January 3, 2022

🔴 - This was not prepared or it needs a lot of attention and focus this week.

🔵 - We didn’t get to this item but we may look at it next week.

🟡 - On the right track but it needs detailed attention.

🟢 - On the right track, great work!

⚫️ - No assignment this week. Do not practice this item.

Lesson Assignments

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program

  1. Level 2

    1. List A: Allegretto in C Major by Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-1798) (L. 2, A)

    2. List B:

    3. List C:

    4. Etude

TECHNIQUE

  1. HANON NO. 4 (Finger Independence Practice)

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    1. B Major (please correct your mistakes if you make them while practicing Close Loud and Staccato).

      1. Close Loud at m.m. 96, one note per tic

        1. REMEMBER SHOULDERS RELAXED, CHEST OUT AND FORWARD, NECK RELAXED.

      2. Then, Staccato at m.m. 104, two notes per tic

      3. 🟡Legato m.m. 84 per half note

        1. think about rotating wrist more, between fingers 5-4 in the LH.

    2. (HANON No. 10: Left off at m.m 104 speed building in C Major)

THEORY: Level 3

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  1. Unit 1:

    1. Tally your score and write it at the top of the unit.

  2. Unit 2:

    1. Prepare for your January 17th lesson.

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 2B

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    1. Before you begin, do the rhythm in your head (not thinking about the tones - JUST THE RHYTHM)

    2. Move on from page 14. You’re doing well here!

    3. Please prepare silently in your mind for at LEAST 30 seconds before you begin any sightreading exercise.

REPERTOIRE:

  1. New Piece Next Week!

  2. Atacama Desert by Wynn-Anne Rossi (b. 1956) (L. 2, B)

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    1. Fabulous expression!

  3. Ecossaise in G Major WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 2, A)

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    1. Sounding MUCH better.

    2. Continue to strive for accuracy

    3. mm. 9, 16 - see dynamics

    4. last measure, ninja hands

    5. M. 4 - see the accent and slur

    6. Overall, more sound.

  4. German Dance in B-flat Major, Hob. IX:22, no. 5 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 2, A)

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    1. LH more staccato, and RH shorter / quicker release of slurs

    2. Work on the transition between mm. 12-13

    3. See pencil markings at the beginning.

Repertoire Review List:

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

  1. 🟢Menuetto in C Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) (L. 2, A)

    1. focus on taking small breaths between phrases.

  2. 🟢Allegretto in C Major by Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-1798) (L. 2, A)

  3. 🟢Invention in C Major by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)

  4. 🟢Clementi, Op. 36 No. 1, Movement 3 (L. 3, A)

  5. 🔴🔵Cornelius Gurlitt 1820-1901) Etude in D Minor, Op. 82 No. 65 (L. 2, Etude)

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

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

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

  9. 🔵Burgmuller, The Limpid Stream, Op. 100 No. 7 (non-RCM)

  10. 🔵Burgmuller, Innocence. Op. 100 No. 5

  11. 🔵Funny Puppy by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 3, C)

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