❤️= 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
JANUARY 11, 2025 - REMOTE
Exam Repertoire
Ecossaise in G Major WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Breezy by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2, C)
Allegro in C Major op. 38, no. 8 by Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822) (L. 2, Etude)
ASSIGNMENTS
#1💛TECHNIQUE Level 2
(up to 10 min each day)
“RCM Technical Requirements 02” in Newzik
Please see the highlighted yellow in the diagram on page.
#2💛Allegro in C Major op. 38, no. 8 by Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822)(L. 2, Etude)
(up to 15 min each day)
Watch the video inside the PDF for help
Learn to the end!
RH, LH and HT each practice session.
#3💜 Breezy by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2, C)
(up to 15 min each day)
“SPOT” all of the purple highlighted areas. 3 times in-a-row correctly each day.
#4💜Ecossaise in G Major WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 2, A)
(up to 7 min each day)
RCM will look and listen for
RH above the LH (dynamics)
LH notes in measure 4 (spot LH, RH and HT each day)
Staccato notes in the appropriate place.
Tidy attacks.
#5💛Playbacks
(up to 5 min each day)
Go to the Playbacks PDF and practice with the audio in the PDF.
#6💚Four Star Level 2
(up to 10 min each day)
Complete set 8
Sight-reading: please slow down. Focus on fingering and key signature
Please see the video embedded in your PDF
#7💚I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
(2-3 min each day)
Review three times a week with your music at a slow/medium tempo no faster than m.m. 120
Remember muscle memory - practice this slowly so you can play it well in the exam.
Start from several random measures with the music.
🖤Music Note-reading Challenge / Practcie
Do TWO minutes (2 one-minute rounds) per practice session.
LINK TO THE GAME: https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note
Set the challenge to G major and F Major key signature.
🖤Theory Level 1 (5 MINUTES A DAY)
Complete all of Unit 5 over the next two weeks.
🖤Minuet in G Major, K 1e by W.A. Mozart (L. 2, A)
Learn after the Beethoven!
🖤GO TO YOUR PDF SIGHT-READING 00 62-95
Prepare pages 26-29
Review the following pieces as you wish!
💚Etude in C Major, op. 125 no. 3 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 1, Etude)
💚Teapot Invention by Andrew Markow (1942-2013) (L. 1, C)
💚I Want it That Way
❤️❤️German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, No. 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn (L. 1, A)
Clear Mountain Sky by Mike Springer (L. 1, B)
Foggy Beach (Prep. B)
Oranges and Lemons by Boris Berlin (Prep. B)
IN MEASURE 9, DON’T FORGET THAT THERE IS A POSITION CHANGE!
Distant Chimes (expired Prep. B)
💚Calico Cat Helen Marlais
Duet - Jingle Bells (Non-RCM)
💚Turkish March (Non-RCM)