May 18, 2023

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

2. 💚Four Star: Level A

   1. Finish Set 9 and do Set 10

      1. Playbacks - still working on this.

      2. Play your sight-reading examples slower

      3. Double check register

      4. In sight-reading: careful of repeated note

      5. Playbacks need work:

         1. When I play the chord, listen for the tonic.

         2. Then listen for the direction of the notes and pretend to draw a line in your mind.

3. 💚Additional 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.

💚TECHNIQUE PREP A

1. Triad sequence:

   Metronome marking 72, two ticks per chord.

   1. Keep your 3rd fingers round and have a forward motion wrist on each chord.

2. Broken triads:

   This week, metronome marking 50, three notes per tic (our final goal is 60).

   1. keep your wrist UP when you play these, especially on finger 5. (LH is still a bit more difficult than the RH)

   2. Count out loud “one, two, three, one, two, three” before you begin.

   3. Keep fingers close to the keyboard.

   4. Wrists up

   5. Shoulder down! (Very important)

   6. Elbow relaxed.

🖤Czerny, Opus. 823, No. 2

1. REVIEW

🖤Czerny, Opus. 823, No. 3

1. REVIEW

🖤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. Recital Order: (you don’t need to play repertoire memorized for the recital).

   1. ❤️Freddie the Frog by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (b. 1968) (Prep B)

      1. “SPOT” THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS THREE TIMES IN-A-ROW CORRECTLY. In your music, we start with the blue (smallest sections), then purple (larger sections), then green (entire piece).

         1. Measures 4-5

         2. Measures 4-8

         3. Measures 15-20

         4. Entire piece

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

      1. “SPOT” THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS THREE TIMES IN-A-ROW CORRECTLY. In your music, we start with the blue (smallest sections), then purple (larger sections), then green (entire piece).

         1. Measures 6-8

         2. Measures 4-8

         3. Entire piece

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

      1. Please do the expression markings (crescendo and decrescendo, and staccato / rit. at the end of the piece).

      2. Be able to play through three times in-a-row correctly each day until the recital

   4. 💚What’s That Noise by Martha Mier (b. 1936) L. A)

      1. Practice starting this with confidence!

      2. We need much better contrast with dynamics.

Once a week, review the following piece:

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

THEORY: Prep Level

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