Ariana 4 y.o. Prep Level B

Segment 3 (November - December)

Ear Training

Ariana sings Note Alphabet Song from ‘Do’ to ‘Do’:


Place the cards as you hear the melody 1:


Piano

Exercises:
Ariana continues to practice 5 fingers exercise regularly and practices to play Do with thumb and Mi with index and while playing Mi to say ‘skip’.

Piano Pieces:
These are the pieces Ariana continues to practice:

Hot Cross Buns
R3(15:15/4):


L3(22:22/2)


The Mulberry Bush
R3(23:23/16)


L3(13:13/


French Song
R3(28:28/14)


L3(20:20/4)


Jingle Bells
R3(45:45/22)


L3(32:32/7)


Ode to Joy
R3(30:30/15)


L3(18:18/2)


She is also learning 'The small-fir tree' but we did not make a video of that one yet.

Interactive theory

Music Theory: Learning to place cards in order from Do to Do forward:

Segment 3(November-December)

Music appreciation
Tchaikovsky ‘Nutcracker’ – March- beginners to play at least 8 bars using Right or Left hand.
Ariana plays Nutcracker March(RH-55:55/40)



Ariana plays Nutcracker March(LH-29:29/17)



Exercises:
- Playing 5 fingers exercise in diverging motion

Segment 4(December-January)

Music appreciation
‘Carol of the Bells’

We did not have an updated version of Soft Mozart Program which included this piece, so Ariana learned from her sisters a simplified version of this piece:



Ear Training
Singing with PP files the track from Re to Re:



Playing 5 finger exercise using 2 hands



Playing several sequences of Hanon #1 at least with 1 hand
Ariana plays Hanon #1(RH):



Piano
Ariana continues to practice previous pieces with R, L and both hands regularly

Interactive theory
Place the cards from ‘Re’ to ‘Re’:

Segment 5 (January - February)

Music appreciation
Liszt ‘Liebestraum’ (P5-40:40/16):



Ear Training
Singing with PP files the track from Fa to Fa:



Piano
Ariana playing several sequences of Hanon #1 with each hand separately:
Hannon#1(RH)



Hannon #1(LH)



Learning about thumb as ‘White Cat’, 3rd finger as ‘Black Cat’ and index as ‘Mouse’ as preparation to playing ‘Chromatic scale.
This exercise is challenging for Ariana, she often uses her index finger-‘Mouse’, as a 'Black Cat' or places the ‘Mouse’ on a ‘White Cat’ key. But the more she practices to play it the better she gets at making fewer mistakes. It is a work in progress.

Interactive theory
Placing music cards from Fa to Fa:



‘Note Alphabet Game’
(time-3:26; score-213)

Segment 5(January-February)

Piano
Playing 5 finger exercise using 2 hands:



Ariana playing old pieces using both hands:

"Hot Cross Buns"(P5-37:37/2)



"The Mulberry Bush"(P3-36:36/14)



"French Song"(P5-48:48/9)



"Jingle Bells"(P5-77:77/17)



"Ode To Joy" (P5-48:48/9)



"Surprise Symphony"(P3-66:67/25)



"Slumber Song"(P3-62:62/21)



Ariana is also working on "The small fir-tree" from Introductory Songs Album

"The Small Fir-Tree"(R4-42:42/23)



"The Small Fir-Tree"(L4-26:26/3)



"The Small Fir-Tree"(P4-67:68/38)