February 18, 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 9

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. See the markings in the diagram for instructions.

💚Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

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. Play through once per practice session with music and once without. Focus on tidy attacks and steady beat.

💚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

   3. See the orange pen.

   4. PUT ON A FAKE SMILE WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME REALLLLLL.

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

💛Diabelli, Op. 168 No. 1 (L. 4, B)

1. Measures 18-19: practcie this very slowly and gradually speed up. Remember to create silence before you start anything, in order to create space in your mind for focus - this is before you start anything.

2. Do the above with all of the yellow sections.

💜💜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