March 11, 2025

Which assignment are daily? Get rid of list B. New piece? Michael sitting in on lessons? Create goals for each time this happens. Framework / guidelines.

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

  • List A

  • List B (decide on one)

  • List C

  • Etude 1

  • Etude 2

💚Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

  1. Prepare nos. 111 to 114

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

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

💜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

💜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.

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

  1. M. 15 - RH position stable

  2. Beat two of each measure - softer than beat one.

  3. See all of the new dynamic markings and practice with m.m. 100 per 8th note.

💚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.

💛Diabelli, Op. 168 No. 1 (L. 4, B)

  1. See the red text in Newzik.

  2. m.m. 66 per 8th. Metronome

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

  1. Set the metronome to 53 per 8th note. Don’t go any faster than this for the entire piece.

  2. If you derail from the beat, don’t try to catch up. Instead, stop, refocus your pulse, then start again.

  3. The goal is to have the melody be cantible and the LH be very soft.

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

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

  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