April 26, 2026 (45 min)

🟩More Gershwin? William Grant Still?

🟩 Scarlatti? Couperin? Mozart Variatoins? Burgmuller? Rachmaninoff (big chords option)

🟩Gershwin Prelude No. 3

  1. mm. 32-33, 39-40 - slow down here - more DRAMA! STRENGTH! Please do the pedal markings as written.

  2. mm. 51-to the end - pedal on each beat (not 4 per measure).

💚Debussy: Clair de Lune:

  1. Print the latest version of your music in Newzik.

  2. m. 39 - take a little time before the downbeat of 39. This should be the “point of arrival.” Think of mm. 39-41 as very strong and grand.

  3. mm. 4-5, 8, 10-13 - see the red pen about rhythm and motion.

  4. m. 24 - pull back slightly with tempo.

  5. m. 33 - don’t change pedal clearly

  6. Last measure of the piece: gradually come of the keyboard with hands and foot so we don’t suddenly hear the sound stop.

🟩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)