April 19, 2023

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program Information

  1. Dustin will show you the online RCM exercises next week.

  2. đź’šFour Star: Level A

    1. Finish Set 7 and do Set 8

      1. Playbacks - still working on this.

  3. đź’šAdditional Ear Training Exercise:

    1. Play the triad and practice singing each

      1. Play the triad

      2. Sing or hum the tone (1, 3, or 5)

      3. Play the tone to check

      4. Sing again.

đź’šTECHNIQUE PREP A

  1. Triad sequence: Work on better sitting position, drop wrist when you play the solid chords.

  2. Broken triads: rotate your wrist toward the direction of the next note.

đź–¤Czerny, Opus. 823, No. 2

  1. REVIEW

đź–¤Czerny, Opus. 823, No. 3

  1. REVIEW

đź–¤CZERNY Op. 823 No. 4

  1. TO PASS:

    1. WRISTS UP / FINGERS CLOSE TO KEYS. DON’T COME OFF THE KEYBOARD SO FAR.

    2. FINGERS ROUND.

    3. NO CHOPPING 5TH FINGER IN RH.

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

    1. Fix the green and practice doing a “run-through” so that you practice moving on from any mistakes.

  2. đź’›Freddie the Frog (Prep B)

    1. Start from any measure.

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

    1. Fix curved fingers (especially in LH)

    2. Dynamics: Crescendo only in LH and don’t speed up! :)

  4. đź–¤Baby Kangaroo by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. A)

  5. đź’šAllegro in C Major op. 1 no. 4 by Alexander Reinagle (1756-1809) (L. A)

    1. SEE THE MARKINGS IN NEWZIK

Once a week, review the following piece:

  1. đź’śThe Spooky Song

  2. đź’šCzerny Op. 823 NO. 1 with curved fingers.

THEORY: Prep Level

  1. đź–¤Unit 5: Pick up with Dustin next week at 8th notes / rests.