June 29, 2023

💚RCMCP Technique Level 5 (5-10 min a day)

  1. GOAL:

    1. Prepare the highlighted items in the blog

  2. STRATEGY:

    1. Close loud

    2. Staccato

    3. Speed-building

  3. TACTICS/TOOLS

    1. CLOSE LOUD:

      1. 2 x’s each item

      2. m.m. 80 one note per tick

    2. STACCATO (tapping):

      1. 2 x’s each item

      2. m.m. 80 two notes per tick

    3. SPEED-BUILDING:

      1. See the PDF

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

  1. D 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)

❤️Level 5, Unit 1

  1. Prepare pages 1-8 and be able to teach me about any of the content.

(Rotate with Four Star)🖤SIGHT-READING: (3-5 min a day)

  1. Level 2 Etudes: Continue on from page 16

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests: Level 5

  1. PREPARE: Review Set 2

This week, think about how we can talk about open ended questions relating to the music and your feelings about the mood and character of the music.

  1. Try playing through your pieces making an effort to observe what comes into your mind regarding:

    1. Mood of the piece

    2. What characters do you see?

    3. Places, people, things?

    4. Descriptive words that match the mood?

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

    1. Learn the exposition!

  2. 💜In Memory of Georg Gershwin 1925: by Alexandre Tansman (L. 5, C)

    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7JoOeEf9A (good expressive recording)

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

    1. Work up to m.m. 112!

  4. 💜Cha-Cha by Siegfried Merath (L. 5, C)

    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_--fxYVqn0 (Decent performance)

  5. 💜Bagatelles op. 28 no. 5, Waltz by Samuel Maykapar (L. 5, C)

    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U-_IUOuhgY (not my fav)

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

    1. Measure 17, chest out, neck up - to get the best sound.

    2. Work up to m.m. 168

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  19. 💚💚 💚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)