February 15, 2025 (Lesson 8 of 8)

RCM Registration: January 5th!

PRACTICE PLAN!

• ❤️FIRST PRIORITY

• 💛SECOND PRIORITY

• 💜THIRD PRIORITY

• 💚FOURTH PRIORITY

RCMCP Level 2: Spring 2025

• List A: Minuet in A Minor by Purcell

• List B: Rhyme Time

• List C: A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain

• Etude: Etude in F Major, Op. 190, No. 27 by Christian Louis Heinrich Köhler

  • or

• Etude: Bird in the Bebop by Wynn-Anne Rossi

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

#2💚RCM Technical Requirements Level 02

(Approx. 8-13 min each day)

1. Do the highlighted yellow items listed on page 1

#3💚Four Star: Level 2: Four Star Finish Set 10

(Approx. 7-10 min each day)

1. Continue to practice the playbacks and clap backs with audio samples in Newzik (test PDF)

2. Practice playbacks in steps:

   1. Identify the tonic or dominant

   2. Then play two notes: identify tonic or dominant followed by the interval (1, 2, 3 of 5)

   3. Add another note and do the same as above.

#4💛Interval & Chord Recognition

1. Major 3rd, Minor 3rd or Perfect 5th

   1. Play the interval ascending and descending once.

   2. Ask yourself if it’s a larger (5th) or smaller (3rd) interval

   3. Then ask yourself if it can fit within a major or minor scale (if 3rd)

2. Major or Minor Root Position Triads (blocked / solid)

   1. Play several of these each practice session.

#5🖤THEORY Level 3

1. Pause

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

1. Keep working with body movement. The movement should match sounds of the piece. If the sound is legato, the movement should be smooth. If it’s staccato, the movement should be fast / pointed.

2. Practice metronome 100, 104 and 108

#7💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)

1. See the audio in Newzik for measure 5 and 30. Practice these with the RH alone first, then together.

#8 🖤Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, no. 1. II. Romanze, attr. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 3, B)

1. Study the piece! Learn as much as you can about this.

🖤Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)

🖤Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, no. 1. Moderato, attr. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 3, B)

🖤“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.

REVIEW PIECES:

1. O Christmas Tree

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

3. 💚A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain (2. C)

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

5. 💚Rhyme Time (2. B)

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

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

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

9. 💚💜Angelfish (L. 1, B)

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

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

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

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

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

15. 💚💚💚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