December 12, 2023

Spring Milestones:

1. Level 3 and 4 RCM Theory

2. Level 3 or 4 Practical RCM assessment

RCMCP Scores:

Level 1: Score of 84

Level 2: Score of 96

Level 3:

Practice Journal

Write down in the comment section below every item you practice and for how long.

💚Czerny Op. 299 No. 1 in C Major

1. Speed-building:

   1. Mm. 1-8 in two-measure chunks.

   2. Use “accent practice” as needed: Accent every four 16th notes. Rotate them.

2. Review mm. 9 to the end with a very slow pace.

💚Czerny Op. 299 No. 2 in C Major

1. Measures 1-4

   1. get rid of any pauses

   2. Speed-build

   3. Do technical work as needed

2. Review the rest slowly.

🖤Hanon No. 4 (start with this assignment every day)

1. 🖤Rhythms:

   1. 🖤Long, Long, Short, Short

   2. 🖤Long, Short, Short, Long

   3. 💚Short, Short, Long, Long

   4. 💚Short, Long, Long, Short

2. 🖤LEGATO: m.m. 100 two notes per tic. Your goal here it to play with a smooth, bump-free hand position.

   1. Hanon No. 2 (m.m. 60 per 8th note)

💚Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus in Newzik: Level 3

1. Focus on tidy attacks.

2. See the green highlights.

3. Why do we play with fingers 2, 3, and 4 (sometimes) in the black key area?

   1. ANSWER: to facilitate the playing of your thumb and fifth fingers on the black keys, without compromising your wrist position (no twisting).

💚Celebrate Theory, Level 3

1. Complete Unit 2

💚Burgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

1. Sight-reading daily: at least 8 measures at a time, per session. These will be harder than your normal sight-reading material. So please study closely, look at chords and try to connect the dots with your theory assignments. Repeat the 8 measures until you can play it without too many errors.

💚Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer No. 95 (slower)

1. Prepare no 103

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 3

1. Prepare Set 4

🖤Bartok Microkosmos:

1. Left off on no. 61

💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)

1. Fix all pen and remember the melody should have a “pleading” quality to it.

💚Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)

1. “technical work” means: ask yourself what kind of technical tools you have that are needed for any particular section.

2. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

💚Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)

1. Start learning hands alone. Remember to only have 1-2 focuses at a time for NFRPE.

2. Listen to the recording every day with the music.

🖤Beethoven Sonatina

1. 💚Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)

2. 💚Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)

   1. Please focus on dynamics when you review.

3. 💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)

4. 💚Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)

5. 💚Etude in F Major, Op. 190, NMo. 27 by Köhler (L. 2, Etude)

6. 💚Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)

7. 💚I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

8. 💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)

9. 💚Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

10. 💚Periwinkle Twinkle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 2, B)

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

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

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

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

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

Spring Milestones

1. Record 1-2 pieces for competition submission.