March 29, 2026 (45 min)

🟩Gershwin Prelude No. 3

  1. RH triplets - drop the wrist to help the articulation of the sound.

  2. Sound: even though this is primarily loud, find the dimension within the forte dynamic - where can you find softer textures?

  3. 💚Send me a video of mm. 29-36 hands together at one tepmo (correct rhythm too) but can be as slow as needed.

🟨Debussy: Clair de Lune:

  1. Memorize the whole thing! Use some of the tactics we talked about - bass and melody, harmony, rhythmic, etc.

  2. Most of the time, your 16ht notes should be very soft puuhlease!

  3. LH mm. 42-43 - switch to a stable fingering sooner rather than later…

  4. mm. 51-58 - longer pedal changes

🟩Burgmüller: The Storm

  1. Review twice a week with music at slow tempos, focusing on exaggerated expression - softs softer, melodies louder, etc.

THEORY: Level 6 Unit 4 Intervals due by June 4th

  1. Fix the purple pen on page 51

  2. Do pages 52 and 53

    1. Identify size first

    2. Think of the bottom note as the tonic of a scale.

    3. Then identify quality

SIGHT-READING: (3-5 min a day)

  1. Burgmüller, 25 Etudes Op. 100: Continue on from 8

  2. 🖤Bartok Microcosmos: Book II: stopped at no. 52

Rotate these each week.

Linus & Lucy

Beethoven Fur Elise

Etude 1: Kabalevsky, Prelude in G Minor, Op. 39 No. 19 (L. 5, Etude)

Etude 2: Harmony of Angels, Op. 100, No. 21 by Burgmuller (L. 5, Etude

💚Chopin, Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth. B 150

💚River City Blues by Martha Mier (L. 6, Etude)

💚Sonatina in A Minor by Georg Anton Benda (L. 6, B)

💚Dancing Scales by John Burge (L. 6, Etude)

💚Beethoven Sonatina in F Major (L. 5, B)

💚Scamp by Christopher Norton (L. 5, C)

💚Kabalevsky, Prelude in G Minor, Op. 39 No. 19 (L. 5, Etude)

💚💚💚Rameau (1683-1764) : Deux Rigadon (Pièces de Clavecin 1724) (L. 5, A)

💚💚💚The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5, C)

Bach Little Prelude in C Major (L. 5, A)

💚💚💚Sunset in Rio by Mike Springer (b. 1968) (L. 5, C)

💚💚💚Dream catcher by Anne Crosby (L. 4, C)

💚💚💚Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)

💚💚💚Solitude by Joyce Grill? (L. 4 Etude)

💚💚💚Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)

💚💚💚Ballade, Op. 100, No. 15 by Burgmuller (L. 4, Etude)

💚💚💜Cool Cat Waltz by Katya Pine (L. 4, C)

💚💚💜Air in B-flat Major by Handel (L. 4, A)

💚💚💚The Somersault King (L. 4 Etude)

💚💚💚Funny Puppy by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 3, C)

💚💚💚Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1665-1750)(L. 3, A)

💚💚💚L’Arabesque, op. 100 no. 2 (L. 3, Etude)

💚💚💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (b. 1939) (L. 4, Etude)

💚💚💚Clementi Sonatina op. 36 no. 1 in C Major: All three movements

💚💚💚Little Piece No. 7 by Marko Tajcevic (L. 3, Etude)

💚💚 💚Clementi, Op. 36 No. 1, Movement 3 (L. 3, B)

RCMCP Exams

Level 4: June 2, 2023, 11:26 am

  1. Masquerade by Linda Niamath (b. 1939) (L. 4, Etude)

  2. Solitude by Joyce Grill? (L. 4 Etude)

  3. Air in B-flat Major by Handel (L. 4, A)

  4. Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)

  5. Cool Cat Waltz by Katya Pine (L. 4, C)

ASSIGNMENTS ON HOLD

🛑HANON NO. 2 in A (work up to m.m. 84, 4 notes per tick) Two Octaves

  1. I’M LOOKING FOR YOUR POSITION ON THE KEYBOARD - NO MOVING FORWARD OR BACKWARD AT ALL!

  2. A Major - rotate between staccato and close loud, then do 3 times run-though legato.

    1. Accent Practice (two modes) at m.m. work up to 96 for next week one note per tic

      1. If you make a mistake, you need to go back one rotation and fix it.

      2. REMEMBER SHOULDERS RELAXED, CHEST OUT AND FORWARD, NECK RELAXED.

    2. Then, Staccato at m.m. 104, two notes per tic (two octaves)

      1. Relaxed shoulders

    3. Legato m.m. Start at 72 per quarter note and work up to m.m. 88

      1. Ultimate Oiled Fingers (legato)!

      2. Keep fingers close to the keys.

    (No. 10: Left off at m.m 104 in C, G, D Major)

    (No. 9: left off at m.m. 80 in C, G, D Major)

    (No. 8: left off at m.m. 84 in C, G, D Major)

    (No. 7: left off at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 6: left off at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 5: left off at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 4: left off at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 3: left of at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 2: left off at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 1: Left off at m.m. 80 in C, G, D Major)