March 23, 2023

🖤 = assignment is on hold. Don’t practice.

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

  1. Now we’re doing chords! See page 121 in your RCM syllabus for help with doing the solid and broken chords.

  2. Do these very slowly.

🖤Giraffe by Teresa RICHERT (b. 1964) (L. A)

  1. Start next

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

  1. Practice with m.m. 96 per quarter note (final goal is m.m. 108).

🖤Smooth and Crunchy by Elisa Milne (b. 1967) (L. A)

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

  1. Finish learning measure 8-12

  2. Don’t use pedal yet.

🖤Angelfish by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (Non-RCM)

💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  1. PRACTICE THE WHOLE PIECE AT M.M. 112 PER QUARTER NOTE.

  2. Remember to pop your wrists up on EVERY staccato note.

💚FOUR STAR A

  1. Go online and practice the exercises for Prep A

💚“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

  1. Finish the unit.

  2. Remember to keep good hand position! Keep fingers curved.

    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: Unit 5 “Rhythm”

    1. Complete the entire unit!

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

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