March 6, 2024

Register for RCM Level 5 Exam by February 10th

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: June 2, 2023 (with Dustin), Received 83.5

  • Level 5:

  1. No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84

  2. No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR KNUCKLES ARE RAISED AND NOT BENT IN THIS WEEK.

  1. 💜Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. See the highlighted items in your RCM syllabus.

  2. 💜Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 6

  1. Prepare the Harold Arlen assignment.

  1. 💜Listening assignment

  1. Bach Invention No. 4

  2. Listen to the recording once per day with the music.

  3. Listen for the subjects.

  4. We will start to analyze next week

  5. 💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 7 & 8 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

  2. 🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

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  1. 💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)

    1. Practice the ornaments by isolating them in each hand and then putting them together.

    2. Measure 8:

      1. Do the trill in the RH alone

      2. Then add the left hand very slowly but keep trilling constantly.

      3. Gradually build your speed until your tempo is steady.

  2. 💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)

    1. Add more expression. Take a little time at climaxes. Ascending 16th note scale needs to be even.

  3. 💛Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)

    1. See all the new markings.

    2. Start to memorize! One measure at a time.

  4. 🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)

  5. 💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)

    1. Memorize and fix circles.

  6. 💛Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

    1. Careful that your tempo is the same from start to finish. You often start slower get faster as you go along.

    2. Memorize. Record yourself and listen back circling any issues and spot them. Do this daily.

💜Review Pieces

  1. 💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)

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

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

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

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

  6. 💚💜Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

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

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

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

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

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

  13. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  15. 💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

  1. Passed! Yay.

  2. 🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

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)