December 26, 2024 (Lesson 1 of 8)

PRACTICE PLAN!

• ❤️FIRST PRIORITY

• 💛SECOND PRIORITY

• 💜THIRD PRIORITY

• 💚FOURTH PRIORITY

POSTURE TRACKER!

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#1💚Keep going with your new practice journal! Good work.

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

(Approx. 10-15 min each day)

1. Gradually work up to m.m. 56

   1. Start at m.m. 36, 39, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 53, 56

   2. You can either play through the entire piece or choose smaller chunks like 1-8 or 1-15

   3. The criteria is for the RH to have a singing tone and the LH in the background before you move on to the next tempo.

#4💚RCM Technical Requirements Level 02

(Approx. 8-13 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 8

(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 3

1. Pause

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

1. Listen to the audio in Newzik titled “Swing Expression”

2. See the red pen.

3. Learn the 2nd page.

🖤“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. O Christmas Tree

2. 💚A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain (2. C)

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

4. 💚Rhyme Time (2. B)

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

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

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

8. 💚💜Angelfish (L. 1, B)

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

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

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

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

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

14. 💚💚💚What’s That Noise by Martha Mier (b. 1936) L. A)

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