January 27, 2023 (3 of 3)

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

💛Hanon No. 2 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  2. No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84

  3. (No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)

  4. (No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)

  5. (No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)

  6. (No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)

  7. (No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)

  8. (No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💚Technical Requirements Level 4

  1. See the yellow highlights.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

    3. PRACTICE EACH ITEM 3 TIMES IN-A-ROW CORRECTLY.

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


💚Celebrate Theory: Level 4

  1. Prepare Unit 6

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

💚Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

  2. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Piano Adventures Sightreading Level 3B

  1. Move on from page 81

    1. m.m. 40 - 60 no faster than this

    2. In your mind, clap and ta the rhythm before you start.


💜Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)

  1. Learn to the end.

  2. Record in Newzik your January 20th assignment and let me know when it’s done.

💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)

  1. See new markings.

  2. Add pedal

  3. Start to build your tempo a bit. :)

💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)

  1. Fix all the new markings.

💛Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)

  1. Fix the rhythm.

💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. Speed-build to m.m. 138

  2. Keep focused on expression and make your soft sounds softer.

💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)

  1. Start memorizing insertions. Start the page turn.

  2. Fix all markings on the page.

Listening Assignments

  1. Bach Inventions

  1. Your preferences are No. 6, 7, 9 and 10. Perhaps we can learn No. 10 and 6 because they are related keys with one sharp.

❤️❤️Review Pieces

  1. 💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)

  2. 💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)

  3. Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)

  4. The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)

  5. 💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)

  6. 💚❤️❤️Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

  7. 💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)

  8. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

  9. 💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)

  10. 💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).

  11. 🟢💜Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)

  12. 🟢Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)

  13. 🟢Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)

  14. 🟢Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)

  15. 🟢Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)

  16. 💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)

  17. 💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)

  18. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

  19. 💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)

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

  21. 💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)

  22. 💚💜Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)

  23. 💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

  1. Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

    1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)

  2. (recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)

  3. Skating Waltz

  4. Distant Chimes.

  5. Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)

  6. (3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)

  7. (3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)

  8. Angelfish (Level 1. B)


HOLD

  1. Czerny Op. 823

    1. we left off on no. 8

  1. Rhythm Book.

    1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

Exam: Piano - Level 3
Exam Confirmation No.: 5391486
Scheduled for: Thursday, 09 December 2021 2:00 PM

  • List A: Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)

  • List B: Muzio Clementi, Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36 No. 1, Allegro

  • List C: Wild Mignonette Op. 205 No. 1 by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901) (L. 3, C)

  • Etude: Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)

  • Etude: Grill, Left Alone (L. 3, Etude)