April 24 and May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2024

Royal Conservatory: Level 5:

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

  2. Etude 2: Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

  3. List A: Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)

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

  5. List C: Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)

ASSIGNMENTS

  1. ❤️Memorize the names of each of your pieces, the names of each composer, the opus or number for each piece, and whether it belongs to categories A, B, C or Etudes.

  2. 💚Technical Requirements Level 5

    1. Please practice all technique, and rotate the assignments if you can’t get through everything in one day.

    2. Please don’t bob your wrists up and down when you play your thumbs.

    3. Keep EVERY FINGER CURVED

    4. ALL MEMORIZED BY NEXT LESSON (everything!)

  3. 💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

    1. Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 8 and 9

    2. Play through all of the chord progressions in the test PDF, saying them out loud while you play, noticing the difference between I-IV-I and I-V-I

    3. PRACTICE WITH THE PLAYBACK AND CLAPBACK RECORDING IN NEWZIK.

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

    1. MEMORIZED PLEASE

    2. Assessment Practice by Section (blue and green)

      1. SLOW WORK: (close loud, etc)

        1. LH alone

        2. RH alone

        3. HT alone

      2. MEDIUM WORK:

        1. Hands together, with and without music, with expression as your focus.

        2. M.m. 92, 100, 108, 116, 126

      3. FINAL WORK:

        1. With and without music, play the entire piece through as if you were performing it

        2. M.m. 148, 152, 156

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

    1. I would be careful how you begin this piece - slow down. This is too fast.

    2. Small memory in the beginning.

    3. Assessment Practice by Section (blue and green)

      1. SLOW WORK: (NO CLOSE-LOUD. JUST HANDS APART FOLLOWING EXPRESSION).

        1. LH alone

        2. RH alone

        3. HT alone

      2. MEDIUM WORK:

        1. Hands together, with and without music, with expression as your focus.

        2. M.m. 50, 56, 60

      3. FINAL WORK:

        1. With and without music, play the entire piece through as if you were performing it

        2. M.m. 69, 72, 26

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

    1. Much better! Continue to focus on tidy attacks.

    2. Assessment Practice by Section

      1. SLOW WORK: (close loud, etc)

        1. LH alone

        2. RH alone

        3. HT alone

      2. MEDIUM WORK:

        1. Hands together, with and without music, with expression as your focus.

        2. M.m. 69, 72, 76

      3. FINAL WORK:

        1. With and without music, play the entire piece through as if you were performing it

        2. M.m. 96, 100, 104

  7. 💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A) 7/10

    1. Small memory in the beginning

    2. Assessment Practice by Section

      1. SLOW WORK: (close loud IF FAST NOTES)

        1. LH alone

        2. RH alone

        3. HT alone

      2. MEDIUM WORK:

        1. Hands together, with and without music, with expression as your focus.

        2. M.m. 69, 72, 76

      3. FINAL WORK:

        1. With and without music, play the entire piece through as if you were performing it

        2. M.m. 96, 100, 104

  8. 💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

    1. Please do metronome practice.

    2. Small memory in the beginning

    3. Assessment Practice by Section

      1. SLOW WORK: (close loud, etc)

        1. LH alone

        2. RH alone

        3. HT alone

      2. MEDIUM WORK:

        1. Hands together, with and without music, with expression as your focus.

        2. M.m. 76, 80, 84

      3. FINAL WORK:

        1. With and without music, play the entire piece through as if you were performing it

        2. M.m. 108, 112, 116

  9. 🖤Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A) 7/10

    1. Pick up with this piece after your RCM assessment.

    2. Play through once a day hands alone, then together.

    3. Start to memorize two measures at a time.

    4. Do the same memorization technique as Melancholy Reflections

  10. 🖤Sarabande in D Minor, by George Frideric Handel (L. 6, A)

    1. Pick up with this after your assessment.

    2. Please fix all green and purple pen.

    3. Work only on measures 1-18.

  11. 🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 7

    1. PICK UP WITH THIS AFTER YOUR RCM ASSESSMENT

    2. Prepare pages 1-10

  12. 🖤Listening assignment

    1. Bach Invention No. 4

    2. Highlight every time the subject happens in both the treble and bass clefs.

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

  14. 💜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)