October 17, 2024 (30 min)

❤️= 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 2

November/December 2024 Session

Registration Deadline October 16, 2024

Practical Examinations November 30 - December 12, 2024

Repertoire

• Ecossaise in G Major WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 2, A)

• I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

💛TECHNIQUE Level 2 (5-7 min each day)

1. Go to your new PDF called “RCM Technical Requirements 02”

2. Fingering is priority and memorize where finger 4 plays in each hand.

   1. 💛Prepare D Minor Harmonic & Melodic on page 3

   2. 💚Prepare G Minor Harmonic & Melodic on page 3

   3. ❤️Prepare B-flat Major on page 3

      1. POSITION IS THE NEW FOCUS.

      2. KEEP WRIST HELD ABOVE THE WHITE KEYS.

      3. KEEP YOUR HAND/WRIST LEVEL WITH YOUR ARM.

💜Playbacks (3-5 min each day)

1. Go to the Playbacks PDF and practice with the audio in the PDF.

💚Four Star Level 2 (5-10 min each day)

1. Complete Set 3

💜 Breezy by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2, C) (7-15 min each day)

1. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

2. Fix all remaining orange pen.

💜Ecossaise in G Major WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 2, A) (2-3 min each day)

1. Review one time a week with your music.

2. Start from several random measures with the music.

💜I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B) (2-3 min each day)

1. Review one time a week with your music.

2. Start from several random measures with the music.

💚Allegro in C Major op. 38, no. 8 by Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822)(L. 2, Etude) (7-15 min each day)

1. Use metronome 60 per 8th note once you get to the RHYTHM portion of NFPER.

   1. Feeling “confused?” Do the following:

      1. Choose your section (what measures?)

      2. Start with hands alone

      3. Choose one or two goals at a time from NFPER

      4. Three times correctly each.

   2. Watch the video inside the PDF for help

🖤Theory Level 1 (5 MINUTES A DAY)

1. Complete all of Unit 5 over the next two weeks.

🖤Minuet in G Major, K 1e by W.A. Mozart (L. 2, A)

1. Learn after the Beethoven!

🖤GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHT-READING 00 62-95

1. Prepare pages 26-29

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. WHEN YOU FINISH, ASK YOURSELF WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. FIX IT IN YOUR HEAD AND DO IT AGAIN!

Review the following pieces as you wish!

1. 💚Etude in C Major, op. 125 no. 3 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 1, Etude)

2. 💚Teapot Invention by Andrew Markow (1942-2013) (L. 1, C)

3. 💚I Want it That Way

4. ❤️❤️German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, No. 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn (L. 1, A)

5. Clear Mountain Sky by Mike Springer (L. 1, B)

6. Foggy Beach (Prep. B)

7. Oranges and Lemons by Boris Berlin (Prep. B)

   1. IN MEASURE 9, DON’T FORGET THAT THERE IS A POSITION CHANGE!

8. Distant Chimes (expired Prep. B)

9. 💚Calico Cat Helen Marlais

10. Duet - Jingle Bells (Non-RCM)

11. 💚Turkish March (Non-RCM)