November 24, 2023

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program Information

❤️THEORY: Level 1

  1. Unit 2: Fix the red circles found on pages 1-10 of the PDF.

💚PLAYBACKS: Level B

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

💚Four Star: Level B.

  1. Finish Set 8

  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 (hands together next week)

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

    1. HANDS TOGETHER! NO FASTER THAN M.M. 60 PER NOTE

  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. NO FASTER THAN M.M. 40 PER NOTE.

    3. PLAY THE NOTES VERY STRONGLY

💜Technique: Prep B

  1. See the PDF with the yellow highlights.

    1. A “KEY SIGNATURE”

      1. A group of 0 to 7 sharps or flats at the beginning of each piece.

      2. It’s found directly before the TIME SIGNATURE.

      3. It tells us what scale we are in.

    2. Memorize:

      1. C major is the scale of no sharps or flats

      2. A minor is the scale of no sharps or flats

      3. G major is the scale of 1 sharp (F-sharp)

🖤(no assignment)CZERNY Op. 823 No. 4

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

  1. See the new video in Newzik.

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

  1. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

  2. Repeat the same starting point three times if the first time doesn’t come easily.

  3. Three different starting points per practice session.

💚Celebration by Ann Crosby Gaudet (L. 1)

  1. Measures 1-5 - listen to the audio (inside Newzik).

  2. Watch the video above for pedal and practice how it directs.

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.