Lesson Assignments
RCM Registration: January 5th!
#1💚Theory Level 1
Prepare Unit 3
#2🖤Rhythms
Compose No. 36
Use quarter notes and rests.
Use ties
Use half notes.
Use dotted half note
#3💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level
See the yellow highlights:
Chords Broken
No faster than m.m. 60 per note
Keep wrist ups
Chords Solid
Forward wrist on each one.
#4💚Four Star Prep B
Prepare Set 1
Playbacks: play a solid triad, then either the tonic or the mediant
#5💜SIGHT-READING Level 1
Do at least 1 per day.
Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).
#6💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)
Pedaling
Four measures at a time, practice adding your pedal. Continue to play legato even though you’re using pedal. Careful about playing too loudly.
Fix the green pen. Keep finger raised when you play finger 5.
#7💚The Lively Boy by Turk (Prep A)
Position and Note Values
Practice the bracketed sections to continue RH until the second beat.
Keep wrist up when you play staccato or detached.
#8 New Prep B piece next week
REVIEW LIST
Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.
The Haunted Mouse
Curious Cat
Marching by Kabalevsky