January 24, 2023 (3 of 4)

Always have your iPad ready to go when I come for your lesson 😎

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. 💚Unit 5: Pick up with Dustin next week at 8th notes / rests.

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

💚Czerny, No. 2

  1. ❤️LH THUMB OVER THE G AT ALL TIMES unless you’re lifting. (Have a chat with your thumb!!!)

  2. 💛 p = piano = soft. Keep a good hand position when playing softly.

  3. ❤️All fingers MUST BE CURVED NEXT LESSON.

💚Czerny, No. 3

  1. Practice ONLY two measures at a time, going SLOW ENOUGH that you don’t make mistakes.

  2. If mistakes happen, STOP, fix them in your mind, then do it correctly three times..

  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.