January 12, 2026

January 12th Grade: 1.5/4

Lesson Point System: Starting January

  1. One point for each video or blog assignments.

  2. For example 4 practice videos with three required submissions per week = 12 video submission

  1. Also review your scales

🟩 Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2 (Etude Level 3)

  1. Learn measures 1-11, hands alone, three times each day (5 practice days)

  2. Learn the RH alone mm. 12-19

  3. Learn all of the 16th notes in the piece hands alone.

🟥 Theory, Level 2, Unit 4: Prepare pages 35-37

🟥Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 3

  1. Prepare Review Set 2 : “Four_Star_03_00_02”

🟨SIGHTREADING 2A PDF

  1. Prepare pages 5-9 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. 🟩Minuet in G Major, K 1 e by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) (L. 2, A)

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

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

  4. 🟩Etude in D Major by Czerny (L. 2, Etude)

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

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

  7. 💜To Fly Like an Eagle (Prep B)

  8. 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)