November 29, 2021

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: Clementi

  • 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)

Lesson Assignments

🟢 - On the right track, great work!

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

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

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

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

Technique

  1. Hanon No. 2 in C Major

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    1. SPEED BUILD to m.m. 84 per quarter note.

      1. Descending:

        1. Accent practice the 4th note in the pattern of 8

        2. Do the same thing above but with the 5th and then 6th notes.

      2. Clean up notes 4-6 of the pattern in the LH descending.

  2. Technical Requirements Level 3

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

    2. Tonic Triads.

      1. RH FINGERING: Use finger 2 for FIRST INVERSION

      2. LH FINGERING: Use finger 2 for SECOND INVERSION

    3. Scales:

      1. WORK FOR TIDY ATTACKS

      2. PLAY CLOER TO THE BLAK KEYS

      3. CHECK ALL YOUR TEMPO AND USE THE METRONOME.

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

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    1. Go back to the beginning and start doing Set 1 and on again.

    2. Do the tests with Dustin at the lesson.

    3. Go online to work especially on the clapbacks.

  2. Online Ear Training and Rhythm

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    1. Focus is CLAPBACKS

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

      1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

        1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

        2. dust2789

  3. Piano Adventures Sightreading Level 3A

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    1. Move on from page 31

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

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

Repertoire

  1. Arabesque

    🟢

    1. Mm. 1-10 and 26b - end:

      1. Close Loud: (relax immediately after the attack) 3 times each day.

      2. Staccato Practice: (all notes in the LH are staccato) 2 times each day.

      3. Speed Building: start at m.m. 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 100, 108, 116, 120, 126

        1. with each tempo, make sure ALL of NFRPE is there before you move on to the next tempo.

    2. Mm. 11-16

      1. Close Loud: (relax immediately after the attack) 3 times each day.

      2. Staccato Practice: (all notes in the LH are staccato) 2 times each day.

      3. Accent Practice: (rotate the 2nd and the 4th note in each group of four 16th notes). 1 time each day

      4. Speed Building: start at m.m. 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 100, 108, 116, 120, 126

        1. with each tempo, make sure ALL of NFRPE is there before you move on to the next tempo.

  2. Left Alone

    🟢

    1. See the yellow and purple markings:

      1. Exaggerate the melody and the accompaniment. Focus on smooth and consistent sound with each one, pretending that two hands are playing!

  3. Gurlitt, Wild Mignonette (L. 3, C)

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    1. See the purple pen (and the blue pen)

    2. Listen to the recording “mm. 14-17”

    3. Expression / Stage Presence at the end.

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

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    1. REVIEW once a day at a medium tempo until AFTER THE 9th of December.

  5. Possible New Pieces

    1. Clementi Op. 36 No. 1 vivace (L. 3, B)

    2. Attwood - Sonatina. L. B

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

    4. Lemoine, Etude in D Major (Etude, L. 3)

  6. Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C)

    1. Start to learn with NFRPE chart.

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

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    1. See the purple pen

    2. Listen carefully to the recording in Newzik every day. Try to play like it. Expression is our focus.

    3. Memorize

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

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  1. M.M. 88 is your final tempo but DO NOT PRACTICE at this tempo this week.

  2. Record yourself playing and go directly to “spot” any section that needs work in terms of NFRPE.

Listening Assignments

  1. 🟢Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas

    1. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNEfi9hag0PZ1QSlanqw9PySdR1Aflz1e (Pianist Richard Goode)

    2. Listen to Sonata No. 1 in F Minor.

    3. Listen for the characters in the sonata. When do they come back? What do they do in the middle?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  10. 🟣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