Lines’ game. Play for 10 – 15 minutes.


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

Segment 4 (December - January in SMA)

Music appreciation

Piano experience – Nutcracker ‘Overture’.

Original sample -


Ear Training

Solfeggio and Chords Level 1 G-major – ‘My Hall’ – learn the Right Hand on R3, memorize, write the notes by memory, place dots and stems, organize rhythmically, divide the melody by bars.

Piano

- Playing triad inversions in Do Major



- Playing Arpeggios in Do Major
- Practicing piano pieces with TEACHING VIDEOS and getting ready for the recital.


Piano sight-reading

Christmas Carols and Christmas Classics – play all the pieces with 1 key signature (# or b) on R2, L2 and P2; R4, L4 and P4

Interactive theory

Note Duration game. Playing for 10 minutes at a time and writing the results down.

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

Segment 5 (January- February in SMA)

Music appreciation

Piano version Favorite Classics 2 – L.V.Beethoven ‘Fur Elise’

Original sample:


Ear Training

Solfeggio and Chords. Level 1, G Major. Playing the first piece on S, L and L(H)
Playing the rest of the pieces from the list on S and L (H)

Piano

- Repeating Hanon #2, Do Major, Triad inversions and Arpeggio
- Learning Sol Major scale
- Starting new piano pieces *Ask Soft Mozart teacher for suggestions*


Piano sight-reading

Christmas Carols and Christmas Classics with 1 key signature (# or b) on R5, L5, P5 and R6, L6 and P6

Interactive theory

Playing Treble Staff Puzzle for 10 minutes.

Segment 6 (February - March in SMA)

Music Appreciation

Piano Experience – Favorite Classics 2 – Felix Mendelssohn ‘Wedding March’

Original Sample:


Ear training

Solfeggio and Chords. Level 1, F Major. Play the first piece on S, L and L (H)

Play the rest of the pieces on the list on S and L (H).

Piano

- Learn triads, inversions and arpeggios in G Major.
-Practicing all the piano pieces for May recital using R and L hands.


Piano Sight-reading

Favorite Classics 1 – Play all the pieces on R2, L2 and P2.

Interactive Theory

Bass Staff Puzzle: Play for 10 minutes.