October 23, 2024 (Lesson 8 of 8)

PRACTICE PLAN!

• ❤️FIRST PRIORITY

• 💛SECOND PRIORITY

• 💜THIRD PRIORITY

• 💚FOURTH PRIORITY

POSTURE TRACKER!

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

1. START ON PAGE 1 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. Clap the beat and ta the rhythm IN YOUR MIND

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

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

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

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

1. “Spot” measures 6-9 and 9-12

   1. Hands alone

   2. Hands togehether

   3. Remember not to repeat the first ending after the repeat.

   4. Listen to the new audio in your PDF

2. 🎹Play in Group Class October 27th

(5/5)💚RCM Technical Requirements Level 02

1. Do the highlighted yellow items listed on page 1

2. Looking good! Remember to have a “forward-motion wrist” when you play solid/blocked chords.

(5/5)💚Rhyme Time (2. B)

1. Practice starting from any measure

2. Focus more on the expression - bigger contrast with staccato vs. legato.

3. Accent in m. 16.

4. 🎹Play in Oct. 27th Group Class

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

1. See new video for the last two measures in Newzik.

(5/5)💚Four Star: Level 2: Four Star Set 5

1. Practice with the 10/23 play audio in the Level 2 Tests PDF

(5/5)💚THEORY: Level 2, Unit 5

1. Prepare pages 1-3 and watch the video that’s embedded in the PDF!

1. Pause

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