💚RCMCP Technique Level 4 (5-10 min daily)
Start rotating every item in the RCM requirements
As needed: close-loud, staccato, accent practice, speed-building
Follow the metronome markings in the diagram
💚HANON NO. 2 in D (work up to m.m. 84, 4 notes per tick) Two Octaves
D Major - rotate between staccato and close loud, then do 3 times run-though legato.
To move on from this number, we need to see rocking wrists.
Beware of your fingering! How did we practice the movements?
Accent Practice (two modes) at m.m. work up to 96 for next week one note per tic
If you make a mistake, you need to go back one rotation and fix it.
REMEMBER SHOULDERS RELAXED, CHEST OUT AND FORWARD, NECK RELAXED.
Then, Staccato at m.m. 104, two notes per tic (two octaves)
Relaxed shoulders
Legato m.m. Start at 72 per half note and work up to m.m. 88
Ultimate Oiled Fingers (legato)!
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)
❤️Level 4, Unit 7 Intervals
This is the third lesson without this being done. Please finish the unit and let me know this is finished by Saturday.
❤️SIGHT-READING: Continue to do daily work on this.
💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests: Level 4
Going back to Set 5 and moving on.
Go online to RCM’s ear training and musicianship and do the Level 4 exercises.
Final Recital:
The Spice of Life
Deux Rigadon by Rameau
June 2, 2023, 11:26 am, Level 4, RCM
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (b. 1939) (L. 4, Etude)
Solitude by Joyce Grill? (L. 4 Etude)
Air in B-flat Major by Handel (L. 4, A)
Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
Cool Cat Waltz by Katya Pine (L. 4, C)
Air in B-flat Major by Handel (L. 4, A)
Connect the last note of the trill to the last notes of the piece in the RH
Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
At the ends of phrases be sure to give the notes their full value.
When you have f make sure notes aren’t accented - smooth it out.
Cool Cat Waltz by Katya Pine (L. 4, C)
Pedal in LH - check so you don’t catch unwanted notes in the pedal.
Are there more piano moments you can use?
Solitude by Joyce Grill? (L. 4 Etude)
Sometimes your pedal comes up before the the start of the next beat, creating a slight hiccup in the sound.
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (b. 1939) (L. 4, Etude)
Good expression!
Sometimes pedal doesn’t go all the way down.
❤️Kabalevsky, Prelude in G Minor, Op. 39 No. 19 (L. 5, Etude)
Finish Learning
Rotate these each week. I will hear one of them each week and not in any particular order.
R💚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)