October 6, 2025

Level 3 Piece: Choose!

Weekly Practice Video:
Complete all the steps in this video at least three times this week - ideally five!

⚫️Music History: Take the Bach History Lesson Part 2

⚫️RCM Technical Requirements Level 2 PDF in Newzik (at least 7 min per day)

1. Prepare Scales: m.m. 80 - hands alone.

2. Make sure that no fingers go up (off the keys) when you play. Bubble Hands! 🙅🏻‍♂️

   1. G Major, E minor (harmonic and melodic)

   2. F Major, D minor (harmonic and melodic)

   3. B-flat Major, G minor (harmonic and melodic)

⚫️Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 2

1. Complete Set 6

⚫️Theory in Newzik (5-10 min each day)

1. GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 02 Unit 2 - Pitch and Notation” - complete the unit.

⚫️Etude in D Major by Czerny (L. 2, Etude) (7-15 min each day)

1. Start from random measures and continue to play for at least three measures.

⚫️Minuet in G Major, K 1 e by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) (L. 2, A)

1. Notes

2. Fingering

   1. Measures 12.3 to the end. 3 times in-a-row correctly each practice session.

3. Position

4. Expression

5. Rhythm

⚫️The Waltz That Floated Away (L. 2, B)

1. Notes

2. Fingering

3. Position

4. Expression

   1. Listen to the new audio every day and be able to play with it for your next lesson.

5. Rhythm

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

1. Notes

   1. Practice starting from any measure.

2. Fingering

3. Position

4. Expression

   1. Listen to the new audio every day and focus primarily on expression.

   2. Please keep this slow until you can play all the expression correctly.

5. Rhythm

🖤SIGHTREADING 62-92 PDF

1. Prepare pages 29-33 of the PDF

   1. Remember to count before you begin.

   2. Remember the play the ties

2. SET A METRONOME TO 60 PER QUARTER NOTE

   1. STUDY THE TIME SIGNATURE

   2. DO THE RHYTHM IN YOUR HEAD

   3. THEN STUDY THE NOTE NAMES IN YOUR HEAD AND THE DIRECTION OF THE NOTES

   4. THEN PLAY WITH A STEADY SLOW BEAT.

   5. KEEP YOUR WRISTS UP

   6. DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU’RE GIVING EACH HALF NOTE TWO BEATS! 🥸

   7. WHEN YOU FINISH, ASK YOURSELF WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. FIX IT IN YOUR HEAD AND DO IT AGAIN!

Review Repertoire:

Practice starting from any measure of any piece below.

1. Angelfish by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, B)

2. 💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins by Barbara Arens (Prep B)

3. 💜To Fly Like an Eagle (Prep B)

4. Jingle Bells Duet

💚RCM Exam Level 1 - Remote

1. January 11, 2025 - 6 pm

2. Repertoire:

   1. Detectives by Christine Donkin (Etude, L. 1)

   2. Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) (L. 1, A)

   3. Angelfish by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, B)

   4. Young Ludwig Exploring by Forrest Kinney (L. 1, C)