April 22, 2024

Good Listener (need to earn over two lessons in-a-row)

Happy Hand Position (wrist above the white keys and finger number 4 curved)

Recital Repertoire:

RCM LEVEL 1 EXAM: May 29th 11:01 am

List A: Andante

List B: Angelfish

List C: The Snake

Etude: Detectives

Recital May 19th

💛Please sit with a straight back

💛Please be prepared to take a small quiz on anything that’s written in your blog next week.

  1. Sample question: In your sight-reading assignment, what tempo is indicated?

💚THEORY: Level 2, Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 6-10

💛“Sight-Reading 2A”

  1. Left off on page 25 of 90

  2. PRACTICE SIGHT-READING NO FASTER THAN M.M. 40 PER QUARTER NOTE.

  3. Please use the metronome for EVERY assignment.

❤️Four Star: Level 1

  1. 💚Prepare Set 5

  2. ❤️Remember to practice with the TWO new audio recordings found in your Level 1 Tests PDF. One is for playback and one is for clapback.

💚🎹Technique: Level 1

  1. See the RCM Technical Requirements Level 01 PDF.

    1. Chromatic: please get the fingering in your mind before you start. Remember that two white keys next to each other = 2-1 in the LH and 1-2 in the RH.

    2. See the circled highlighted items and red text.

    3. Before you start, get in your mind - the key signature and where your 4th fingers go in each hand.

      1. Practice one time with the music then one time without

💚Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1, Etude)

  1. Please see the blue pen.

  2. Practice starting at any measure.

💚Angelfish (L. 1, B)

  1. See the blue pen.

  2. Practice starting from any measure.

  3. Work you way up to m.m. 100

💜The Snake by Renée Christopher (L. 1, C)

  1. Practice starting from three different measures every practice session.

  2. Play through once with the music.

💜Andante in G Minor by Georg Philip Telemann (L. 1, A)

  1. Practice starting from any measure.

  2. Focus is on a steady beat.

💜Celebration by Ann Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

  1. Practice the first four measures with the metronome, gradually building your speed:

    1. 4 measures at a time.

    2. Start at 80, then move to 84, 88, 92, 96, 100

    3. m. 4 with the metronome to the downbeat of m. 5, three times correctly each day.

    4. Practice with the recording in newzik of measures 9-11

    5. Fix all pink pen

🖤Hanon No. 1 (speed-building)

  1. Metronome 56 per quarter Note

  2. Start AFTER you get beat in your mind, and then play for 3-4 measures with one or two goals. Then stop and reevaluate.

    1. SAMPLE GOALS ARE SMOOTH WRISTS, FINGERS CURVED, CORRECT NOTES, ETC.

Once a week, review the following pieces with the music:

  1. 💚Minuet in F Major by Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) (Prep B)

    1. Focus on relaxed wrists after playing long notes.

  2. 💜💚💚 The Calico Cat by Helen Marlais (b. 1966) (Prep B)

    1. Review, making sure your focus on DYNAMICS.

  3. 💚💚💚Freddie the Frog by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (b. 1968) (Prep B)

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

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

  6. 💚💚💚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

  1. RCM Level B Exam in the Fall? Or Level 1 in the Spring.

Register for RCM Level 1 Exam by February 10th