August 19, 2024

RCMCP Level 2: Confirm next

July 26th - Mid August away.

Genevieve: during the week and before next lesson, go through each item in your blog below and ask yourself, what would I say to Dustin if he asked me “how did Sight-Reading 2A practice go?” etc. Please keep your practice journal going! Nice work on this!

💜“Sight-Reading 2A”

  1. Left off on page 60 of 90

  2. Today’s Tip! -

    1. When you play quietly, it’s even more important to play with firm fingertips and an in-motion wrist.

  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. Lead with your wrist

      1. ❤️D harmonic minor

      2. ❤️D melodic minor

      3. 💚B-flat Major

        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. GOAL: play measures 8-17 with no pauses. See details below.

  2. Sit with good posture please

  3. Measures 12-13: fix fingering. RH alone, then HT, Crossing over into the page two (use two iPads, print out, double page display mode).

  4. Please look at your music. Then look away.

  5. See the blue and red pen.

💚A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain (2. C)

  1. See the green in the first two systems

    1. Focus is expression.

    2. Practice hands separately with an extreme focus on the sound - what kind of sound do you want? THink about this before you play it.

    3. Gradually bring your hands together.

  2. Measures 9 to the end:

    1. Practice rolling the chords starting with a low wrist and follow-through at the end by raising the wrist.

    2. Play these very quietly.

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

  1. Practice with the new playbacks (5) recording found in the PDF in Newzik

💚THEORY: Level 2, Unit 3

  1. Study pages 5-6 for a short quiz next lesson (Time Signatures)

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