October 6, 2024

❤️= Priority above all else (repeated issues or reglect).

💛= Priority after red (on the right track but needs more work).

💜= Item we did not do at the last lesson. Lesson priority before green.

💚= on the right track! Practice these items as usual but prioritize other colors first.

🖤= don’t practice this item (on hold).

Register for Level 1 Exam for 2024 November/December

November/December 2024 Session

Registration Deadline October 16, 2024

Practical Examinations November 30 - December 12, 2024

💚Go RCM Technical Requirements Level 1 PDF in Newzik (5-7 min each day)

1. Metronome 50, two notes per tick (BUT, start without metronome, then add it, then without, then with).Sasha

   1. Before each scale: RH and LH

      1. Say the key signature out loud and which sharps or flats are involved.

      2. Say out loud where finger four plays - on which note?

      3. If it’s “harmonic minor,” state which note is the raised 7th

   2. The scales of ONE FLAT

      1. F Major: RH and LH

      2. D Minor: RH and LH

   3. Contrary Motion C Major

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

1. HOW DO YOU LEARN THIS PIECE?

   1. Choose a small chunk

   2. Use NFPER, hands alone, then together!

2. 💚HT up to measure 16

3. ❤️LH learn to the end.

💛Theory in Newzik (5-10 min each day)

1. GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 01 06 “Scales”

   1. Prepare all of Unit 6

💚Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 1 (4-7 min each day)

1. Go to your “FOUR STAR Level 01_05” in Newzik

2. Prepare the entire PDF

💜Detectives by Christine Donkin (b. 1979)(L. 1, Etude) (3-5 min each day)

1. Review three times a week with music.

2. Start from several random measures with the music.

💜Young Ludwig Exploring (L. 1, C) (3-5 min each day)

1. Review three times a week with music.

2. Start from several random measures with the music.

💜Angelfish by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, B) (3-5 min each day)

1. Review three times a week with music.

2. Start from several random measures with the music.

💜Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) (L. 1, A) (3-5 min each day)

1. Review three times a week with music.

2. Start from several random measures with the music.

🖤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. ❤️Detectives by Christine Donkin (b. 1979)(L. 1, Etude)

2. 💚Minuet in F Major by Leopold Mozart (Prep B)

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

4. 💜To Fly Like an Eagle (Prep B)

5. Jingle Bells Duet