February 17, 2022

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program Level 1

• Take practical exam before Winter Break

  • List A: Aria in F Major, BWV Anh. 131 by Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)

  • List B: Mist by Clifford Poole (1916-2003)

  • List C:

  • 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. REPERTOIRE

   1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

      1. Follow the instructions in the practice video above.

   2. Drifting Clouds (L. 1, Etude)

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      1. Review one time each week with your music

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

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      1. Review once a week with your music

   4. Mist by Clifford Poole (1916-2003) (L. 1, B)

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      1. Review once a week with your music

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

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

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

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

2. TECHNIQUE

   1. 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.

3. MUSICIANSHIP

   1. Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer #50

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      1. PREPARE the first 4 measures

         1. Clap the QUARTER NOTES

         2. Ta the rhythm

         3. REMEMBER to clap two beats before you begin.

   2. Four Star Level 1 Tests

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      1. Do two of the “sight playing” tests each practice session.

   3. Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 2

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      1. Prepare Set 02 05

         1. On hold until after Feb 6th 2022

   4. Celebrate Theory, Level 3

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      1. NO ASSIGNMENT YET

4. Review Pieces: ALWAYS USE YOUR MUSIC.

   1. 🟢Waltz Op. 39 No. 13 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 1, B)

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

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

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