TempoTempo School of Music
Adyar, Chennai
Adyar, Chennai
Lessons, practice and the teacher’s red pencil, in one place for every parent.
4:12
Thursday, 18 September
Aarav’s week
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Next lesson · in 48 min
Piano with
Ms. Anita
Ms. Anita
Thu
5:00
pm
Room 3 · Tempo School of Music, Adyar
Get directionsReschedule
12-day streak
168 min this weekFri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
This week’s piecesPlan
Minuet in G major
Petzold · bars 1–16, hands together
The Entertainer
S. Joplin, arr. · bars 1–8, right hand
G major scale
Two octaves, hands together at 80
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Lesson notes
Thu 11 Sep · Piano · 45 min
Bar 6Left hand softer, so the tune can sing.
Bar 7F sharp, not F. Check the key signature.
Bars 5–8Practise at 80 first, then 92 by Monday.
Ms. Anita plays bars 5–8
Homework2 of 3 done
Bars 5–8 hands separately, 3 times
G major scale, two octaves at 80
Bars 5–8 hands together at 92
Seen by Meera, Aarav’s mumReply
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Minuet in G major
Looping bars 5–8 · 3/4
Tap tempoSpeed up 4 each loop
Today’s practice
18:40
Log it
Goal 25 min6:20 to go
₹4,800 a month for piano lessons. Nobody knows if he practised.
Aarav’s diary comes home in his school bag. Ms. Anita’s note is on the one page with ink on it.
2of 7 days
filled in, the week before his lesson. One of them says “scales?”
Thursday’s lesson and this week’s practice, on one screen.
Meera sees the lesson time, the room and whether Aarav sat at the piano, without asking him.
4:12
Thursday, 18 September
Aarav’s week
A
Next lesson · in 48 min
Piano with
Ms. Anita
Ms. Anita
Thu
5:00
pm
Room 3 · Tempo School of Music, Adyar
Get directionsReschedule
12-day streak
168 min this weekFri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
This week’s piecesPlan
Minuet in G major
Petzold · bars 1–16, hands together
The Entertainer
S. Joplin, arr. · bars 1–8, right hand
G major scale
Two octaves, hands together at 80
Directions and reschedule, right on the lesson card
Minutes practised each day, not just a tick
A metronome worth keeping on the music stand.
4:12
Minuet in G major
Looping bars 5–8 · 3/4
Tap tempoSpeed up 4 each loop
Today’s practice
18:40
Log it
Goal 25 min6:20 to go
The bar you’re on, highlighted
Set on the real Maelzel scale
The teacher’s notes, bar by bar, where nobody can lose them.
4:12
Lesson notes
Thu 11 Sep · Piano · 45 min
Bar 6Left hand softer, so the tune can sing.
Bar 7F sharp, not F. Check the key signature.
Bars 5–8Practise at 80 first, then 92 by Monday.
Ms. Anita plays bars 5–8
Homework2 of 3 done
Bars 5–8 hands separately, 3 times
G major scale, two octaves at 80
Bars 5–8 hands together at 92
Seen by Meera, Aarav’s mumReply
Ms. Anita plays bars 5–8
Recorded in the lesson · 0:42
Red pencil marks sit on the actual bars
Homework ticks off as Aarav logs practice
Parents can reply to the teacher
Days to Grade 3, and a status for every piece.
Trinity Grade 3 on Saturday 22 November. The mock exam is on 1 November, at the school.
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Progress
64
days to Trinity Grade 3
Sat 22 Nov · Mylapore centre
Started 2 JunMock exam 1 NovExam
Exam pieces1 ready · 3 in progress
Minuet in G major · List A · PetzoldReady
Allegro in F · List B · Haydn70%
Monsoon Blues · List C · N. Iyer40%
Scales and arpeggios · Technical work85%
Practice minutesGoal 150 a week
28 Jul11 Aug25 Aug8 SepNow
Ready, or how far along
Minutes against the weekly goal
Ms. Anita’s red pencil, kept for good.
Minuet in G majorPetzold, BWV Anh. 114
Lesson of Thursday 11 September · Aarav, Grade 3 piano4 marks · 1 recording
Minuet in G major · Petzold, BWV Anh. 114Bars 7 and 8
The red pencil comes home.
What Ms. Anita marks on Thursday is still on the bar when Aarav sits down on Saturday.
TempoTempo School of Music, AdyarA Goat Scale concept
Seven days, written down.
Aarav · Grade 3 pianothe paper diary had 2 of these 7 filled in
Friday12 September25
Saturday13 September30
Sunday14 Septembershort20
Monday15 September25
Tuesday16 September28
Wednesday17 Septembershort22
Thursday18 September6:20 to go18
168minutes this week
against a goal of 15012-day streak
against a goal of 15012-day streak
TempoEvery minute here was logged in the app.A Goat Scale concept
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Fraunces
Display, piece titles, numbers
FigtreeInterface and body, 14–17 px
Kalam, F sharp!Teacher’s pencil only
Book a lessonLog practiceTap tempoReady
Allegro in F70%
8 pt grid · 44 px targets · 18–22 px card radiusDesigned by Goat Scale