August 13, 2021

RCM - Level 1 or 2 in 2021

TECHNIQUE

  1. HANON NO. 10

    1. CLOSE LOUD: m.m. 72 PER NOTE!

    2. STACCATO: m.m. 112 - two notes per tic

    3. LEGATO: m.m. 108 through 138 - two notes per tic

THEORY: Level 1

  1. Level 2: Unit 1

    1. Prepare this unit. I emailed it to your mom.

MUSICIANSHIP

  1. Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests: Level 2 Set 10 (on hold)

    1. Do 1 set a day.

      1. Anusha - Don’t go faster than m.m. 60 per quarter note.

      2. Squeaky - Take more time before you start.

    2. DON’T TOUCH THE KEYS BEFORE YOU BEGIN

    3. YOU MUST TAKE AT LEAST 30 SECONDS TO PREPARE FOR THIS IN YOUR MIND.

READING

  1. Piano Adventures: Sightreading, Level 2A

    1. Think of the shortest note value

REPERTOIRE

  1. Burgmuller, The Limpid Stream, Op. 100 No. 7

    1. RH Stage 2: Colored Windows Voicing Sound

      1. RH blocked with upper voices soft and bottom voice sing.

      2. Use pedal

      3. Play slowly to get the best sound you can with your thumb.

    2. RH and LH: Section two

      1. Learn blocked.

  2. Clementi, Op. 36 No. 1, Movement 3

    1. Start to learn the LH

    2. LH EXPRESSION: don’t change dynamics in m. 9

    3. Closed Position Leaps: Keep your hand in closed position when moving from one note to another.

      1. Hands Together: mm. 1-24 - no faster than m.m. 66 per 8th note.

      2. RH: Learn mm. 25 - End

      3. LH: Learn mm. 25 - End

  3. Cornelius Gurlitt 1820-1901) Etude in D Minor, Op. 82 No. 65

    1. RH make softer

    2. LH rests

    3. Forward wrists LH on long notes and keep in closed position when reaching to an octave.

    4. Wait to begin.

  4. Colored Windows by Edna Mae Burnam (L. 2, Etude)

    1. Review

  5. Feelin’ Good by Christopher Norton (L. 2, Etude)

    1. Review

  6. Etude in C Major Op 36 No. 22 by Alexander Gedike (L. 2, Etude)

    1. Review

  7. Burgmuller, Innocence. Op. 100 No. 5

    1. Review

  8. Ann Crosby-Gaudet, Periwinkle Twinkle (L. 2 B)

    1. Review

  9. German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, No. 2, Franz Joseph Haydn (L. 1, B)

    1. Review

  10. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)(recital)

    1. Review

  11. Etude in C Major by Félix Le Couppey (L. 1, Etude)

    1. Review

  12. Angelfish (L. 1B)

    1. Review

REPERTOIRE REVIEW LIST:

Review all pieces at least once a week with your music at a medium tempo

  1. Bartok, For Children, No. 1, Allegro

  2. Bartok, For Children, No. 3 Andante

  3. Burgmüller Op. 100 No. 2, L’Arabesque

  4. Leopold Mozart, Minuet in F Major

  5. A Song op. 36 No. 3 by Alexander Gedike (Prep B)

  6. Calico Cat