February 16, 2023 (2 of ?)

💚RCMCP Technique Level 4

  1. Scales

💚HANON NO. 7 (work up to m.m. 88 4 notes per tick) Two Octaves

  1. G Major (please correct your mistakes if you make them while practicing Close Loud and Staccato).

  2. THREE CHANCES TO PASS OFF AT EACH LESSON with no more than three patterns with untidy attacks.

    1. Beware of your fingering! How did we practice the movements?

    2. 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.

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

      1. Relaxed shoulders

    4. Legato m.m. Start at 72 per half note and work up to m.m. 88

      1. Ultimate Oiled Fingers (legato)!

      2. Keep fingers close to the keys.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    (No. 9: left off at m.m. 88 in C Major)

    (No. 8: left off at m.m. 72 in F Major

💚Level 4, Unit 6 Intervals

🖤Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests: Level 4

  1. Go online to RCM’s ear training and musicianship and do the Level 4 exercises.

  2. Getting 10 / 10 half of the time.

💚Celebrate Piano Solos Level 3 & 4

  1. Finished page 6

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

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

  1. Practice in chunks with expression in mind.

💚Rameau Deux Rigadon (L. 5, A)

  1. Dustin - get music.

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

  1. At a fast tempo, don’t slur any notes and find moments to make notes lighter than aren’t as important. Hold for full values.

Rotate these each week. I will hear one of them each week and not in any particular order.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  8. 💚💚The Somersault King (L. 4 Etude)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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