August 24, 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

💚Octave Exercise:

  1. Fix your posture and bench position before you begin. Make sure you’re sitting back far enough

  2. A bit slower so you can have more accuracy.

💚RCMCP Level 5 Technique:

  1. Arpeggios

    1. Do all major and minor keys listed in the syllabus.

    2. Start with CLOSE LOUD

    3. Followed by HIGH LOUD

    4. Followed by LEGATO

🛑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)

💚Level 5, Unit 3 (scales)

  1. Prepare pages 34-44

(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: Set 3

💜Cube-tunes:

  1. Think about some possible language combinations between tones on the piano and turns on the cube. Maybe 2-3 different ideas.

  1. 💚Brejerio or Odeón by Ernesto Nazareth

    1. We’ll choose one of these.

  2. 💚Czerny, Op. 718 no. 7 (L. 5, Etude)

    1. Mm. 1-4: (one measures at a time)

      1. Close loud

      2. High Loud

      3. Staccato

      4. Legato

      5. Speed-build

    2. Mm. 5 - end

      1. Continue to get the notes in your fingers at a slow tempo.

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

    1. Focus on the second half of the piece.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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)