November 4, 2021

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program Level 1

  • Take practical exam before Winter Break

    • List A

    • Etude: Drifting Clouds

Winter Recital 2022

  • February 6, 2022

🟢 - Everything was correct, great work!

🟡 - on the right track but it needs more work

🔴 - needs lots of attention and work

⚫️ - no assignment - don’t practice this item.

🟣 - We didn’t get to this item

Remember to practice in the following order: 🔴🟣🟡🟢

  1. Technique

    1. Go to The Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus in Newzik

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      1. Set metronome to 60 for two notes per beat.

      2. RHYTHM: be able to play with a steady beat. Count 4 8th notes out loud before you begin.

      3. POSITION: please do NOT move wrist around or up and down. All finger ROUND and CURVED.

        1. Remember when you’re playing G minor melodic, the 6th scale degree is E-flat. So we raise it in melodic form to E-natural.

        2. Remember melodic scale: raise the 6th and 7th degrees and lower them on the way down.

  2. Musicianship

    1. Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

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      1. Prepare No’s. 48-50

      2. Set metronome to 60

      3. Clap the small down-stem notes

      4. “Ta” the rhythm on the top.

    2. Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 2

      1. Prepare Set 02 03

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        1. Before you begin a Sightreading assignment:

          1. Identify the shortest note value so we can understand how fast to play the example. Don’t play too fast.

          2. Establish the beat (usually a quarter note gets one beat).

          3. Then do the rhythm in your head.

          4. Go slower

          5. Look at ALL the notes. No just one hand. :)

  3. Theory

    1. ⚫️Celebrate Theory, Level 3

      1. NO ASSIGNMENT YET

  4. Repertoire

    1. Level 1: Etudes

    2. Level 1: List A

    3. Level 1: List B

      1. Waltz Op. 39 No. 13 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)

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        1. See all markings in your music.

        2. our focus is POSITION

      2. ⚫️A Little Piece Op. 6 No. 2 by Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)

      3. ⚫️Mist by Clifford Poole (1916-2003)

      4. ⚫️Red Satin Jazz by Martha Mier (b. 1936)

      5. ⚫️Dream Journey by Christine Donkin (b. 1976)

      6. ⚫️A Starry Night by Italo Taranta (b. 1928)

    4. Review Pieces

      1. 🟢Minuet in F Major K. 2 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)(L. 1, A)

      2. 🟢German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, No. 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

      3. 🟢Aria in F Major, BWV Anh. 131 by Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) (L. 1, A)

      4. 🟢Andante in G Minor by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) (L. 1, A)

      5. 🟢Drifting Clouds by William Gillock (L. 1, Etude)

      6. 🟢Calico Cat

        1. Review

      7. 🟢Freddie the Frog by Anne Crosby-Gaudet

        1. Try to come off the ends of the slurs.

      8. 🟣Distant Chimes

        1. Review

      9. 🟣Sneaky Sam

        1. Review

      10. 🟣A Song by Alexander Gedike

        1. Review

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Online Games

  1. RCM Online Ear Training and Rhythm

    1. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/

    2. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Info

        1. info@gledhillartscollective.com

        2. dust2789

    3. Then click Ear Training Prep A

    4. Rhythm Easy