June 2, 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).

Sitting Position: 3

❤️Sitting position: please sit with feet flat on the floor and back straight.

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

  1. Relearn the fingering. RH, LH, alone then together. Three times correctly (in-a-row) per practice session.

    1. Measures 5 - 8

    2. Measures 8-11

    3. Measures 13-End

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

  1. Relearn the fingering. RH, LH, alone then together. Three times correctly (in-a-row) per practice session.

    1. Measures 5-7

  2. Add pedal. Make sure to only change on the down-beat of each measures = the first beat in each measure.

  3. DO NOT SPEED UP in measure 13

  4. Come off the keys and pedal gradually at the end.

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

  1. One-two measures at a time, put hands together. Things to look out for:

    1. Emojis!

    2. Is the RH legato or lifting at the end of a phrase?

    3. Ask yourself the same question about the LH!

    4. Dynamics

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

  1. Start from random measures.

  2. Expression in the boxed area - crescendo.

  3. When you increase your sound, decrease the tension.

❤️RCM Technical Requirements Level 2 PDF in Newzik (at least 5 min per day)

  1. Rotate through every item.

  2. Minimum of 5 minutes practice per day.

❤️Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 2

  1. Complete Sets 3 & 4

❤️Theory in Newzik (5-10 min each day)

  1. GO TO YOUR PDF “THEORY 02 Review” - complete the unit.

🖤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)