February 24, 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. Dustin will bring an Invention (List C, Level 1) next week

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

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      1. “Falling Poking Finger (bored)Technique” for mm. 1-3 (see video)

        1. Body Position: SHOULDER down, ELBOW relaxed (bored)WRIST up,

        2. ATTACKING THE KEYS: Attack from ABOVE the keyboard. DON’T pull back into the air. On a DOUBLE ATTACK, travel slightly forward (don’t brush or pull toward your body).

      2. Gravity Crashes and Poke Pops (see video)

      3. See all markings in Newzik

      4. Learn to the end.

    3. Drifting Clouds (L. 1, Etude)

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      1. Review one time each week with your music and practice starting from any measure of the piece.

    4. 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

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

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      1. Review once a week with your music

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

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

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

    9. ⚫️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 mm. 5-8

        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