August 23, 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 3: Speed build as written, hands alone, then together.

      1. Let go of the notes - let the pedal do the job.

    2. RH and LH: Section two

      1. Keep blocking this section.

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

    1. Stage 2: Dynamics

      1. Forte moments: keep them legato - use your wrist more to rock to the notes.

    2. Mm. 25-27

      1. don’t have any twisty wrist at all - string pulling the wrist down. Think soft.

    3. Start putting this together.

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

    1. Review

  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