November 6, 2024 (Lesson 2 of 8)

PRACTICE PLAN!

• ❤️FIRST PRIORITY

• 💛SECOND PRIORITY

• 💜THIRD PRIORITY

• 💚FOURTH PRIORITY

POSTURE TRACKER!

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💚Etude in F Major, Op. 190, No. 27 by Christian Louis Heinrich Köhler (L. 2, Etude)

1. Start learning by memorizing all the green / red markings on the page.

2. Learn 2-4 measures at a time, hands alone first:

   1. “BLOCK” the left hand chords.

   2. Keep LH blocked and add the RH.

   3. Both hands as written.

   4. Don’t need to add pedal at the moment.

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

1. Continue from page 6 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.

💛RCM Technical Requirements Level 02 (5/5)

1. Do the highlighted yellow items listed on page 1

2. Please see TWO videos in the Newzik pdf for chords and scales.

💚A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain (2. C)

1. Pass for review next week by doing the following:

   1. Hold the notes full value last measure of the piece

   2. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

   3. Make the RH rolled chords softer.

   4. Memorize.

💚Four Star: Level 2: Four Star Set 4

1. Complete the set.

💚THEORY: Level 2, Unit 6

1. Complete pages 1-4

🖤Bird in the Bebop by Wynn-Anne Rossi (L. 2, Etude)

RCMCP Level 2: Take Spring 2025

REVIEW PIECES:

1. 💚Minuet in A Minor by Purcell (2, A)

2. 💚Rhyme Time (2. B)

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

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

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

6. 💚💜Angelfish (L. 1, B)

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

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

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

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

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

12. 💚💚💚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