Musical Holiday Advent Calendar

MEMORIZE / MEMORIZER

Memorize at least one line of one of your pieces. Can you memorize your holiday song?

Mémorisez au moins ...

READ / LIRE

Have some quiet time and read a book, read a story.

Passez un moment tranquille et lisez un livre, ...

TEMPO PRESTO

Play one of your favourite pieces as FAST as you can!

Jouez l'un de vos morceaux préférés aussi RAPIDEMENT que ...

PERFORM / PERFORMER

Play a Christmas song you learned last year or any piece you learned 1 year ago or the ...

CELEBRATE / CÉLÉBRER

Create memories with your loved ones, celebrate the holidays and everything you have around you. Music is a gift, ...

PERFORM / PERFORMER

While enjoying time with your family, enjoying the traditions of the holiday play 3 of your all time ...

BAKE / CUIRE

Bake some delicious cookies with your mom or dad! My favourite cookies are chocolate chips. What are yours?

Prépare ...

PERFORM / PERFORMER

Play your favourite holiday song or any song for one of your family members. 

Jouez votre chanson de vacances ...

SIGHT READING / LECTURE A VUE

Try playing a piece of music you've never played before.

Essayez de jouer un morceau de ...

LISTEN / ECOUTER

Listen to one of Handel's "Messiah". Which one did you listen to? 

Écoutez l'un des "Messie" de Haendel. Lequel ...

LISTEN / ECOUTER

Listen to a piece from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Ballet". What did you listen to?

Écoutez un morceau du "Ballet Casse-Noisette" ...

LISTEN / ECOUTER

Listen to one of your favourite holiday song. 

Here's one of my favourites.

Écoutez l'une de vos chansons de vacances ...

EAR TRAINING / ENTRAÎNEMENT DE L'OREILLE 

Try to figure out how to play the melody of a holiday song you haven't ...

LEGATO

Play one of your pieces as SMOOTHLY as possible. 

Jouez une de vos pièces aussi LIE que possible. 

DYNAMICS / NUANCES

Play one of your favourite pieces as SOFTLY as possible. 

Jouez l'un de vos morceaux préférés aussi DOUCEMENT que ...

STACCATO

Play one of your favourite pieces with very SHORT detached notes. 

Jouez un de vos morceaux préférés avec des notes détachées ...

SPEEDY SCALES / GAMMES VITESSE 

Play all the scales you have learned as fast as you can. Don't know any scales? ...

NO PEEKING / PAS DE COUP D'OEIL

Try playing one of your pieces with your EYES CLOSED the whole time. 

Essayez de jouer ...

LISTEN / ECOUTER

Have you seen Frozen? Listen to this great performance from the Piano Guys.

Si vous avez vu Frozen, écoutez ...

TRANSPOSE 

Play one of your pieces starting on a different key than what's written. Does it sound the same?

Jouez un de ...

TEACH / ENSEIGNER

Teach a family member or friend how to play a song on the piano. 

Apprenez à un membre de ...

COMPOSE / COMPOSER

Make up a song on the piano. 

Inventez une chanson au piano. 

SPEND TIME OUTDOORS / PASSER DU TEMPS EN PLEIN AIR

Go outside with a friend or family member and play in the ...

ARE YOU NAUGHTY OR NICE? / 

ÊTES-VOUS MECHANTS OU GENTIL ?

Make today your best practice ever!

Faites d'aujourd'hui votre meilleur entraînement !