March 1, 2025

❤️= 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).

💚Keep a Practice Journal / Log Every Day

💚RCM Technical Requirements Level 2 PDF in Newzik

  1. See the highlighted blue items

  2. Please play our technique with an even tone (same volume)

💚Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 2

  1. Finish review set 1 and complete review set 2

💚Theory in Newzik (5-10 min each day)

  1. GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 02 Review”

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

  1. Technique for learning:

    1. Learn two, two-measure chunks separately, then combine together. (RH, LH, HT 3 x’s each)

    2. Learn two more two-measure chunks in the same manner, then combine.

    3. Now combine the two four-measure chunks.

    4. Learn to the end!

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

  1. Please drop and pop the wrist when needed.

  2. Careful to play legato whenever there are slurs.

  3. Listen to the audio in Newzki for expression.

🖤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)