December 23, 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).

💚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)

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Keep a Practice Journal / Log Every Day

#1💚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. Please see the diagram on page 4

   2. FINGERING NEEDS TO BE CORRECT.

2. Remember these need to be memorized for the exam. Practice with the music, then without, then with, etc.

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

(4-6 min each day)

1. Play through once recording yourself then listen back for any issues.

2. Practice once through with metronome marking 72 per quarter note.

3. Then again with metronome 100

#3💚Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 1

(4-7 min each day)

1. Go to your “FOUR STAR Level 01_10” in Newzik

2. Prepare the entire PDF

#4💚Detectives by Christine Donkin (b. 1979)(L. 1, Etude)

(5-8 min each day)

1. Hands alone once per day.

2. Once hands together.

3. Practice starting from three random measures once per day.

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

(5-8 min three times per week)

1. Review three times a week with music.

2. Start from several random measures with the music.

3. Play a small section with and without the music.

4. This needs to be memorized.

#6💚Young Ludwig Exploring (L. 1, C)

(3-5 min each day)

1. Focus on expression

2. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

3. Practice with the metronome.

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

1. Goal this week is to play LH accompaniment quietly.

🖤Theory in Newzik (5-10 min each day)

1. GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 01 07”

   1. Prepare all of Unit 7

🖤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