Soft Way to Mozart
MUSIC CURRICULUM
First year young beginners
Objectives:
This teaching course is based on the "hands on" experience of students studying music as an
independent language. Music making is an essential part of this curriculum and music theory,
music appreciation and the understanding of music as a valuable art come in first place. All other
skills should be built from playing the Treble and Bass Clefs on the piano/keyboard, advanced
development of both hands (10 fingers) coordination, piano technique, sight-reading, singing
Solfeggio and writing music dictations.
What students will learn:
1. Theory. The music note alphabet, all of the music notes of The First and Small octaves, about
eighth, quarter, and half notes, Tune, Major Tune, Tonic, Subdominant, Dominant, staccato,
legato, fermata, noisy and musical sounds, pitch, rhythm and time signature, tonality, note
duration, and bits.
2. Solfeggio - learning to sing, memorize and write down simple melodies in Do Major (2/4 and
4/4)
3. Harmony - learning to play Tonic, Subdominant and Dominant by ear for simple music pieces
in Do Major.
4. Sight-reading - playing Nursery and Classical pieces of music using both hands on the piano
(keyboard).
5. Performance - learning and performing piano pieces of modern and contemporary composers
at recitals.
Accessories and materials:
1. Regular pencil with eraser
2. Colored pencils
3. Music Note Book
4. Flash Cards Level 1 - 3
5. H.Hiner and V.Pinchuk Book "Kingdom of Tune"
6. Stickers for piano keys
7. A notebook to write the results of practice
Soft Mozart interactive computer games
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Gentle Piano
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Guess Key name
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Note Alphabet
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Note Duration
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Fruit Lines
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Treble Staff Puzzle
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Bass Staff Puzzle
Week 1
A. Theory: music note alphabet (10 minutes)
1. Learning the symbols: Do - Door, Re - Rain, Mi - Mirror, Fa - Farm, Sol - Salt, La - Ladder
and Ti - Cup of Tea, using Flash Cards Level 1(Sheets 1 and 2)
2. Singing the scale from Do to Do, pressing the piano/keyboard keys with piano key stickers
3. Learning how to put flash cards in the order of:
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La and Ti. Flip one of the card over and learn how to count to the missing card.
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. The Guess Key Name computer game - play for 10 minutes, write down the results
2. Five fingers exercise
Learning to play from
- the Middle Do (red note on 0, half-brown and half-green line) with the Right Hand: Do Re Mi
Fa Sol and Sol Fa Mi Re Do using five fingers of the Right Hand.
- the small octave Do (blue note between 3rd and 4th brown lines) with the Left Hand: Do Re Mi
Fa Sol and Sol Fa Mi Re Do using five fingers of the Left Hand.
Play the exercise one hand at a time.
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano (20 minutes)
The song Hot Cross Buns (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen to the song
R1 - learn to play the song with the Right Hand (play 2 times and write the results in your note
book. Compare the results. If the amount of points on the left part of monitor increases and
amount of points on the right part of monitor decreases, give the student a winning star. Use the
correct fingering on the notes (Mi - the 3rd, Re - the 4th and Do - the 1st )
Sing the music notes while playing the song with the Right Hand
D. Historical/Cultural. The book “Kingdom of Tune” (5 minutes)
1. Read the First Page about the Girl and the Tuner
2. Explain what "Piano got sick" or "Out of Tune" means and what a Tuning Fork is, including
how it is used for tuning the piano.
E. Homework
1.Color the first picture of the book at home (My piano got ill)
2. Learn to put cards from Do to Do in order
3. Learn to recite "Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do" out loud, quickly
4. Play the song "Hot Cross Buns" with the Right hand
4. Learn to play Do Re Mi Fa Sol and Sol Fa Mi Re Do with the right and left hands
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Week 2
A. Theory: music note alphabet (10 minutes)
1. Review the symbols and their meanings: Do - Door, Re - Rain, Mi - Mirror, Fa - Farm, Sol Salt, La - Ladder and Ti - Cup of Tea, using Flash Cards Level 1 (Sheets 1 and 2)
2. Singing the scale from Do to Do, pressing the piano/keyboard keys with piano key stickers
3. Learning how to place the cards in descending order - Do Ti La Sol Fa Mi Re Do. Flip one of
the cards over and learn how to count to the missing card.
B. Finger Exercises (10 minutes)
1. The Guess Key Name computer game - play for 5 minutes, recording the results
2. Five fingers exercise:
Learning to play from
- the Middle Do (red note on 0, half-brown and half-green line) with the Right Hand: Do Re Mi
Fa Sol and Sol Fa Mi Re Do using all of the 5 Fingers of the Right Hand.
- the small octave Do (blue note between 3rd and 4th brown lines) with the Left Hand: Do Re Mi
Fa Sol and Sol Fa Mi Re Do using all 5 of the fingers of the Left Hand.
3. Practice the same exercise using both hands at the same time
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
The song “Hot Cross Buns” (Introductory Songs) (15 minutes)
S6 - listen to the song
L1 - learn to play the song with the Left Hand (play 2 times and record the results in your note
book. Compare the results. If the amount of points on the left part of the monitor is increasing
and the amount of points on the right part of the monitor is decreasing, award the student with a
winning star. Use the correct fingering on the notes (The blue Do of the small octave is played
with the pinky and the blue Sol of the small octave is played with the thumb)
R1 - play the song with your Right Hand the way you learned it last time and sing the notes
while playing them
D. Historical/Cultural. The book “Kingdom of Tune” (5 minutes)
1. Read the Second Page about the Girl and the Tuner, and how the Tuning Fork becomes a
smaller version of the Tuner
2. Review what a "Piano being out of Tune" means and what a Tuning Fork is
E. Homework
1. Color the second picture of the book at home (Girl is holding the Tuning Fork)
2. Learn to place cards from Do to Do in descending order
3. Recite "Do Ti La Sol Fa Mi Re Do" quickly
4. Practice the song "Hot Cross Buns" with the Left hand
4. Play Do Re Mi Fa Sol and Sol Fa Mi Re Do from the red and blue Dos with both hands
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Week 3
A. Theory - music note alphabet (5 minutes)
1. Learning how to put the cards in ascending and descending order from Re to Re - Re Mi Fa
Sol La Ti Do Re and Re Do Ti La Sol Fa Mi Re. Flip one of the cards over and learn how to
count to the missing card.
B. Finger Exercises (15 minutes)
1. The Guess Key Name computer game - play for 5 minutes, recording the results
2. Learning to play the piano exercise "Hanon Exercise # 1" from the Middle Do with the Right
hand:
- learn to say: "skip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- learn to play the Middle Do with the thumb and then skip one key, play Mi and say the word
"skip" on Mi
- learn to play the first row of the exercise Do Mi (skip) Fa (1) Sol (2) La (3) Sol (4) Fa (5) Mi
(6)Re (7)
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano (20 minutes)
The song "Hot Cross Buns" (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen to the song
L1 - practice the song with the Left Hand
R1 - practice the song with the Right Hand (sing the notes alone with playing)
P1 - learn to play the song with both hands. Play the songs with both hands twice and write the
results in your notebook
D. Historical/Cultural. The book Kingdom of Tune. (5 minutes)
1. Read the Third Page about how sounds came to Earth.
2. Discuss the different kinds of sounds we hear
3. Compare and contrast the sounds of nature and the sounds of people’s voices.
E. Homework
1. Color the third picture of the book at home
2. Learn to place cards in ascending and descending order from Re to Re
3. Recite "Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do Re" and "Re Do Ti La Sol Fa Mi Re" quickly
4. Practice the song "Hot Cross Buns" with both hands
4. Play the first row of "Hanon Exercise #1" with the Right Hand - Do Mi Fa Sol La Sol Fa Mi
Re
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Week 4
A. Theory - music note alphabet (5 minutes)
1. Learn to put the cards in ascending and descending order from Mi to Mi - Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do
Re Mi and Mi Re Do Ti La Sol Fa Mi . Flip one of the cards over and learn how to count to the
missing card.
B. Finger Exercises (15 minutes)
1. Guess Key Name Computer game - play for 5 minutes, writing down the results
2. Review how to play "Hanon Exercise # 1" from the Middle Do with the Right hand
- repeat how to say: "skip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- learn to play 7 rows of the exercise
Do Mi (skip) Fa (1) Sol (2) La (3) Sol (4) Fa (5) Mi (6)
Re (7)Fa (skip) Sol (1) La (2) Ti (3) La (4) Sol (5) Fa (6)
Mi (7) Sol (skip) La (1) Ti (2) Do (3) Ti (4) La (5) Sol (6)
Fa (7) La (skip) Ti (1) Do (2) Re (3) Do (4) Ti (5) La (6)
Sol (7) Ti (skip) Do (1) Re (2) Mi (3) Re (4) Do (5) Ti (6)
La (7) Do (skip) Re (1) Mi (2) Fa (3) Mi (4) Re (5) Do (6)
Ti (7) Re (skip) Mi (1) Fa (2) Sol (3) Fa (4) Mi (5) Re (6)
Do (7)
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano (20 minutes)
The song Hot Cross Buns (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen to the song
P - Play the songs with two hands twice and record the results in your note book
D. Historical/Cultural. The book “Kingdom of Tune” (5 minutes)
1. Read the Third Page about how the sounds came to Earth.
2. Review what sorts of sounds we hear
3. Compare/contrast the sounds of nature and the sounds of a person’s voice
4. Review what sorts of sounds have a pitch (sounds of piano, violin, singing voice etc ) and
what sorts of sounds have no pitch (creaks, clanks, drums)
E. Homework
1. Color the third picture of the book at home (sounds came to Earth)
2. Learn to put cards from Re to Re in ascending and descending order
3. Recite "Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do Re Mi" and "Mi Re Do Ti La Sol Fa Mi" quickly
4. Practice the song "Hot Cross Buns" with both hands on P1
4. Play 7 rows of "Hanon Exercise #1" with the Right Hand
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Week 5
A. Theory - music note alphabet (10 minutes total)
1. Learn how to put the cards in ascending and descending order from Fa to Fa - Fa Sol La Ti Do
Re Mi Fa and Fa Mi Re Do Ti La Sol Fa. Flip one of the cards over and learn how to count to
the missing card (5 minutes)
2. Play the computer game "Note Alphabet" (5 minutes)
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Learning to play "Hanon Exercise # 1" from the Middle and Small octave’s "Do"using both
hands at the same time
- repeat how to say: "skip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- learn to play 7 rows of the exercise
Do Mi (skip) Fa (1) Sol (2) La (3) Sol (4) Fa (5) Mi (6)
Re (7)Fa (skip) Sol (1) La (2) Ti (3) La (4) Sol (5) Fa (6)
Mi (7) Sol (skip) La (1) Ti (2) Do (3) Ti (4) La (5) Sol (6)
Fa (7) La (skip) Ti (1) Do (2) Re (3) Do (4) Ti (5) La (6)
Sol (7) Ti (skip) Do (1) Re (2) Mi (3) Re (4) Do (5) Ti (6)
La (7) Do (skip) Re (1) Mi (2) Fa (3) Mi (4) Re (5) Do (6)
Ti (7) Re (skip) Mi (1) Fa (2) Sol (3) Fa (4) Mi (5) Re (6)
Do (7)
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano (20 minutes)
1. The song Hot Cross Buns (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen to the song
P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 - play the song on different music score presentations (from vertical with
colors and pictures to black and white notes)
2. The song French Song (Introductory Songs)
S - listen to the song
R1 - play with the Right Hand and sing the melody in Solfeggio
L1 - play with the Left Hand and sing the melody in Solfeggio
D. Historical/Cultural. The book “Kingdom of Tune” (5 minutes)
1. Read the Fourth page about Two Rivals - Mr. Tone and Glissando
2. Questions:
a. What is the difference between Tone and Glissando? (one tone - sliding between many tones)
b. Why was Glissando more popular at first? (People liked to test their voices with many
different pitches)
E. Homework
1. Color the 4th picture of the book at home (Glissando and Mr. Tone)
2. Learn to place cards from Fa to Fa in ascending and descending order
3. Recite "Fa Sol La Ti Do Re Mi Fa" and "Fa Mi Re Do Ti La Sol Fa" quickly
4. Play Note Alphabet for 5 minutes
5. Practice the song "Hot Cross Buns" with both hands on P1-P5
6. Practice "Hanon Exercise #1" with both hands
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Week 6
A. Theory - music note alphabet (10 minutes total)
1. Learn how to place the cards in ascending and descending order from Sol to Sol - Sol La Ti
Do Re Mi Fa Sol and Sol Fa Mi Re Do Ti La Sol. Flip one of the cards over and learn how to
count to the missing card (5 minutes)
2. Play the computer game "Note Alphabet" (5 minutes)
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Learn to play "Hanon Exercise # 1" from the First and Second octave’s Sol with both hands
(backwards)
- repeat how to say: "skip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- learn to play 7 rows down with Right hand and then both hands:
Sol Mi (skip) Re (1) Do (2) Ti (3) Do (4) Re (5) Mi (6)
Fa (7)Re (skip) Do (1) Ti (2) La (3) Ti (4) Do (5) Re (6)
Mi (7) Do (skip) Ti (1) La (2) Sol (3) La (4) Ti(5) Do (6)
Re (7) Ti (skip) La (1) Sol (2) Fa (3) Sol (4) La (5) Ti (6)
Do (7) La (skip) Sol (1) Fa (2) Mi (3) Fa (4) Sol (5) La (6)
Ti (7) Sol (skip) Fa (1) Mi (2) Re (3) Mi (4) Fa (5) Sol (6)
La (7) Fa (skip) Mi (1) Re (2) Do (3)
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano (20 minutes)
1. The song Hot Cross Buns (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen to the song and memorize it
P1(H)
2. The song French Song (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen to the song
R1 - repeat with the Right Hand and sing the melody in Solfeggio
L1 - repeat with the Left Hand and sing the melody in Solfeggio
P1 - learn to play with both hands
D. Historical/Cultural. The book “Kingdom of Tune” (5 minutes)
1. Read the Fifth page about Mr. Tone gaining popularity
2. Questions
a. What is the difference between Tone and Glissando? (one tone - sliding between many tones)
b. Why Glissando was more popular at first? (People liked to test their voices with many
different pitches)
c. Why did Mr. Tone become the most popular later? (People learned how to concentrate and
keep focused)
E. Homework
1. Color the 5th picture of the book at home (Mr. Tone surrounded by sounds)
2. Learn to place cards from Sol to Sol in ascending and descending order
3. Recite "Sol La Ti Do Re Mi Fa Sol" and "Sol Fa Mi Re Do Ti La Sol" quickly
4. Practice the song "Hot Cross Buns" on P1(H) and with no computer
5. Practice the "French Song" with both hands on P1
6. Practice "Hanon Exercise #1" with the Right hand and then with both hands backwards
∞∞∞
Week 7
A. Theory - music note alphabet (10 minutes total)
1. Learn how to place the cards in ascending and descending order from La to La - La Ti Do Re
Mi Fa Sol La and La Sol Fa Mi Re Do Ti La. Flip one of the cards over and learn how to count
to the missing card (5 minutes)
2. Play the computer game "Note Alphabet" (5 minutes)
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Learn to play the piano exercise "Chromatic Scale" (The White Cat - the thumb, and the Black
Cat - the 3rd finger and the Mouse - the 2nd finger) with the Right hand
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano (20 minutes)
1. The song "French Song" (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen to the song
P1- repeat, playing with both hands
P1-P5 - practice on different Staff presentations
Start Memorizing on P1(H)
2. The song "Jingle Bells" (Introductory Songs)
S-listen to the song
R-play the Right hand and sing in solfeggio
L- play the Left hand and sing the Right hand in solfeggio
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (5 minutes)
1. Read the Seventh page about Creak
2. Questions
a. What did Creak propose to do to dominate the planet? (make a lot of noise and scare people)
b. Who liked this idea? (Noisy sounds)
E. Homework
1. Color the 7th picture of the book at home (Creak making noise)
2. Learn to place cards from La to La in ascending and descending order
3. Recite "La Ti Do Re Mi Fa Sol La" and "La Sol Fa Mi Re Do Ti La" quickly
4. Practice "French Song" with both hands on P1-5
5. Practice "Jingle Bells" with the Right hand and the Left hand
6. Practice the Chromatic Scale with the Right hand (White Cat, Black Cat and Mouse)
∞∞∞
Week 8
A. Theory - music note alphabet (10 minutes total)
1. Learn to place cards in ascending and descending order from Ti to Ti - Ti Do Re Mi Fa Sol
La Ti and Ti La Sol Fa Mi Re Do Ti. Flip one of the cards over and learn how to count to the
missing card (5 minutes)
2. Play the computer game "Note Alphabet" (5 minutes)
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Learn to play the Chromatic Scale (The White Cat - the thumb, and the Black Cat - the 3rd
finger and Mouse - the 2nd finger) with the Left hand
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(20 minutes)
1. The song "French Song" (Introductory Songs)
S - listen to the song
Play
R1 and R1 (H) and sing the Right Hand’s notes in Solfeggio
L1 and L1 (H) and sing the Right Hand’s notes in Solfeggio
Play P1 and P1 (H) and keep singing the melody in Solfeggio
2. The song "Jingle Bells" (Introductory Songs)
S-listen to the song on S6
R1- repeat with the Right hand and sing in solfeggio
L1- repeat the Left hand and sing the Right hand’s notes in solfeggio
P1- learn how to play both songs with 2 hands
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (5 minutes)
1. Read the Eighth page about the sounds’ division into musical-with pitch and noisy (without)
ones
2. Questions
a. Why did the noisy sounds leave the meeting? (because Mr. Tone said that only sounds with
pitch or tone could stay)
b. Were the nosy sounds all bad?
c. Why did the little drum sound cry?
d. Did Glissando stay or did he leave with the others?
E. Homework
1. Color the 8th picture of the book at home (Noisy sounds leaving with Creak)
2. Learn to place the cards from Ti to Ti in ascending and descending order
3. Recite "Ti Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti" and "Ti La Sol Fa Mi Re Do Ti" quickly
4. Practice "French Song" with both hands on P1 - P1(H)
5. Practice "Jingle Bells" with both hands on P1
6. Practice the Chromatic Scale with the Left hand (White Cat, Black Cat and Mouse)
∞∞∞
Week 9
A. Music theory (10 minutes total)
1.Learn to write "Do" in the Music Note Book
2. Learn to read the notes with Flash Cards Level 1
Learn to count steps - "mosquitos" from the Middle Do up on the scale. Cards-"Boys" and
"Girls"
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Review how to play the "Chromatic Scale" (The White Cat - the thumb and the Black Cat - the
3rd finger and Mouse - the 2nd finger) with the Right and Left hands
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(20 minutes)
1. The song French Song (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen to the song
Play P1 - P1 (H) and sing the song in Solfeggio
2. The song Jingle Bells (Introductory Songs)
S6-listen to the song
P1-P5 play the song with both hands and sing the melody in Solfeggio
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (5 minutes)
1. Read the Ninth page about Sounds going to school
2. Questions
a. Why did the sounds need to go to school? (to learn to be organized, and keep their own pitch)
b. Why do we need schools?
E. Homework
1. Color the 9th picture of the book at home (Noisy sounds leaving with Creak)
2. Finish practice on how to write "Do" in your music note book
3. Practice "Hot Cross Buns" and "French Song" on P1(H) and then with no computer
5. Practice "Jingle Bells" with both hands on P1-P5
6. Practice the Chromatic Scale with the Right and Left hands separately (White Cat, Black Cat
and Mouse)
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Week 10
A. Music theory (10 minutes total)
1. Learn to write "Re" in the Music Note Book
2. Work with Flash cards Level 1 ; keep learning to count notes with mosquitos from the Middle
Do up and from the Second octave Do down
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Learn to play the piano exercise "Three sisters" - major chord Do Mi Sol with 1 - 3 - 5 fingers
of the Right Hand (From the Middle Do) and the Left Hand (From the Small Octave Do - blue
Do on the left between 3rd and 4th brown lines)
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano (20 minutes)
1. The song French Song (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen to the song
Play the song on P1(H) and then with no computer
2. The song Jingle Bells (Introductory Songs)
S6-listen to the song
Play
R1 and then R1(H)
L1 and then L1 (H)
P1 and then P1 (H)
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (5 minutes)
1. Read the Tenth page about the Training Ladder
2. Questions
a. What is the training Ladder? (order of placing music sounds, the Grand Scale)
b. How many Registers does the training ladder have? (Three - Lower, Middle and High)
c. What kinds of sounds filled the Lower, Middle and High register?
E. Homework
1. Color the 10th picture of the book at home (Training Ladder)
2. Finish practice on how to write "Re" in your music note book
3. Practice "Jingle Bells" with R1 and R1 (H), L1 and L1(H), and P1 and P1 (H)
4. Keep practicing "Hot Cross Buns" and "French Song" by memory
6. Play the "Three sisters" exercises or Major Chords with the Right and Left hands.
∞∞∞
Week 11
A. Music theory (10 minutes total)
1.Learn to write "Mi" in the Music Note Book
2. Flash Cards Level 1 - learn to find the notes’ names with no help (cards with no "mosquitos")
– counting up from the middle Do
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Learn to play the piano exercise "Three sisters" - major chord Do Mi Sol with 1 - 3 - 5 fingers
of the Right Hand and Left Hands separately and together (Do Mi Sol of the Small and First
octaves)
2. Repeat "Hanon #1" and "Chromatic scale"
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(20 minutes)
1. The songs "French Song", "Hot Cross Buns" (Introductory Songs)
play the songs with no help from the computer
2. The songs "Jingle Bells"
S6-listen to the song
Play
R1 and then R1(H)
L1 and then L1 (H)
P1 and then P1 (H)
3. Ode to Joy (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen
L1 - play
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (5 minutes)
1. Read the Eleventh page about the Chubby sound that got stuck in the ladder
2. Questions
a. Where did the chubby note stay on the training ladder? (on the Lower Register)
b. Why did she decide to climb up? (She wasn’t disciplined and didn’t want to stay in one place)
c. Why did she get stuck? (Because the High Register only had places for smaller sounds)
E. Homework
1. Color the 11th picture of the book at home (Chubby sound stuck)
2. Finish practice on how to write "Mi" in your Music Note Book
3. Practice "Jingle Bells" on P1- P1(H), try to play the song with no computer help
4. Keep practicing "Hot Cross Buns" and "French Song"
5. Learn to play the Left Hand of "Ode to Joy"
6. Play the "Three sisters" exercise, or Major Chords, with both hands
∞∞∞
Week 12
A. Music theory (10 minutes total)
1.Learn to write "Fa" in the Music Note Book
2. Flash cards - learn to find the notes’ names with no help (cards with no "mosquitos") counting from the middle Do down
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Learn to play "Three sisters" - the major chord Do Mi Sol with 1 - 3 - 5 fingers of the Right
Hand and Left Hands in opposite directions
2. Recite "Hanon #1" and "Chromatic scale"
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano (20 minutes)
1.Jingle Bells (Introductory Songs)
Play on P(H) and with no computer help
2.Ode to Joy (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen
L1 - repeat the Left Hand
R1 - play the Right hand and sing in Solfeggio
P1 - learn to play song with both hands
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (5 minutes)
1. Read the Twelfth page about how music sounds got their names
2. Questions
a. What names did Mr. Tone give to sounds? (Letters of Alphabet)
b. What letter did Mr. Tone take himself? (He named himself after the letter A)
c. Why were there only seven names? (7 colors of rainbow)
d. What is an Octave? (7 notes)
e. What is a sound’s first name and family name? First name - is a letter of Alphabet and family
name is - name of Octave)
E. Homework
1. Color the 12th picture of the book at home (Octave )
2. Finish practice on how to write "Fa" in your Music Note Book
3. Practice "Jingle Bells" on P1- P1(H), try to play the song with no computer help
4. Keep practicing "Hot Cross Buns" and "French Song"
5. Learn to play the Right Hand and both hands of "Ode to Joy," and sing the Right Hand in
Solfeggio
6. Practice the "Three sisters" exercise, or Major Chords, with both hands in opposite directions.
∞∞∞
Week 13
A. Music theory (10 minutes total)
1.Learn to write "Sol" in the Music Note Book
2.Flash cards - learn to find the notes’ names with no help (cards with no "mosquitos") counting from the Second octave Do down
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Learn to play the "Do Major Scale" exercise with the Right Hand
Do (thumb) Re (2) Mi (3) Fa (thumb again) Sol (2) La (3) Ti (4)
Do (same) ... Last Do is 5 (pinky)
Formula is 123, 1234, 123, 12345
2. Recite "Hanon #1" and "Chromatic Scale"
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(20 minutes)
1. The song "Jingle Bells" (Introductory Songs)
Play on P(H) and with no computer help
2. The song "Ode to Joy" (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen
Play P1-P5
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (5 minutes)
1. Read the Thirteenth page about how Mr. Tone read in the Book of Prophecies that he had to
find a Queen among the sounds
2. Questions
a. What qualities of a queen were described in the book?
b. What did Mr. Tone decide to do?
E. Homework
1. Color the 13th picture of the book at home (Sounds preparing for the ball)
2. Finish practice on how to write "Sol" in your music note book
3. Practice "Jingle Bells" with no computer help
4. Keep practicing "Hot Cross Buns" and "French Song"
5. Practice and sing "Ode to Joy" on P1-P5
6. Practice playing Do Major with your Right Hand
∞∞∞
Week 14
A. Music theory (10 minutes total)
1. Learn to write "La" in the Music Note Book
2. Flash cards Level 2 - 2 notes at a time. "Boys" and "Girls". Guess which card is a "boy" space or "girl" - line. Flip the card over and check the answers
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Learn to play "Do Major Scale" with both hands
Do (thumb) Re (2) Mi (3) Fa (thumb again) Sol (2) La (3) Ti (4)
Do (same) ... Last Do is 5 (pinky)
Formula is 123, 1234, 123, 12345
2. Recite "Hanon #1" and "Chromatic scale"
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano (20 minutes)
1. Jingle Bells (Introductory Songs)
Play with no computer help
2. Ode to Joy (Introductory Songs)
S6 - listen
R1 - R1(H)
L1 - L1 (H)
P1 - P1 (H)
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (5 minutes)
1. Read the Fourteenth page about the Ball and the concert
2. Questions
a. Why was the concert so dull and boring? (because the sounds were selfish and didn’t listen to
each other)
b. What did the performers have to keep in mind? (think about the music made, and the
audience- not themselves. If they perform in a group, listen to each other)
E. Homework
1. Color the 14th picture of the book at home (The Concert)
2. Finish practice on how to write "La" in your music note book
3. Practice "Jingle Bells" with no computer help
4. Keep practicing "Hot Cross Buns" and "French Song"
5. Practice and sing "Ode to Joy" on R1(H), L1(H) and P1 (H)
6. Practice "Do Major Scale" with both hands in opposite directions
∞∞∞
Week 15
A. Music theory (10 minutes total)
1.Learn to write "Ti" in the Music Note Book
2. Flash Cards Level 2 - 2 notes at a time. "Boys" and "Girls" Name the notes names using
"mosquitoes"
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
1. Learning to play Do Major backwards
Formula is 123, 1234, 123, 12345 in opposite - 54321, 321, 4321, 321
2. Recite Hanon #1, Chords and the Chromatic scale
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano (20 minutes)
1. Piano performance
Play all of the songs from the album "Introductory Songs" by memory with no computer
2. Piano sight-reading
The song "Mulberry Bush" (Nursery Songs Primer)
S6 - listen to the song
P2, P4 and P5 - play on the presentations with no pictures
D. Historical/Cultural. Th book "Kingdom of Tune". (5 minutes)
1. Read the Fifteenth page about How Queen Tonica was found. Play Tonica for students (DoSol - from the Introductory song, left hand and Do Mi Sol - three sisters)
2. Questions
a. Why was Tonica’s performance the best? (Because all of sounds cooperated with each other)
b. Why did Tonica stop the performance and what did she demand? (She said that singing "C, D,
E, F, G, A, B" is not comfortable)
c. What sounds’ names did she propose to use?
E. Homework
1. Color the 15th picture of the book at home (Mr. Tone crowning Tonica)
2. Finish practice on how to write "Ti" in your music note book
3. Practice all of the introductory songs with no computer
4. Play Do Major with both hands in opposite directions
5. Sight read Mulberry Bush on P2, P4 and P5 until you make less than 5 mistakes - and no less
than 31 points on P.
∞∞∞
Week 16
A. Music theory (10 minutes total)
1. Flash cards Level 2 - 2 notes at a time. Find the notes’ names with no help from mosquitoes
B. Finger Exercises (5 minutes)
Repeat all of the piano exercises - Hanon #1, Chromatic Scale, Three Sisters, Do Major Scale
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(20 minutes)
1. Piano performance
Play all of the songs from the album "Introductory Songs" by memory with no computer
2. Piano sight-reading
The songs "Tom, Tom, the pipers’ son" and "Ten little Indians" (Nursery Songs Primer)
S6 - listen to the song
P2, P4 and P5 - play on the presentations with no pictures
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (5 minutes)
1. Read the Sixteenth page about the new names of music sounds
2. Questions
a. Review why Tonica stopped the performance and what she demanded. (She said that singing
"C, D, E, F, G, A, B" is not comfortable)
c. What sounds’ names she proposed to use?
d. What did Tonica name the "middle names of sounds"? (She named them Do Re Mi Fa Sol La
and Ti)
e. What else did she demand? (To start an Octave from Do, or C, rather than A - La)
E. Homework
1. Color the 16th picture of the book at home (Octave with new names)
2. Practice all of the introductory songs with no computer help
4. Practice all of the exercises
5. Sight read "Tom, Tom" and "Ten Little Indians" on P2, P4, and P5 until you make less than 5
mistakes .
∞∞∞
Week 17
A. Music theory. Rhythm. (5 minutes)
Play the "Note Duration" computer game and count the beats
B. Solfeggio. Learn how to write rhythm (eighth and quarter notes)
-French Song (5 minutes)
1. Write I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - 28 vertical sticks - these are to be considered the stems of notes
2. Sing a song and put dots under the longer notes (quarter)
3. Connect the stems of the shorter notes together) _ _ _ _ _ etc.
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Piano performance - chose a song and play it on R1, L1 and P1, singing the melody in
Solfeggio
- List of recommenced simple songs:
Favorite Classics 1 - Musette, Morning Mood
Nursery Songs 1 - This Old Man, Hickory-Dickory Dock
Christmas Carols - Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
- List of recommended songs (more challenged) :
Favorite Classics 1 - Ode to joy, Largo
Nursery Songs 1 - Pop, Goes the Weasel
Christmas Carols - Deck the Halls
2. Piano sight-reading
Nursery Songs Primer
-Mary Had a little lamb
S6 - listen to the song
P2, P4 and P5 - play on the presentations with no pictures
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (5 minutes)
1. Read the Seventeenth page of book about Creak and his castle
Questions:
1. Who was Creak? (Noisy sound who wanted to scare all of the people by making noise)
2. Does Creak have a pitch?
3. Who are his friends? (Crash, Grind and Clank)
4. Who did Creak take with him when he left the meeting with Mr. Tone?
E. Homework
1. Color the 17th picture of the book at home (In the Creak’s castle)
2. Practice the song of your choice on R1, L1 and P1
3. Sight read "Mary had a little lamb" on P2, P4, and P5, until you make less than 5 mistakes.
5.Recite all of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 18
A. Music theory. Rhythm. Note Duration game (5 minutes) Learn how to count rhythm
B. Solfeggio. Learn how to write melody and rhythm
Introductory Songs
-French Song
1. Write the notes of the French Song
2. Write I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - 28 vertical sticks - these represent the stems of notes
3. Sing a song and put dots under the longer notes (quarter)
4. Connect the stems of the shorter notes together) _ _ _ _ _ etc.
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Practice the song of your choice on P1
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Nursery Songs Primer
- The Farmer in the Dell
S6 - listen to the song
P2, P4 and P5 - play on the presentations with no pictures
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the Eighteenth page about Consonances and Dissonances. Play intervals of
Consonances and Dissonances for students. Ask students to describe the difference between
Consonances and Dissonances.
2. Questions
1. Who came to the Creak’s castle after the Kingdom of Tune was built? (Dissonances)
2. Why were the Dissonances not welcome in the Kingdom of Tune? (Because they didn’t caress
anyone’s ear and sounded harsh)
3. Who were Tonica’s favorites? (Consonances)
4. Why was Creak so nice to the Dissonances? (Because he planned to use them later against
Tonica)
E. Homework
1. Color the 18th picture of the book at home (Consonances and Dissonances)
2. Practice the song of your choice on P1 and sing the melody in Solfeggio
3. Sight read "The Farmer in the Dell" on P2, P4, and P5, until you make less than 5 mistakes.
5.Recite all of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 19
A. Music theory. Rhythm. Note Duration game (5 minutes) Learn how to count rhythm
B. Solfeggio. Learning how to write melody and rhythm
Solfeggio and Chords C - major Level 1
-Oh, on the top
1. Play the Right Hand of the melody on R1 or R3 and sing the melody in Solfeggio
2. Play the Right Hand of the melody by memory on R1(H) or R3 (H) until you’ve gotten the
perfect number on the left part of the screen
3. Write down the memorized melody in your Music Note Book
4. Put dots under the longer notes (quarters)
5. Add a stem to each note
5. Connect each couple of eighth notes
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Practice the song of your choice on P1 and (if you feel confident on P2 - P5)
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Nursery Songs Primer
- Alphabet Song
S6 - listen to the song
P2, P4 and P5 - play on the presentations with no pictures
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the nineteenth page of the book - Tonica is kidnaped
2. Questions
1. Why did Tonica walk home alone? (Because she always has to finish the music composition
and must leave the last word) - show an example in familiar music composition if necessary.
2. Do you remember the qualities of Queen mentioned in the Book of Prophecies? (She is always
confident and graceful, she never asks questions but answers them, she unites all of the sounds,
she solves all conflicts and quarrels, and she always has the final word)
3. Why did Creak decide to kidnap Queen Tonica? Speculate, what could of happen if Kingdom
of Tune didn’t have Tonika.
E. Homework
1. Color the 19th picture of the book at home (Tonica is getting kidnaped)
2. Practice the song of your choice on P1 and sing the melody in Solfeggio and P2 - P5
3. Sight read "The Alphabet Song" on P2, P4, and P5, until you make less than 5 mistakes.
5.Repeat all of the exercises and songs you’ve learned before
∞∞∞
Week 20
A. Music theory. Rhythm. Note Duration game (5 minutes)
B. Solfeggio. Learn how to write melody and rhythm
Solfeggio and Chords C - major Level 1
-The Millet
1. Play the Right Hand of the melody on R1 or R3 and sing the melody in Solfeggio
2. Play the Right Hand of the melody by memory-R1(H) or R3 (H) until you get the perfect
number on the left part of the screen
3. Write the memorized melody in your Music Note Book
4. Put dots under the longer notes (quarters)
5. Add a stem to each note
5. Connect each couple of eighth notes
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Practice the song of your choice on P1 and (if you feel confident on P2 - P5)
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Nursery Songs Primer
- Humpty-Dumpty
S6 - listen to the song
P2, P4 and P5 - play on the presentations with no pictures
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the twentieth page of the book - The Kingdom of Tune is falling apart
2. Questions
1. What happened the next morning after Tonica vanished?
2. Why did all of the sounds start fighting?
3. What do we call a musical composition with no Tonica? (AvantGarde Music)
E. Homework
1. Color the 20th picture of the book at home (The Kingdom of Tune is falling apart )
2. Practice the song of your choice on P1 - P5
3. Sight read "Humpty-Dumpty" on P2, P4, and P5 until you make less than 5 mistakes.
5.Repeat all of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 21
A. Music theory.
1. Learning with Flash Cards Level 2. Count the amount of skipped notes ("mosquitos") on the
cards with "mosquitos".
Glance at the card, state the amount of "mosquitos" between the notes, flip the card over and
check your answer
2. Fruit Line game (5 minutes)
B. Chords. Learn how to pick a right chord by ear
Story: Tonica has a family. She has a husband - Minister Dominant. Dominant is absent minded
and always loses or forgets things. He comes to Tonica and asks her questions. Tonica always
helps him and gives him answers. You already know how to play Tonica (Do - Sol or Do Mi
Sol). Tonica’s absent minded husband Dominant is Fa Sol or Ti-Re-Fa-Sol
Solfeggio and Chords C - major Level 1
-The Lullaby
1. Listen to the song
2. Play the Left Hand of the song (chords) on L1 or L3 and sing the melody
3. Press L1(H) (or L3(H)) and guess the chords now - until you make a "perfect number" of
points on the left part of computer monitor
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Play song of your choice on P1 - P5 and R1(H), L1(H) and P1 (H)
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Nursery Songs Primer
- London Bridge
S6 - listen to the song
P2, P4 and P5 - play on the presentations with no pictures
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the twenty first page of the book - Tonica’s tortures and torturers
2. Questions
1. What tortures did Creak prepare for Tonica?
2. Who are the Dissonances and Noisy instruments? Are they really bad?
3. Why did the Noisy instruments and Dissonances end up in Creak castle? (Noisy instruments
didn’t have a pitch and Dissonances soudned harsh, and were unwanted in the Kingdom on
Tune)
E. Homework
1. Color the 21st picture of the book at home (Tonica’s torture - the concert of Noisy
instruments and Dissonances )
2. Memorize the song of your choice (on R1-R5 (H), L1-L5(H) and P1-P5(H)
3. Sight read "The London Bridge" on P2, P4, and P5, until you make less than 5 mistakes.
5.Repeat all of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 22
A. Music theory.
1. Learning with Flash Cards Level 2. Count the amount of skipped notes ("mosquitos") on the
cards with no "mosquitos".
Glance at the card, state the amount of "mosquitos" between the notes, flip the card over and
check your answer. If the notes are both spaces or both lines (boy-boy or girl-girl) - it will be
always an odd number between them. If the notes are different and one of them is a line note and
another is a space (boy-girl or girl-boy), the amount of skipped steps - "mosquitos" will always
be even.
2. Fruit Line game (5 minutes)
B. Chords. Learn how to pick a right harmony by ear
Story: Repeat about how Tonica has a family and husband - Minister Dominant. Tonica and
Dominant also have a daughter - Princess Subdominant. She is very nice and sweet and she often
appears between Tonica and Dominant, but sometimes she can be only with her mom, Tonica..
Subdominant is Fa La or Do Fa La
Solfeggio and Chords C - major Level 1
- Oh, on the top
1. Listen to the song
2. Play the Left Hand of the song (chords) on L1 or L3 and sing the melody
3. Press L1(H) (or L3(H)) and guess the chords now - until you get a "perfect number" of points
on the left part of computer monitor
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on memorization of the song of your choice
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Nursery Songs Primer
- Baa, Baa Black Sheep
S6 - listen to the song
P2, P4 and P5 - play on the presentations with no pictures
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the Twenty Second page of the book - Glissando overhears Creak’s plans
2. Questions
1. Why was Glissando unhappy in Creak’s castle?
2. What did Creak promise to the Noisy Sounds and Dissonances?
3. What did Creak intend to do with Tonica in actuality?
E. Homework
1. Color the 22nd picture of the book at home (Glissando overhears the Creak talking to spider)
2. Memorize the song of your choice and play it on P1(h) or with no computer help
3. Sight read "Baa, baa, black sheep" on P2, P4, and P5, until you make less than 5 mistakes.
5.Repeat all of the exercises and songs you learned before
Week 23
A. Music theory.
1. Learning with Flash Cards Level 2. Count the amount of skipped notes ("mosquitos") on the
cards with no "mosquitos".
Glance at the card, state the amount of "mosquitos" between the notes, flip the card over and
check your answer. If the notes are both spaces or both lines (boy-boy or girl-girl) - it will be
always an odd number between them. If the notes are different and one of them is a line note and
another is a space (boy-girl or girl-boy), the amount of skipped steps - "mosquitos" will always
be even.
2. Fruit Line game (5 minutes)
B. Chords. Learning how to pick a right harmony by ear
Story: Repeat about how Tonica has a family and husband - Minister Dominant. Tonica and
Dominant also have a daughter - Princess Subdominant. She is very nice and sweet and she often
appears between Tonica and Dominant, but sometimes she can be only with her mom, Tonica..
Subdominant is Fa La or Do Fa La
Solfeggio and Chords C - major Level 1
- A Theme for Variations
1. Listen to the song
2. Play the Left Hand of the song (chords) on L1 or L3 and sing the melody
3. Press L1(H) (or L3(H)) and guess the chords now - until you get a "perfect number" of points
on the left part of computer monitor
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on the memorization of the song of your choice. Work on character and performance
skills. Recite songs for the class
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Nursery Songs Primer
Recite all of the songs on P6
S6 - listen to the song
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the Twenty third page of the book - Glissando comes to The Kingdom of Tune to warn
Mr. Tone about Tonica
2. Questions
1. What did Mr. Tone give to Glissando?
2. What is a Fermata?
3. What can a Fermata do?
E. Homework
1. Color the 23nd picture of the book at home (Mr. Tone gives Glissando the Fermata )
2. Practice your song of choice with no computer help
3. Sight read - repeat all of Nursery Songs Primer on P6
5.Practice all of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 24
A. Music theory.
1. Learning with Flash Cards Level 2. Count the amount of skipped notes ("mosquitos") on the
cards with no "mosquitos".
Glance at the card, state the amount of "mosquitos" between the notes, flip the card over and
check your answer. If the notes are both spaces or both lines (boy-boy or girl-girl) - it will be
always an odd number between them. If the notes are different and one of them is a line note and
another is a space (boy-girl or girl-boy), the amount of skipped steps - "mosquitos" will always
be even.
2. Fruit Line game (5 minutes)
B. Chords. Learning how to pick a right harmony by ear
Story: Repeat about how Tonica has a family and husband - Minister Dominant. Tonica and
Dominant also have a daughter - Princess Subdominant. She is very nice and sweet and she often
appears between Tonica and Dominant, but sometimes she can be only with her mom, Tonica..
Subdominant is Fa La or Do Fa La
Solfeggio and Chords C - major Level 1
- Grey Geese
1. Listen to the song
2. Play the Left Hand of the song (chords) on L1 or L3 and sing the melody
3. Press L1(H) (or L3(H)) and guess the chords now - until you get a "perfect number" of points
on the left part of computer monitor
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on the song of your choice.
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Nursery Songs Primer
Repeat all of the songs on P6
S6 - listen to the song
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the Twenty forth page of the book - Glissando tries to save Tonica from Spider of
Silence.
2. Questions
1. What did Tonica do to stall Creak?
2. How did Glissando handle the Spider?
3. Have you ever seen a Fermata in music sheets?
E. Homework
1. Color the 24th picture of the book at home (Tonica stalls Creak )
2. Practice your song with no computer help
3. Sight read - recite all of Nursery Songs Primer on P6
5.Recite all of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 25
A. Music theory.
1. Treble Clef Puzzle
B. Rhythm and time signatures. Quarters and Half notes
Solfeggio and chords
- My cat purrs
1. Learn how to put 1 dot and 2 dots under quarter and half notes
2. Learn to add a "belly" to the half notes
3. Learn how to divide melody with bars on a 2/4 time signature
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on the song of your choice.
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Favorite Classics Primer
-Anton Rubinstain, Melody
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the Twenty fifth page of the book - Tonica and Glissando get surrounded by Noisy
sounds and Dissonances
2. Questions
1. What did the Dissonances and Noisy sounds ask Tonica?
2. Why did they want to have their own kingdom?
3. What did Creak promise them?
4. What did Tonica propose to them?
5. Why did Tonica want the Noisy sounds and Dissonances to come back to the Kingdom of
Tune? (She got used to them)
E. Homework
1. Color the 25th picture of the book at home
2. Practice the song of your choice
3. Sight read - Favorite Classics Primer - A. Rubinstain, Melody
4.Recite some of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 26
A. Music theory.
1. Treble Clef Puzzle
B. Rhythm and time signatures. Quarters and Half notes
Solfeggio and chords
- The Lullaby
1. Learn how to put 1 dot and 2 dots under quoter and half notes
2. Learn how to add a "belly" to the half notes
3. Learn how to divide a melody with bars on 2/4 time signature
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on the song of your choice.
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Favorite Classics Primer
-Camille Saint Saens Egyptian Dance
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the next page of the book and ask questions about it
E. Homework
1. Color the next picture of the book at home
2. Practice the song of your choice
3. Sight read - Favorite Classics Primer - Camille Saint Saens Egyptian Dance
4.Repeat some of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 27
A. Music theory.
1. Treble Clef Puzzle
B. Rhythm and time signatures. Quarters, Halves and Eighth notes
Solfeggio and chords
- Zhuchka
1. Learn how to put 1 dot and 2 dots under quoter and half notes and to not put anything under
eighth notes.
2. Add "bellies" to half notes and connect eighth notes together
3. Learn how to divide the melody with bars on 2/4 time signature
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on the song of your choice.
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Favorite Classics Primer
-Franz Lehar "Merry Widow Waltz"
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the next page of the book and ask questions about it
E. Homework
1. Color the next picture of the book at home
2. Practice the song of your choice
3. Sight read - Favorite Classics Primer -Franz Lehar "Merry Widow Waltz"
4. Repeat some of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 28
A. Music theory.
1. Treble Clef Puzzle
B. Rhythm and time signatures. Quarters, Halves and Eighth notes
Solfeggio and chords
- The Ducklings
1. Learn how to put 1 dot and 2 dots under quoter and half notes and do not put anything under
eighth notes.
2. Add "bellies" to half notes and connect eight notes together
3. Learn how to divide the melody with bars on 2/4 time signature
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on the song of your choice.
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Favorite Classics Primer
-Engelbert Hamperdink "Slumber Song"
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the next page of the book and ask questions about it
E. Homework
1. Color the next picture of the book at home
2. Practice the song of your choice
3. Sight read - Favorite Classics Primer - Engelbert Hamperdink "Slumber Song"
4.Repeat some of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 29
A. Music theory.
1. Bass Clef Puzzle
B. Flash Cards Level 3 - Bass Clef. Learn how to count Bass Clef notes with the help of
"Mosquitos"(One note on the card)
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on the song of your choice.
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Favorite Classics Primer
-Frantz List "Lieberstraum"
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the next page of the book and ask questions about it
E. Homework
1. Color the next picture of the book at home
2. Practice the song of your choice
3. Sight read - Favorite Classics Primer - Frantz List "Lieberstraum"
4.Repeat some of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 30
A. Music theory.
1. Bass Clef Puzzle
B. Flash Cards Level 3 - Bass Clef. Learn how to count Bass Clef notes with the help of
"Mosquitos" (one note on the card)
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on the song of your choice.
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Favorite Classics Primer
-Frederic Chopin "Etude Theme"
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the next page of the book and ask questions about it
E. Homework
1. Color the next picture of the book at home
2. Practice the song of your choice
3. Sight read - Favorite Classics Primer - Frederic Chopin "Etude Theme"
4.Repeat some of the exercises and songs you learned before
∞∞∞
Week 31
A. Music theory.
1. Bass Clef Puzzle
B. Flash Cards Level 3 - Bass Clef. Learn how to count Bass Clef notes with no "Mosquitos"
(one note on the card)
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on the song of your choice.
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Favorite Classics Primer
-Frederic Chopin "Fantasia Impromptu"
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the next page of the book and asks questions about it
E. Homework
1. Color the next picture of the book at home
2. Practice the song of your choice
3. Sight read - Favorite Classics Primer - Frederic Chopin "Fantasia Impromptu"
4.Repeat some of the exercises and songs you learned before
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Week 32
A. Music theory.
1. Bass Clef Puzzle
B. Flash Cards Level 3 - Bass Clef. Learn how to count Bass Clef notes (one note on the card)
with no "Mosquitos"
C. Piano Performance with Gentle Piano
(15 minutes)
1. Work on the song of your choice.
2. Piano sight-reading (5 minutes)
Favorite Classics Primer
-Frederic Chopin "Fantasia Impromptu"
D. Historical/Cultural. The book "Kingdom of Tune" (10 minutes)
1. Read the next page of the book and ask questions about it
E. Homework
1. Color the next picture of the book at home
2. Practice the song of your choice
3. Sight read - Favorite Classics Primer - Frederic Chopin "Fantasia Impromptu"
4.Repeat some of the exercises and songs you learned before
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Week 33
Finals
1. 5 minutes of playing "Note Alphabet" - contest, who will get more points in 5 minutes
2. 5 minutes of playing "Guess Key Name" - contest
3. Prepare for the final recital
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Week 34
Finals
1. 5 minutes of playing "Note Duration" - contest, who will get more points in 5 minutes
2. 5 minutes of playing "Fruit Lines" - contest
3. Prepare the final recital
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Week 35
Finals
1. 5 minutes of playing "Treble Staff Puzzle" - contest, who will get more points in 5 minutes
2. 5 minutes of playing "Bass Staff Puzzle" - contest
3. Prepare final recital
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Week 36
Finals
1. Sight-reading - a song from Favorite Classics Melodies. Who will make perfect score.
2. Prepare the final recital
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