March 18, 2022

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. 3 in C Major

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    1. End Goal: m.m. 104

    2. You decide how you’re going to get there.

    3. Reach out with any questions

    4. Remember this takes repetition and a specific method.

    5. It may take 1-2 weeks.

  2. Technical Requirements Level 4

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    1. See the yellow highlights.

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

      1. FOR EACH ITEM:

        1. CLOSE LOUD:

        2. STACCATO:

        3. LEGATO

Theory

  1. Celebrate Theory: Level 3, UNIT 8

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    1. Complete

Musicianship

  1. Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

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    1. Read all the instructions in the beginning of the book

    2. Prepare Set 2

  2. Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

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    1. Do the interval recognition online.

    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 80

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

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

Repertoire

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

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    1. Learn to the end

    2. Listen to the audio in Newzik

    3. Fix the red circles

    4. How can you apply Hanon, Theory and Technique to learning and playing this piece?

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

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    1. Memorize

    2. Exaggerate p markings

    3. Fix red circles.

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

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

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    1. Fix the blue pen.

  5. (Need contemporary list C, slow AND fast)

  6. (Need Romantic list C, fast)

  7. (Need four etudes)

Listening Assignments

  1. Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas

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    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. Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  17. 🟣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)