PREPARATORY LEVEL C PLANS (TEMPLATE)
Each type of activity must be in a separate post.
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Post 1.
Photo of the student's registration certificate.
Name, age.
Preparatory Level C
Previous logbook, if applicable: (link)
Concert participation:
- Butterfly Ball: (link)
- Recital: (link)
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Post 2.
EXERCISES.
1. "5 Fingers" starting on C in various octaves:
(link to video)
2. "Rainbow"
(link to video)
3. Chromatic scale (contrary motion):
(link)
4. Chromatic scale (parallel motion):
(link)
5. Hanon No. 1:
(link)
6. C major scale (contrary and parallel motion):
(link)
7. C major triad and its inversions:
(link)
8. C major 4-note arpeggios:
(link)
9. C major long arpeggio:
(link)
10. A minor scale (3 forms):
(link)
11. A minor triads and their inversions:
(link)
12. A minor 4-note arpeggio:
(link)
13. A minor long arpeggio:
(link)
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Post 3.
MUSIC LISTENING AND PERFORMANCE OF WORLD CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES.
There must be a 50/50 split between video links and screenshots; the log must include at least 9 pieces.
1. "Surprise" Symphony. Haydn.
(link or screenshot)
2. Sleep Song. Humperdinck
(link or screenshot)
3. March from the ballet *The Nutcracker*. P.I. Tchaikovsky
(link or screenshot)
4. Waltz of the Flowers from the ballet *The Nutcracker*. P.I. Tchaikovsky
(screenshot)
5. Symphony No. 5. Beethoven
(screenshot)
6. Spring. Vivaldi
(link or screenshot)
7. Longing for Spring. Mozart.
(link or screenshot)
8. *William Tell* Overture. Rossini
(link or screenshot)
9. Turkish March. Beethoven
(link or screenshot)
10. Boléro. Ravel (teaser)
(link or screenshot)
11. Ode to Joy. Beethoven. Teaser
(link or screenshot)
12. Symphony No. 40. Mozart (teaser)
(link or screenshot)
13. Dance of the Little Swans (teaser)
(link or screenshot)
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Post 4
SIGHT-READING + SOLFÈGE in R1 and R3
"Nursery Primer 0.0" Album
Table (photo of results for 10 songs)
R1 with solfège.
(link)
R3 with solfège.
(link)
SIGHT-READING in R2, R5, R4 and R6.
(photo of results for 14 songs)
R2
(link)
R4
(link)
R5
(link)
R6
(link)
"Favorite Classics" Album 0.0
(photo of results for 14 songs)
R2.
(link)
R4.
(link)
R5
(link)
R6.
(link)
"First Steps" Album 0.1
(photo of results for 14 songs)
R2
(link)
R4
(link)
R5
(link)
R6
(link)
"Christmas Songs" Album 1.0
(R3 or R2 or R4)
(link or screenshot)
(R3 or R2 or R4)
(link or screenshot)
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Post 5.
CHORD SELECTION
Playing with the left hand (LH) closed
(Table of results for all songs)
Variations
(link to video)
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Post 6
MUSIC THEORY.
1. Alphabet song starting from any note
(link to video or photo)
2. Working with alphabet cards.
Scale starting from A (ascending).
(link to video)
Scale starting from B (descending).
(link to video)
3. Working with note flashcards.
Cards with notches: reciting in both directions, girls vs. boys, identifying location
(link to video)
Cards without notches: speed drill
(link to video)
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Post 7
First-octave writing exercises (speed-writing method)
(photos of all pages)
Test
(link to video: last 2 lines)
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Post 8.
PRACTICE GAMES
All games take 3–5 minutes of playtime, except "Guess the Key," which takes 1–2 minutes.
Table of game progress results (photo from notebook)
Screenshots from the program showing the final result of each game.
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Post 9.
TRANSPOSITION.
The Song of the Tonic and the Guard
Game played via the software in 2 versions:
(Table of results photo from notebook)
Tonic — white keys (root notes).
(link)
Tonic — black keys.
(link)
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Post 10.
Letters and videos from the Kingdom of Tonality.
1. What is noise and what is music?
(photo of watching the story)
2. Is it okay to make mistakes? (photo of the story being watched)
3. The Heart of Music
(photo of the story being watched)
4. 2 or 3 Beats
(photo of the story being watched)
(link to video: reinforcing the material)
5. The Tonic and the Guard
(photo of the story being watched)
6. The Lady-in-Waiting
(photo of the story being watched)
RHYTHMIC DICTATION.
The Song of the Tonic and the Guard.
2 versions: the Queen and the Little Mice
(link to video) and
(photo of the result)
Letters 1 through 10:
(links to videos with brief answers)
The First Circle of Music alphabet
(link to a video featuring the digital textbook or Soft Mozart materials in the background)
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Post 11.
Pieces for skill refinement should be referenced in the concert links.
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Post 12.
Level C plans completed; logbook closed.
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