June 7, 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:

Summer:

July 26th - Mid August away.

💚“Sight-Reading 2A”

  1. Left off on page 39 of 90

  2. PRACTICE SIGHT-READING NO FASTER THAN M.M. 50 PER QUARTER NOTE.

  3. Please use the metronome for EVERY assignment.

💚🎹Technique: Level 2

  1. See the RCM Technical Requirements Level 02 PDF

    1. Please see the directions written in the PDF yellow highlighted items.

    2. ONE TIME CLOSE LOUD FOR EACH ITEM

    3. ONE TIME STACCATO FOR EACH ITEM

    4. The numbers next to the items indicate the number of repetitions per practice session.

💚Rhyme Time (2. B)

  1. Great job on learning the correct notes and fingering!

  2. Please remember to follow the blog instructions carefully. You learned hands alone to the end, instead of hands alone THEN together, 1-2 measures at a time.

  3. LH alone, mm. 24-26:

    1. Play the bottom note only, thinking about intervals of a fourth.

    2. Then add the top note, thinking about an interval of an octave, then down a whole step to find the 7th.

    3. 3 times each practice session.

    4. Listen to the recording in Newzik for confirmation.

🖤A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain (2. C)

💚Four Star: Level 2: “Four Star 02 00 01” (Review Set 1)

  1. Practice the playbacks and Clapbacks.

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

💚THEORY: Level 2, Unit 2

  1. Finish the unit.

  2. 💚THEORY: Level 2, Unit 3

    1. Prepare pages 4-6

REVIEW PIECES:

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

💚Angelfish (L. 1, B)

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

FULL REPERTOIRE LIST

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

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

  3. 💚Angelfish (L. 1, B)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

List A: Andante

List B: Angelfish

List C: The Snake

Etude: Detectives

Recital May 19th: 3 pm (or 1 pm if possible)

Angelfish

Detectives

The Snake

Andante

Celebration