September 4, 2024

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Practice Guide Legend

1. ❤️= Priority assignment - wasn’t prepared properly or prepared at all.

2. 💛= Second Priority - on the right track but needs more attention.

3. 💜= We didn’t get to it and will do it at the next lesson

4. 💚= On the right track. Do these assignments after the colors above.

5. 🖤= Don’t do this assignment. On pause.

ASSIGNMENTS

1. 💚Italian Song by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

   1. Measures 24-28 and 40-44:

      1. Turn on metronome to 96 and practice clapping / tah-ing / counting 8th and 16th back and forth until your comfortable.

      2. Play LH with metronome

      3. RH with metronome

      4. HT with metronome.

      5. Same as above but with m.m. 100, then 104, 108, 112, 116, 120

   2. It’s four measures of music, hands together, very slowly, with a special focus on expression and hand movement. Don’t worry about keeping a steady beat.

   3. Pause the video after every four measures to practice.

   4. Eventually you should be able to play more than 4 measures at a time - start combining to do 8, then 12, then 16, etc.

2. ❤️Celebrate Theory: Level 2 Unit 1

   1. Please make this a priority.

   2. Complete the entire unit and we’ll check it at your next lesson.

3. 💜Basic Rhythmic Training

   1. Prepare nos. 14-18

      1. Conducting arm should be more like a “chop” and don’t go too far to the right for beat two.

      2. Remember to conduct one measure of silence.

      3. Study the rhythm first, then go through without stopping - work through your mistakes. Fix them after you finish.

      4. Hold the sound of the “ta” for the full value of the note.

4. 💜Sight Reading Piano Adventures: 2A (left off on page 33)

   1. Sight-read two “days” per practice session.

   2. Study the rhythm first (time signature and rhythm of the notes)

   3. Study the notes (key signature, intervals, etc.)

   4. Set a slow pace and don’t stop to correct mistakes.

   5. Once you fix the mistakes in your mind, do it again.

5. 💚Gavotte French suite no. 5 in G Major by J. S. Bach

   1. For each section, do RH, LH, HT in a three-repetition cycle:

      1. Priority is NOT RHYTHM. Make sure fingering, notes and position are correct before you touch the note.

         1. See Newzik for your sections.

         2. REMEMBER ALL NOTES ARE DETACHED unless there’s a slur or half note.

6. Allegro in G Major by Franz Joseph Haydn

7. Prelude in G Major by George Friederic Handel

REVIEW PIECES: once a week at a medium tempo with your music

💚Ecossaise by Beethoven (L. 2, A)

💚Rhyme Time (L. 2, B)

RCM Level 1 Assessment: May 29, 2024: 4:54 pm Score of 84

1. List A: Ukranian Folk Song

2. List B: Mist

3. List C: The Snake

4. Etude: Celebration