October 4, 2024 (Lesson 5 of 8)

PRACTICE PLAN!

• ❤️FIRST PRIORITY

• 💛SECOND PRIORITY

• 💜THIRD PRIORITY

• 💚FOURTH PRIORITY

POSTURE TRACKER!

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(4/5)💚“Sight-Reading 2A” (do one per day).

1. START ON PAGE 79 of 90 (of the PDF)

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

3. 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.

(3/5)💜Minuet in A Minor by Purcell (2, A)

1. Follow the two new videos for 5-8 and 9-12 (these need more work). Practice hands alone, then together.

2. Don’t play hands together after m. 8

(4/5)💛RCM Technical Requirements Level 02

1. Do the highlighted / circled yellow items listed on page 1

   1. Do one time close-loud

   2. One time staccato

   3. One time legato at m.m. 60

   4. One time legato at m.m. 72

   5. One team legato at m.m. 80

2. Work on making your wrist steady (no up and down movement). Glide!

(5/5)💚Rhyme Time (2. B)

1. Practice starting from any measure

2. Play in Oct. 27th Group Class

(5/5)💚A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain (2. C)

1. Last page pedaling!

(3/5)💛Four Star: Level 2: Four Star Set 3

1. Practice with the play audio in the Level 2 Tests PDF

💜THEORY: Level 2, Unit 4

1. This is a bit larger, so plan out your theory homework each day for the entire week. Don’t save it for the last day.

RCMCP Level 2: Take Spring 2025

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