September 1, 2021

RCM - Level 1 or 2 in 2021

TECHNIQUE

  1. HANON NO. 10

    1. G Major. Keep further up into the black.

    2. C Major - start at m.m 72 per half note and work your way up to m.m. 88 - think about playing softly as you play faster and also start to move your wrists up and down with the notes.

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. Shorter New Piece next week.

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

    1. SECTION A: RIGHT HAND ALONE: One beat, then two beats, then three beats then four:

      1. Circle wrists

      2. Pedal catching all the notes

      3. Thumb not too harsh.

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

    1. Mm. 23-30 - keep LH staccato. Accent the downbeat of the RH in m. 25

    2. When RH is playing loudly, don’t bounce the wrist and keep LH soft.

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

    1. Review

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

    1. Review

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

    1. Review

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

    1. Review

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

    1. Review

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

    1. Review

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

    1. Review

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

    1. Review

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

    1. Review

  13. 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