December 1, 2022 (1 of 3)

💚Go to Newzik: RCM Piano Syllabus under “Technical Tests” (p. 9 of the PDF)

1. Do the yellow highlighted items.

2. Remember to drop your wrists into the keys when you start.

3. Keep each finger curved.

4. Raise your wrists as you get to the top (not too high!)

5. When you get back to the starting point, make a forward-motion wrist and come off the keyboard gently.

💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

1. Follow the NFRPE charts inside Newzik, on the second page of Boots.

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

1. Practice playing with your new accompaniment in Newzik! Remember there are two measures of introduction before your playing starts!

2. See Newzik for your new red markings.

💜FOUR STAR A

1. In Newzik, go to “FOUR STAR 0A 06” (set 7)

   1. DO ONE “DAY” PER PRACTICE SESSION. Ask Ethan for help if needed.

💜“SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

1. Prepare “Days 4-6 of Frogs on Logs”

   1. Remember forward wrists on long notes.

   2. Sit straight and tall

   3. Keep your wrists ABOVE THE WHITE keys

💜Preparatory Level

1. Prep Level: 00_03 “GRAND STAFF”

   1. Finish Page 35, No. 2

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. The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)

2. The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)

---