This year in piano we will be taking a trip around the world to learn about different composers and the

four
periods of music. This will also be our practice incentive. Each month we will go to a new country and have a
new incentive chart. For each Bingo or four-in-a-row that you get, you will get a treat at your lesson. If you
cross-out every square to get a black-out by the end of the month, you will earn a candy bar!

What does it take to go on a trip?

Careful planning and preparation.
This month we are getting ready for
our trip around the world by making
sure we have great practice habits and
always trying our best at piano lessons
and at home when we practice.

Sightread 3
Pieces

Master a Scale

Complete One
Theory Page

Memorize 8
Measures

Memorize 8
Measures

Answer the
Question
Below

Master a Scale

Practice 5
Days

Master a Scale

Practice 5
Days

Fill Out Your

Assignment
Sheet

Bring All Your

Books to
Piano

Practice
Flashcards

Perform for
Someone

Complete One Bring All Your

Theory Page Book to Piano
What is one goal that you would like to accomplish this year?

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Practice 5
Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Master a Scale

Answer the
Question
Below

Complete One
Master a Scale
Theory Page

Learn a
Piece by the
Composer or a
Church Piece

Practice 5
Days

Well begin our trip in the country

where the development of the

piano first began,

Perform for
Someone

Practice 5
Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Complete the
Period Packet

Complete the
Composer
Sheet

Memorize 8
Measures

Practice 5
Days

Master a Scale

There we will learn about

Domenico Scarlatti and the first
period of music, Baroque.

What is your favorite Italian food? ________________________________________________________

From Italy we wont have to travel

far to arrive in
Here we will learn all about
Claude Debussy, one of the
greatest French composers.

Practice 5
Days

Perform for
Someone

Complete the
Composer
Sheet

Memorize 8
Measures

Memorize 8
Measures

Answer the
Question
Below

Learn a
MINOR Scale

Practice 5
Days

Learn a
MINOR scale

Practice 5
Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Learn a
Piece by the
Composer or a
Church Piece

Compose a
Piece

Memorize 8
Measures

Practice 5
Days

Bring All Your

Book to Piano

Play a piece in your Halloween costume. What piece did you play and what did you dress up as?
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Practice 5
Days

Learn a
Complete One Piece by the
Master a Scale
Theory Page Composer or a
Church Piece

Memorize 8
Measures

Complete One
Theory Page

Perform for
Someone

Practice 5
Days

Answer the
Question
Below

Practice 5
Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Complete the
Composer
Sheet

Complete the
Period Packet

Memorize 8
Measures

Practice 5
Days

Master a Scale

After a two hour train ride we will

arrive in our next country,

. Things are
very structured there, just like the
Classical period of music that we will
be studying. Although he is Italian,
Muzio Clementi lived most of his
life there composing.

What piece are you going to play at our Christmas recital? ___________________________________________

What better way to spend the

month of December than at the

There are lots of fun things to do at

the piano to enjoy our stay.

Practice 5
Days

Perform for
Someone

Complete One
Theory Page

Memorize 8
Measures

Memorize 8
Measures

Sightread 5
Christmas
Pieces

Master a Scale

Practice 5
Days

Sightread 5
Christmas
Pieces

Practice
5 Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Complete the
Activity Below

Complete One
Theory Page

Memorize
8 Measures

Flashcards

Attend the
Recital

Perform your recital piece for three different people and write their names below.
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Practice 5
Days

Get ready for a long flight to get to

our next country,

Memorize 8
Measures

Complete the
Do the
Master a Scale Composer
Activity Below
Sheet

Complete One
Master a Scale
Theory Page

Practice 5
Days

One of the most well-known

composers of all time lived there,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Learn a
Piece by the
Composer or a
Church Piece

Practice 5
Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Complete One
Theory Page

Complete One
Theory Page

Memorize 8
Measures

Practice 5
Days

Perform for
Someone

Pick a time of day that you are going to practice (before school, right after dinner, etc.) and write it below.
Practice three days in one week at that time. _______________________________.

Practice 5
Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Learn a
Complete One Piece by the
Master a Scale
Theory Page Composer or a
Church Piece

Complete the
Do the
Period Packet Activity Below

Practice 5
Days

To celebrate Valentines Day, we will

study the third period of music, the
Romantic period. With a short
trip to

Perform for
Someone

Practice 5
Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Complete One
Theory Page

Complete the
Composer
Sheet

Memorize 8
Measures

Practice 5
Days

Master a Scale

we can

learn all about this period and one of

its prominent composers,
Robert Schumann.

Choose a piece and focus on the dynamics as you practice it. What piece did you choose?
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Practice 5
Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Master a Scale

Do the
Activity Below

Master a Scale

Complete One
Theory Page

Memorize 8
Measures

Compose a
Piece

Learn a
Piece by the
Composer or a
Church Piece

Practice 5
Days

Practice 5
Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Complete the
Composer
Sheet

Memorize 8
Measures

Practice 5
Days

Perform for
Someone

If you want to meet one of the

most important composers of the
20th century, Bela Bartok, then get

ready to travel to

Practice one piece with a metronome.

What piece did you practice? _____________________________ What did you set the metronome to? _______

Its time to head back to the

.

Practice 5
Days

Learn a
Piece by the
Composer or a
Church Piece

Complete the
Period Packet

Memorize 8
Measures

Memorize 8
Measures

Complete One
Theory Page

Perform for
Someone

Practice 5
Days

Practice 5
Days

Memorize 8
Measures

Complete One
Theory Page

Memorize 8
Measures

Practice 5
Days

Do the
Activity Below

Not only is it time to go home, but

what better place is there to learn
Master a Scale
about the music of our time, the
Contemporary period with composers
such as Scott Joplin and the Fabers.
Complete the
Composer
Sheet

Perform your recital piece for three different people and write their names below.
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