September 10, 2021

2019-2020 Private Lesson Enrollment: Semester

RCMCP: July 22, 2021 Assessment.

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

  • List B: Clementi

  • List C: Yoshinau Nakada, Song of the Twilight (L. 3, C)

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

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

Lesson Assignments

Technique - START YOUR PRACTICE WITH THIS

  1. Hanon No. 2 in C Major - work up to m.m. 100 per 8th note

    1. Start at m.m. 120, and work up one speed at a time to arrive at m.m. 132 - per 8th note.

    2. Be careful of your body being tense.

    3. Don’t drop your wrist below the white keys.

  2. **Technical Requirements Level 3

    1. Prepare all the chords in your Newzik PDF

Theory

  1. Celebrate Theory: Level 3, UNIT 6

    1. (Hold)

    2. Pick up from page with Dustin

    3. FIX PURPLE PEN

Musicianship

  1. Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 3

    1. Do the tests with Dustin at the lesson.

    2. Go online to work especially on the clapbacks.

  2. Online Ear Training and Rhythm

    1. (Hold)

    2. Focus is CLAPBACKS

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

      1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

        1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

        2. dust2789

  3. Piano Adventures Sightreading Level 2B

    1. (Hold)

    2. Move on from page 37

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

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

Repertoire

  1. Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude) (use your NEWZIK APP for this!)

    1. Pass off next week:

      1. Fix all red pen

      2. Add more extreme dynamics

      3. Be able to start in the same tempo as the rest of the piece.

      4. Don’t rush as you get louder.

      5. Go for the END!!!! Don’t be shy. Needs to be aggressive!

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

    1. See the assignment for Burgmuller and Krebs and do it here.

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

    1. See the red pen

    2. Apply the drop pop technique and the Hanon wrist technique in order to pass off.

    3. Remember to do the movement more than you think you need to.

  4. Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)

    1. Review

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

    1. Review

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

    1. Review

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

    1. Reivew.

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

    1. Review

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

    1. REVIEW

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

    1. REVIEW

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

    1. REVIEW

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