Studio Class: Sunday, March 10th, 2 pm, at National Opera Center
Cards:
Good Listener (need to earn over two lessons in-a-row)
Happy Hand Position (wrist above the white keys and finger number 4 curved)
RCM LEVEL 1 EXAM: May 29th 11:01 am
💚Go through your rewards cards and see which ones you’ve earned! Set them aside for Dustin to review at the next lesson.
💚THEORY: Level 1
Teach me about where the tonic triad comes from (scale)
Unit 8
💚“Sight-Reading 2A”
Left off on page 14
Goal is to get all of NFRPE on the first try.
Follow the instructions of the little characters in your music. :)
Think about the shortest note value first and ask yourself how fast you want to play that - SLOW!
After your first try, stop and fix anything in your head.
Try again and reevaluate again.
Try a third try is necessary.
💚Four Star: Level B.
Go to the Test section of the Test PDF and practice the playbacks and clap backs.
💚Hanon No. 1 (speed-building)
Metronome 56 per quarter Note
Start AFTER you get beat in your mind, and then play for 3-4 measures with one or two goals. Then stop and reevaluate.
SAMPLE GOALS ARE SMOOTH WRISTS, FINGERS CURVED, CORRECT NOTES, ETC.
💚🎹Technique: Level 1
See the RCM Technical Requirements Level 01 PDF.
See the purple highlighted items.
Before you start, get in your mind - the key signature and where your 4th fingers go in each hand.
Harmonic Minor Scale = raise the 7th scale degree by 1/2 step. Everything is the same apart from the 7th scale degree.
💜Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1, Etude)
Start with Dustin on Monday
❤️Angelfish (L. 1, B)
Measures 1-4 and whenever you cross over, lift your wrist and elbow a bit more so you can create more room for your RH.
Mm. 5-8, and 9-12 crescendoing and decrescendo
Start with LH - focus on crescendo and decrescendo smoothly.
Then RH - only playing pp
Then together.
Measures 17-20: Practice hands alone then together.
💛The Snake by Renée Christopher (L. 1, C)
Practice with the audio in Newzik. Please fix all green pen.
💜Andante in G Minor by Georg Philip Telemann (L. 1, A)
Practice starting from any measure.
Focus on RH melody above the LH
💜Celebration by Ann Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)
When you change your pedal, make sure the “down” movement is immediately after the “up” movement.
Once a week, review the following pieces with the music:
💚Minuet in F Major by Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) (Prep B)
Focus on relaxed wrists after playing long notes.
💜💚💚 The Calico Cat by Helen Marlais (b. 1966) (Prep B)
Review, making sure your focus on DYNAMICS.
💚💚💚Freddie the Frog by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (b. 1968) (Prep B)
💚💚💚Allegro in C Major op. 1 no. 4 by Alexander Reinagle (1756-1809) (L. A)
💚💚💚A Skating Waltz by Boris Berlin (1907-2001) (L. A)
💚💚💚What’s That Noise by Martha Mier (b. 1936) L. A)
❤️ = Needs lots of work or wasn’t prepared properly for more than one lesson
💜 = Didn’t get to it at the last lesson - we’ll start with this before 💛 or 💚
💛 = Doing the assignment but needs special attention
💚 - On track and do the assignment.
2023 Fall Milestones
RCM Level B Exam in the Fall? Or Level 1 in the Spring.