September 28, 2023

COMMENT SECTION:

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU PRACTICE AND FOR HOW LONG IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW!

RCM Level 1: (Spring 2024?)

💜 In Newzik: “TECHNIQUE Prep A and B” page 9

  1. See the circled items in the above PDF

    1. Watch the video inside the PDF about how to do staccato.

💚Ukrainian Folk Song op. 107, no. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 1, A)

  1. Learn the last four measures, two measures at a time:

    1. LH alone correctly NFRPE 3 times

    2. RH alone correctly NFRPE 3 times (remember the correct rhythm

🖤Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

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

💚Note Speed:

  1. Level 2 (cards stay in the bench with a rubber band)

    1. Have a practice partner help you:

    2. Set the metronome to 60 in Newzik (the beat should say 2)

    3. Pace a book on the music stand to support the cards

    4. When you’re ready, have your practice partner place one card at a time on the music stand, every two ticks.

    5. Say and play the name of the card out loud with the correct hand.

    6. If you miss a card, move forward to the next card.

    7. Maximum 2 cards missed at the test.

💚FOUR STAR B

  1. Prepare Set 4

🖤“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

💜💜Theory Level 1

  1. Prep Level: Unit 1

    1. Study with Dustin next lesson

Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  2. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  3. 💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  4. 💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  5. 💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  6. 💚💜The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)