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🟪Let’s sign up for Fall 2025 RCM Practical Level 1
🟪Theory Level 1
Unit 7, Pages 68-71
Please prepare these pages and teach me about triads, and where they come from.
🟪RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1
Prepare items in the purple highlights on page 7
🟪Four Star 01_02
Finish Set 2
please practice with the new audio in four-star 01 tests called three Clapback’s 9/5
💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)
Please fix the rhythm in measures 1 and 9 (you’re still swinging the 8ths)
Start at metronome marking 72 and move through the speeds 80, 84, 88, 92,96 and 100
🟩I Spy by Melody Bober (b. 1955) (L. 2, B)
Learn with the new videos
Prospective Repertoire
Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)
Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1, B)
Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)
REVIEW LIST
Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.
💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)
💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)
💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)
💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)
💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)
💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)
💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)
💚The Lively Boy (Prep A)
💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)
💚Curious Cat
💚Marching by Kabalevsky
🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)
At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:
N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟨 Yellow)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟧 Orange)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟪 Purple)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)
✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.
Step-by-Step Practice Flow
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.
“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:
✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.
Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.
🔧 Troubleshooting Tips
🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:
Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?