June 17, 2024

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST DO ITEMS OF PRACTICING AT LEAST THREE DAYS IN-A-ROW IN ORDER FOR IT TO STICK. ONE PRACTICE SESSION WITH JUDITH OR YOUR MOM DOESN’T ALLOW THE MATERIAL TO STAY IN YOUR FINGERS / MEMORY.

Summer:

July 26th - Mid August away.

💚“Sight-Reading 2A”

  1. Left off on page 49 of 90

  2. Remember: the most important aspect of sight-reading is keeping a steady beat. Notes come second.

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

  4. Please use the metronome for EVERY assignment.

    1. Identify the time signature

    2. What is the shortest note-value?

    3. Clap the beat and ta the rhythm IN YOUR MIND

    4. Study the contour (shape) of the notes and the distance between them (intervals).

    5. Set a steady (slow) beat, then begin.

    6. Don’t correct anything in real-time.

💚🎹Technique: Level 2

  1. See the RCM Technical Requirements Level 02 PDF

    1. Prepare

      1. F major

      2. D harmonic minor

      3. D melodic minor

      4. E harmonic minor

      5. E melodic minor

        1. ONE TIME CLOSE LOUD (no faster than m.m. 50)

          1. From the key

          2. Attack very strong with a forward-motion wrist

          3. Immediately relax after the attack

          4. Fingers must be round and sound must be strong.

          5. If you make a mistake, go back at least one note.

        2. ONE TIME STACCATO

        3. ONE TIME LEGAGO

💚Rhyme Time (2. B)

  1. Teach me about the “swing” next lesson:

    1. There are three equal parts to the beat (1 & a, 2, & a, etc.) or (1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, etc.)

    2. The first 8th note equals one and two of three parts and the second 8th notes gets the third of three parts.

  2. HT two measures at a time, three times in-a-row correctly, at least three days in-a-row.

💜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:

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

  2. 💚Angelfish (L. 1, B)

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

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

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

  6. 💚Angelfish (L. 1, B)

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

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

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

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

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

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

  13. 💚💚💚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