December 11, 2024 (Lesson 7 of 8)

PRACTICE PLAN!

• ❤️FIRST PRIORITY

• 💛SECOND PRIORITY

• 💜THIRD PRIORITY

• 💚FOURTH PRIORITY

POSTURE TRACKER!

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#1💚Get a new practice journal!

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

(Approx. 10-15 min each day)

1. Focus this week is play the RH in a singing style (cantabile)

   1. Every four measures, play the RH alone focusing cantabile

   2. Then LH focusing on pp

   3. Then hands together!

   4. Rinse and repeat!~ 😂

2. Make sure to also play through from beginning to end, once each session with and without the music.

#3💚O Christmas Tree

(Approx 5-7 min each day)

1. Treat this as a sight-reading assignment. Play through once with music.

2. Stop and fix any issues in your mind.

3. Play through one more time.

#4💚RCM Technical Requirements Level 02

(Approx. 7-12 min each day)

1. Do the highlighted yellow items listed on page 1

2. We are speed-building scales.

   1. Keep LH wrists level with your arm. The wrist is actually too high! 😎

   2. Work up to m.m. 80 and count “1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and” before you being.

#5💚Four Star: Level 2: Four Star Set 6

(Approx. 7-10 min each day)

1. Complete the set.

2. Work on major and minor 3rds with Dustin (and perfect 5ths)

#6💚THEORY: Level 2, Unit 8

1. Continue to check with Dustin starting on page 76

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

🖤“Sight-Reading 2B” (pause until after December)

(Approx. 3-5 min each day)

1. Continue from page 37 of 90 (of the PDF)

2. Be sure to move forward through mistakes - don’t correct them until you finish the exercise - then fix them in your MIND first before you try the entire thing again.

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

RCMCP Level 2: Take Spring 2025

REVIEW PIECES:

1. 💚A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain (2. C)

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

3. 💚Rhyme Time (2. B)

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

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

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

7. 💚💜Angelfish (L. 1, B)

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