May 2, 2023

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program Information

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

  2. đź’śFour Star: Level A

    1. Finish Set 8 and do Set 9

      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’›TECHNIQUE 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. Practice starting from m. 2. And other places

    2. WORK ON THE EXPRESSION.

    3. MEMORIZE: 4 measures at a time with and without music.

  2. đź’›Freddie the Frog (Prep B)

    1. Start from any measure.

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

    1. Practice starting from 3 different measures each practice session.

    2. Practice hands alone LH (mf) and RH (pp) then hands together.

    3. Practice with and without the music.

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

  5. ❤️Allegro 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.