January 13, 2024

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💚 = Assignment on track. Keep up the good work.

💛 = Assignment needs special attention - a bit more work.

❤️ = Assignment was not done, or needs a lot of extra attention.

💜 = We didnt’ get to this at the lesson and we’ll start with it next week.

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2023 Winter Semester Milestones

  1. Level 1, RCMCP Exam: Schedule for week of February 7th online

  1. 💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technical Tests: Level 1

    1. SCALES: no faster than m.m. 100 per note.

      1. 💚Prepare: C, G & F Majors

      2. 💚Prepare: A, E and D Minors (NATURAL ONLY)

        1. MINOR SCALE PATTERN: half steps are found between scale degrees 2-3 and 5-6

        2. HOW DO WE FIND THE RELATIVE MINOR SCALE OF A MAJOR SCALE? find it from the 6th degree of the major scale.

      3. 💛F Major - close loud once a day to secure your notes. Fix fingering RH.

        1. RH F major fingering: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3,

      4. Play further up toward the black keys.

      5. Keep wrists up / level

  2. 💜❤️Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist No. 3

    1. LEARN THE PATTERN:

      1. ❤️Practice the transition (all of system three), three times in-a-row correctly. I’ll ask you to show me this at the next lesson:

        1. FINGERING AND NOTES CORRECT

        2. “System” means an entire line / grand staff of music.

  1. 💜💜Four Star: Sight-reading & Ear Tests

    1. Complete review set 2

    2. For the “Star 2” items, clap one measure of the beat before you continue clapping and ta the rhythm at the same time. Ta with your voice, the full value of each note. Clap on the final bar line.

    3. For the “Star 3” items, see your sticky note! Remember to play slowly. once you play through, stop and fix any mistakes in your head and try again until it’s correct.

  1. 💜💛Celebrate Theory Level 1, Unit 5

    1. See the new assignment in your staff paper. Follow the example of the F Major scale (spacing of the notes and placement of the flat).

  1. NEW PIECE (level 2)

  2. 💚The Snake (L. 1, C)

    1. Learn hands together:

      1. Define your section / chunk (2 measures? 4 measures? Entire piece?). Whatever it is, DEFINE IT.

      2. Focus = EXPRESSION.

  3. 💚Mist by Clifford Pool (L. 1, B)

    1. Print you music again with new markings.

    2. Fix all of the markings in your music.

    3. Start at random measures and play in 6 measure chunks.

      1. Be able to play the chunks 3 times correctly.

  1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. Etude)

    1. Practice starting from any measure of the piece - once a week

  2. Ukrainian Folk Song by Beethoven (L. 1, A)

    1. Practice starting from any measure of the piece - once a week