November/December 2024 Session
Registration Deadline October 16, 2024
Practical Examinations November 30 - December 12, 2024
2024-2025 (7th Grade / RCMCP Level 4)
đź’śRCM Technical Requirements Level 4 in Newzik
Chords: Start with solid and careful with broken that your 5th fingers don’t get stuck inside the black keys.
Arpeggios: remember to lead with your wrists. It’s ok to let go of the notes for now.
No need to use metronome this week for arpeggios.
For each item:
CLOSE LOUD @ m.m. 66 per tick (correct mistakes as you go)
LEGATO @ m.m. 66 two notes per tick (focus is perfect form)
SPEED-BUILD to m.m. 92
Start at m.m. 76, 84, 88, then 92.
đź’śCelebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 5
PIck up from page 5 with Dustin next lesson.
đź’śSight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 18
BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 61
J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
BĂĽrgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100
đź’šMarch in D Major BWV Anh. 122 C. P. E. Bach (L. 4, A)
Continue to practice with m.m. 112 per quarter note.
Once with metronome
Once without metronome.
Expression:
Please work for contrast in sound. More dynamics are needed.
LH is overall a bit too loud.
Careful of accents when trying to apply crescendo. It’s easy to create a “poking sound” when trying to play loudly.
Memorize
đź’šEtude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Find moments that are “expressive” and ask yourself about what you can do with the tempo (gradually slowing down / speeding up) to make it more expressive - or to HELP the dynamics.
Bring out the bass notes of the LH.
Pedaling: don’t need to go all the way to the bottom of the keys.
đź’šMasquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Play as written and focus on the expression now!
đź’śBallade op 100 no 15 by JF BurgmĂĽller (L. 4, Etude)
Finish learning the piece!
đź–¤The Avalanche op 45 no 2 by Stephen Heller (L. 4, Etude)
đź–¤Hanon No. 4 (start with this assignment every day)
Rhythms:
Long, Long, Short, Short
Long, Short, Short, Long
Short, Short, Long, Long
Short, Long, Long, Short
LEGATO: m.m. 100 two notes per tic. Your goal here it to play with a smooth, bump-free hand position.
đź–¤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4 (tests PDF)
Resume in July
đź–¤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer No. 95 (slower)
Prepare nos. 108 and 110
Remember to clap the pulse for one measure before you begin.
Tidy up the beat’s subdivisions. They’re almost clear! :)
đź’šClowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
đź’šArabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich BurgmĂĽller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
đź’šLeft Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
đź’šSonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
đź’šđź’šSonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
đź’šMusette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
đź’šMinuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
đź’šMinuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
💚Etude in F Major, Op. 190, NMo. 27 by Köhler (L. 2, Etude)
đź’šImpertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
đź’šI Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
đź’śđź’šCanon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
đź’šEtude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)
đź’šCelebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)
đź’šMist by Clifford Poole (1916-2003) (L. 1, B)
đź’šAria in F Major, BWV Anh. 131 by Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) (L. 1, A)
đź’šWaltz Op. 39 No. 13 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 1, B)
Level 3 or Practical RCM assessment: May 29, 2024
List A: Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733)
List B C Major
List C: Clowns by Kabalevsky
Etude 1: Left Alone
Etude 2: Arabesque