September 25, 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. Measure 7: fix LH (the third beat is missing)

   2. Work on LH being quiet throughout the entire piece.

   3. Watch your new YouTube video regarding expression.

2. 💜Celebrate Theory: Level 2 Unit 3

   1. Complete the first 4 pages

3. 💜Celebrate Theory: Level 2 Unit 2

   1. Finish Pages 19 to the end

4. 💚Basic Rhythmic Training

   1. Prepare exercises nos. 29-35

      1. “Syncopation” means accenting on weak beats.

      2. Remember to match the “chop” with the downbeat of the measure.

      3. Remember to conduct one measure of silence.

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

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

5. 💚Sight Reading Piano Adventures: 2A (left off on page 46)

   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 THE METRONOME TO 60 AND DON’T GO ANY FASTER.

      1. ❤️Buy a physical metronome or use Newzik, an app on your watch or phone.

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

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

   1. SECTIONS FOR PRACTICE: 3 X’S IN-A-ROW CORRECTLY, HANDS ALONE

      1. 💛6-8.5

   2. NEXT SECTION AFTER THE ABOVE: 3 X’S IN-A-ROW CORRECTLY, HANDS ALONE, THEN HANDS TOGETHER

      1. 0.5-1.0

      2. 1.0-1.5

      3. 1.5-2.0

      4. 2.0-2.5

      5. 2.5-3.0

      6. 3.0-3.5

      7. 3.5-4.0

      8. 4.0-4.5

      9. 4.5-5.0

      10. 5.0-5.5

      11. 5.5-6.0

7. Allegro in G Major by Franz Joseph Haydn

8. 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