February 23, 2023 (3 of ?)

Level 1: Score of 84

Level 2: (no assessment in Fall 2022)

💜Hanon No. 2 (start with this assignment every day)

1. For CLOSE LOUD (m.m. 69 per note), your fingers must be curved or it doesn’t help as much as it could!

2. LEGATO: m.m. 60 two notes per tic. Your goal here it to play with a smooth, bump-free hand position.

💚Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus in Newzik: Level 2

1. Scales:

   1. Do “close loud” at m.m. 60 per note for each scale item.

   2. Then play with the correct metronome indicated in the PDF, legato.

Celebrate Theory, Level 3

1. NO ASSIGNMENT YET

💜Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer Nos. 69-72

1. Prepare the above.

💜Online Ear Training and Rhythm, Level 2 Ear Training

1. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/ Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

2. Be sure to practice the RHYTHM and sight-reading

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🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 3

💚Etude in F Major, Op. 190, NMo. 27 by Köhler (L. 2, Etude)

1. Practice hands together with LH harmonic (blocking the chords) and the RH “singing” melodically. Keep the LH soft and the RH should in focus.

Autumn Leaves by Linda Niamath (L. 2, Etude)

Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

Trumpet Blues by Christopher Norton (L. 2, Etude)

💚I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

1. Practice the markings in the music.

💚Periwinkle Twinkle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 2, B)

1. Fix the markings in the music.

Courageous Cat by Teresa Richert (L. 2, C)

💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)

1. See all markings and complete the speed-building chart on the following page.

2. Try to complete the chart 3-6 times for the week.

3. 💛Let go of notes after you play them so there are no bleeding tones.

1. 💚Impertinence by Handel (L. 2, A)

2. A Starry Night by Italo Taranta (b. 1928) (L. 1, B)

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

4. Mist by Clifford Poole (1916-2003) (L. 1, B)

5. Aria in F Major, BWV Anh. 131 by Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) (L. 1, A)

6. Swirling Leaves by Gordon A. McKinnon (b. 1952) (L. 1, C)

7. Waltz Op. 39 No. 13 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 1, B)

8. 🟢Andante in G Minor by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) (L. 1, A)

9. 🟢Minuet in F Major K. 2 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)(L. 1, A)

10. 🟢German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, No. 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

11. 🟢Drifting Clouds by William Gillock (L. 1, Etude)

12. 🟢Calico Cat