January 14 & 28, 2025

RCM Registration: January 5th!

2024-2025 (7th Grade / RCMCP Level 4)

• List A

• List B

• List C

• Etude 1

• Etude 2

💜Grechaninov Op. 119 No. 2, An Old Romance (L. 4, C)

1. Let go of the notes after you play (LH)

2. Measure 2, RH: approach the D with a wrist movement from the right. Practice playing the D alone first, then add the E to get the desired result!

3. Double check any fingering issues.

4. Continue to learn hands apart and remember the voicings

💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4 (tests PDF)

1. Prepare Set 8

2. Chords - good

3. Intervals - working on P4 and P5

💜RCM Technical Requirements Level 4 in Newzik

1. PLEASE make your fingers round and firm. This helps fix your tidy attacks.

2. Let go of the notes after you play them. This will help especially with arpeggios.

💚Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 63

1. BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS

   1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.

   2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.

   3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.

2. Paused:

   1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6

   2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4

3. Finished:

   1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

💚Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)

1. Practice playing through in chunks with a specific goal in mind:

   1. Are my fingertips round and firm with a stable wrist.

   2. Is my form helping produce an even quality in the sound?

💜Ballade op 100 no 15 by JF Burgmüller (L. 4, Etude)

1. Section B:

   1. RH expression: cantabile = in a singing style. Each note should be connected together in a deep singing tone.

   2. LH expression: even tone and soft

2. Section A1: pick up here with Dustin next time.

💚Diabelli, Op. 168 No. 1 (L. 4, B)

1. Focus on the measures with the pink pen

2. Listen to the new recording for measures 18 +

💚Air in B-flat Major HWV 471 by George Frederic Handel (L. 4, A)

1. See the red pen

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤The Avalanche op 45 no 2 by Stephen Heller (L. 4, Etude)

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer No. 95 (slower)

1. Prepare nos. 108 and 110

2. Remember to clap the pulse for one measure before you begin.

3. Tidy up the beat’s subdivisions. They’re almost clear! :)

1. 💚March in D Major BWV Anh. 122 C. P. E. Bach (L. 4, A)

2. 💚Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)

3. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)

4. 💚Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)

5. 💚Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)

6. 💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)

7. 💚Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)

8. 💚💚Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)

9. 💚💜Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)

10. 💚💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)

11. 💚Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)

12. 💚💜Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)

13. 💚💚I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

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

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

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

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

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

Level 3 or Practical RCM assessment: May 29, 2024

1. List A: Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733)

2. List B C Major

3. List C: Clowns by Kabalevsky

4. Etude 1: Left Alone

5. Etude 2: Arabesque