❤️= 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
January 11, 2025 - 6 pm
Repertoire:
Detectives by Christine Donkin (Etude, L. 1)
Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) (L. 1, A)
Angelfish by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, B)
Young Ludwig Exploring by Forrest Kinney (L. 1, C)
February Talent Show:
Viva La Vida - Trumpet and Piano 60-90 seconds.
💚Keep a Practice Journal / Log Every Day
#1💚Minuet in G Major, K 1 e by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) (L. 2, A)
Technique for learning:
Learn two, two-measure chunks separately, then combine together. (RH, LH, HT 3 x’s each)
Learn tow more two-measure chunks in the same manner, then combine.
Now combine the two four-measure chunks.
#2***💚RCM Technical Requirements Level 2 PDF in Newzik
See the highlighted blue items
#3***💚Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 2
Prepare Review Set 1
#4***💚Theory in Newzik (5-10 min each day)
GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 02 Review”
#5🖤Etude in D Major by Czerny (L. 2, Etude) (7-15 min each day)
Goal this week is to play LH accompaniment quietly.
🖤SIGHTREADING 62-92 PDF
Prepare pages 29-33 of the PDF
Remember to count before you begin.
Remember the play the ties
SET A METRONOME TO 60 PER QUARTER NOTE
STUDY THE TIME SIGNATURE
DO THE RHYTHM IN YOUR HEAD
THEN STUDY THE NOTE NAMES IN YOUR HEAD AND THE DIRECTION OF THE NOTES
THEN PLAY WITH A STEADY SLOW BEAT.
KEEP YOUR WRISTS UP
DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU’RE GIVING EACH HALF NOTE TWO BEATS! 🥸
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.
Angelfish by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, B)
💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins by Barbara Arens (Prep B)
💜To Fly Like an Eagle (Prep B)
Jingle Bells Duet