November 7, 2023

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program Information

💚THEORY: Level 1

  1. Complete Unit 2, PAGES 1-10

💚PLAYBACKS: Level B

  1. See the new PDF if Newzik and use the recordings

💚Four Star: Level B.

  1. Finish Set 7

  2. Find music dictation examples (writing down the melody)

  3. Create audio examples including names of chords and numbers of the examples.

💚Czerny Op. 599 No. 12 - resume with Dustin

  1. Measures 5-8 hands together.

  2. No faster than 60 per quarter note.

  3. Time Signature = C - represents “common time” which is also 4/4

  4. Turn on the metronome and play with it. Then turn it off and play the beat in your mind for at least one full measure before you start.

💜Hanon No. 1

  1. 💛CLOSE LOUD HANDS ALONE (2 min each day, in each hand) m.m. 42 per note!

    1. Never leave the keyboard with your fingertips.

    2. Pop the wrist up on the attack and strike the key from the key to create a big sound.

    3. Immediately relax but keep your fingers on the keys.

  2. 💛HIGH LOUD HANDS ALONE (3 min each day, in each hand) m.m. 100-120

    1. Remember the 3 steps before you begin.

    2. Supplement the 4th and 5th finger exercise if needed - DON’T PLAY FLATLY ON YOUR 5TH FINGER.

💜Technique: Prep B

  1. SCALES:

    1. KEEP WRIST LEVEL WITH THE REST OF YOUR ARM

    2. LEARN A MINOR SCALE

    3. A “KEY SIGNATURE” is a group 0 to 7 sharps or flats at the beginning of each piece. It’s placed directly after the TIME SIGNATURE. It tells us what scale we are in.

    4. Every key signature has a major and minor key with the same number of sharps or flats.

🖤(no assignment)CZERNY Op. 823 No. 4

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

  1. What is an anacrusis? = when we have an incomplete measure at the beginning of the piece, with the remaining beats found in a subsequent measure.

  2. Find all the patterns that repeat and highlight them

  3. Learn measures 1-4 hands alone only.

  4. Don’t play fast.

  5. Goal is: notes, fingering, position.,

💜Minuet in F Major by Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) (Prep B)

  1. Add the “p” on the last system.

  2. Practice starting from any measure of the piece. Three different measures per practice session.

💚Celebration by Ann Crosby Gaudet (L. 1)

  1. Before you begin:

    1. Think about your foot / pedal position

    2. Think about hand position (less piked wrist - not too high).

  2. Sit in the center of the bench

  3. ❤️Pause on the pedaling in mm. 8-12 until next lesson

Once a week, review the following pieces with the music:

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

    1. Review, making sure your focus on DYNAMICS.

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

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

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

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

❤️ = Needs lots of work or wasn’t prepared properly for more than one lesson

💜 = Didn’t get to it at the last lesson - we’ll start with this before 💛 or 💚

💛 = Doing the assignment but needs special attention

💚 - On track and do the assignment.

2023 Fall Milestones

  1. RCM Level B Exam in the Fall? Or Level 1 in the Spring.