January 17, 2023 (2 of 4)

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Lesson Blog:

your assignment guide.

Newzik:

where assignments are found, indicated in your lesson blog.

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program Information

Complete your assignments in the following order:

THEORY: Prep Level

  1. ❤️Treble Clef and Bass Clef Worksheets (in the spooky packet): Say and Play the notes saying “up to” or “down to.”

  2. ❤️Unit 5: Finish the Unit. Be prepared to teach me about anything in the unit! Finish some of the assignments that are blank.

  1. “MUSICIANSHIP: Sight-Reading 00” in Newzik

💚Czerny, No. 2

  1. LH THUMB OVER THE G AT ALL TIMES unless you’re lifting.

  2. Memorize:

    1. Two measures at a time (be able to start from any measure).

    2. Three times correctly with music, then without the music.

    3. Count out loud four beats before you begin: in order to get a steady beat in your mind .

💚Czerny, No. 3

  1. Learn hands together:

    1. ONE BEAT AT A TIME: say out loud every step you’re going to take.

    2. Next week we’ll start to do steady beat - don’t worry about a steady beat hands together, this week.

  1. Baby Kangaroo by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. A)

  2. What’s That Noise by Martha Mier (L. A)

  3. A Skating Waltz by Boris Berlin (1907-2001) (L. A)

  4. Allegro in C Major op. 1 no. 4 by Alexander Reinagle (1756-1809) (L. A)

  5. 💚Freddie the Frog

    1. Performance Practice Run-throughs:

      1. m.m. 86 per quarter note.

      2. Count before you begin: out loud, three beats.

    2. Once you start, DON’T STOP!

  6. 💛Dotted Half Note = 3 beats

    1. The dot = half the value of the note

Once a week, review the following piece:

  1. 💜The Spooky Song

  2. 💚Czerny Op. 823 NO. 1 with curved fingers.