September 20, 2023

Text Thread: Piano Journal

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU PRACTICED AND FOR HOW LONG IN THE Text thread between you, me and your mom.

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:

💜Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

  1. Speed-build to m.m. 88 = half note

  2. Add your own dynamics

  3. Pass next week

  4. Exaggerate your wrist movements

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

  1. ACCENT PRACTICE:

    1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.

    2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.

  2. STACCATO PRACTICE:

    1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

  3. MEDIUM TEMPO:

    1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 84

    2. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  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)

💜💛Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. Please see the circled items in your RCM Syllabus.

  2. THESE NEED TO BE MEMORIZED.

  3. THESE NEED TO BE PRACTICED MORE CONSISTENTLY.


💛Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Unit 2: Fix page 16

  2. Unit 3: Study pages 1-2 so you can teach me about them!

    1. Remember to print and do it then scan, or do it then print and upload, or take a screenshot after you’re done.

Listening assignment next week

💜💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete Set 5

    1. Intervals: work on Perfect 5 and Minor 6

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

  1. 💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)

    1. See the new pen

    2. Write in measure numbers

    3. Write in wrist markings, following the example of system 1

    4. Go to the blue pen marking on the 2nd page.

  2. 💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

    1. Memorize as much as you can for next week.

    2. Use your wrists (move them more according to the contour of the notes)

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

    1. Memorize

💜Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

  5. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

  7. 💚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. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  29. 💚💜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)

September 13, 2023

Text Thread: Piano Journal

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU PRACTICED AND FOR HOW LONG IN THE Text thread between you, me and your mom.

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:

💚Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

  1. Speed-build to m.m. 88 = half note

  2. Add your own dynamics

  3. Pass next week

  4. Exaggerate your wrist movements

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

  1. ACCENT PRACTICE:

    1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.

    2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.

  2. STACCATO PRACTICE:

    1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

  3. MEDIUM TEMPO:

    1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 84

    2. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  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)

💛Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. Please see the circled items in your RCM Syllabus.

  2. THESE NEED TO BE MEMORIZED.

  3. THESE NEED TO BE PRACTICED MORE CONSISTENTLY.


❤️Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Unit 2: Finish pages 15-18

    1. Remember to print and do it then scan, or do it then print and upload, or take a screenshot after you’re done.

Listening assignment next week

💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete Set 5

    1. Intervals: work on Perfect 5 and Minor 6

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

  1. 💜Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)

    1. Start to learn with NFRPER method. Hands alone, then together. Small chunks at a time. Lots of repetitions.

    2. MAIN FOCUS IS POSITION AND TECHNIQUE.

  2. 💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

    1. Exaggerate all of your expression markings in this piece for next week.

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

    1. Speed-build to m.m. 160

    2. Please PLAY WITH ROUND FINGERS!

    3. WORK ON TIDY ATTACKS

    4. WORK ON EVEN PLAYING.

      1. ACCENT PRACTICE can help this, along with close loud.

💜Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

  5. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

  7. 💚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. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  29. 💚💜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)

September 9, 2023

Text Thread: Piano Journal

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU PRACTICED AND FOR HOW LONG IN THE Text thread between you, me and your mom.

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:

💚Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

  1. Speed-build to m.m. 72 = half note

  2. Fix all pen.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

  1. ACCENT PRACTICE:

    1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.

    2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.

  2. STACCATO PRACTICE:

    1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

  3. MEDIUM TEMPO:

    1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 84

    2. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  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)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. Please see the circled items in your RCM Syllabus.

  2. THESE NEED TO BE MEMORIZED. YOU

  3. THESE NEED TO BE PRACTICED MORE CONSISTENTLY.


💛Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Unit 2: finish the unit

Listening assignment next week

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete Set 4

    1. Intervals: work on Perfect 5 and Minor 6

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

  1. Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Movement III

    1. Start to learn with NFRPER method. Hands alone, then together. Small chunks at a time. Lots of repetitions.

    2. MAIN FOCUS IS POSITION AND TECHNIQUE.

  2. 💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

    1. Exaggerate all of your expression markings in this piece for next week.

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

    1. Speed-build to m.m. 160

    2. DO NOT DROP WRISTS WHEN YOU PLAY YOUR THUMB

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

  5. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

  7. 💚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. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  29. 💚💜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)

September 1, 2023

COMMENT SECTION:

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU PRACTICED AND FOR HOW LONG IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW

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:

💚Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

  1. Speed-build to m.m. 72 = half note

  2. Fix all pen.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

  1. ACCENT PRACTICE:

    1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.

    2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.

  2. STACCATO PRACTICE:

    1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

  3. MEDIUM TEMPO:

    1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 84

    2. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  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)

❤️Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. Please see the circled items in your RCM Syllabus.

  2. THESE NEED TO BE MEMORIZED. YOU

  3. THESE NEED TO BE PRACTICED MORE CONSISTENTLY.


💛Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Unit 2: finish the unit

Listening assignment next week

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete Set 4

    1. Intervals: work on Perfect 5 and Minor 6

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

  1. NEW LEVEL 5 A PIECE NEXT WEEK

  2. 💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

    1. Learn as much as possible!

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

    1. Speed-build to m.m. 160

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

  5. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

  7. 💚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. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  29. 💚💜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)

August 18, 2023

COMMENT SECTION:

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU PRACTICED AND FOR HOW LONG IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW

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

💚Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 11

  1. Watch the new video

  2. Learn as much as possible.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

  1. ACCENT PRACTICE:

    1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.

    2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.

  2. STACCATO PRACTICE:

    1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

  3. MEDIUM TEMPO:

    1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 84

    2. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  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)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. Please see the circled items in your RCM Syllabus.

  2. Please stay a little further up on the keys if you’re playing black keys.

  3. Please check all of your fingerings.


💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Unit 2

Listening assignment next week

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete Set 3

    1. Intervals: work on Perfect 5 and Minor 6

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

  1. 💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

    1. Learn as much as possible!

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

    1. Speed-build to m.m. 160

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

  5. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

  7. 💚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. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  29. 💚💜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)

August 11, 2023

COMMENT SECTION:

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU PRACTICED AND FOR HOW LONG IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW

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

💚Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 9-10

  1. See the video in Newzik and practice the wrist movement .

  2. Curved fingers

  3. Slowly speed build (you can use a speed building practice chart if you want)

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

  1. ACCENT PRACTICE:

    1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.

    2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.

  2. STACCATO PRACTICE:

    1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

  3. MEDIUM TEMPO:

    1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 84

    2. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  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)

❤️Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. Please see the circled items in your RCM Syllabus.

  2. Please stay a little further up on the keys if you’re playing black keys.

  3. Please check all of your fingerings.


💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Unit 1: Finish the remainder of the unit.

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete Set 2

    1. Intervals: work on Perfect 5 and Minor 6

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

  1. 💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

    1. Start to learn by blocking all of the chords. One measure at a time.

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

  1. Do close-loud through the entire piece once a day.

  2. Work up to m.m. 92 in your speed-building practice chart

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

  5. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

  7. 💚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. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  29. 💚💜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)

August 4, 2023

COMMENT SECTION:

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU PRACTICED AND FOR HOW LONG IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW

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

💜Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

  1. ACCENT PRACTICE:

    1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.

    2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.

  2. STACCATO PRACTICE:

    1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

  3. MEDIUM TEMPO:

    1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 84

    2. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

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

  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)

💜Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. Please stay a little further up on the keys if you’re playing black keys.

  2. Remember that fingers should be ROUNDED and CURVED.


💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Unit 1: Finish the remainder of the unit.

💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete Set 1

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 9-10

  1. See the video in Newzik and practice the wrist movement .

  2. Curved fingers

  3. Slowly speed build (you can use a speed building practice chart if you want)


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

  1. Follow the NFPER practice charts in your PDF

  2. Learn to the end for next lesson

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

  5. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

  7. 💚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. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  29. 💚💜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)

June 16, 2023

COMMENT SECTION:

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU PRACTICED AND FOR HOW LONG IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW

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

💚Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

  1. ACCENT PRACTICE:

    1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.

    2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.

  2. STACCATO PRACTICE:

    1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

  3. MEDIUM TEMPO:

    1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 84

    2. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

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

  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)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. Please stay a little further up on the keys if you’re playing black keys.

  2. Remember that fingers should be ROUNDED and CURVED.


❤️Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Prepare pages 4-7

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete Set 1

  2. Do chord progressions with Dustin next time.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 9-10

  1. Review and use your forward wrist more on long notes

  2. Fix any note errors.

  3. Next week, speed-build with Dustin


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

  1. Follow the NFPER practice charts in your PDF

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

  5. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

  7. 💚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. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  29. 💚💜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)

June 9, 2023

COMMENT SECTION:

EVERY TIME YOU PRACTICE, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU PRACTICED AND FOR HOW LONG IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW

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

💚Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

listen for tidy attacks and correct notes. DON’T move in and out of the black keys.

  1. ACCENT PRACTICE:

    1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.

    2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.

  2. STACCATO PRACTICE:

    1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

  3. MEDIUM TEMPO:

    1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 84

    2. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

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

  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)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. Do the circled items. Close loud, staccato, work up to the final tempo.


💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Prepare pages 1-7

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete Review Set 2

  2. Do chord progressions with Dustin next time.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 9-10

  1. Review and use your forward wrist more on long notes

  2. Fix any note errors.

  3. Next week, speed-build with Dustin


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

  1. Follow the NFPER practice charts in your PDF

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

  5. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

  7. 💚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. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  29. 💚💜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)

June 2, 2023

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

💚Hanon No. 3 in G Major (will learn rhythms and accent practice with Dustin next week).

  1. Relearn the pattern and do the following:

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 84

      2. REMEMBER TO USE YOUR WRISTS.

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  2. No. 3: C, G at m.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technical Requirements Level 5

  1. Start with Dustin next week


Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Dustin: upload Level 5

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

  1. Complete Review Set 1

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 9-10

  1. PLAY FOR DUSTIN NEXT LESSON.

  2. HOW CAN YOU GET THESE PERFORMANCE-READY FOR YOUR NEXT LESSON?


New pieces next week with Dustin

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

  5. 💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

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

  7. 💚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. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  29. 💚💜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)

May 19, 2023

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  2. No. 1: 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)

💚Technical Requirements Level 4

  1. Do all items.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

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

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Start after your assessment

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 9-10

  1. Remember the techniques we’ve learned for using your wrists!


Masquerade Linda Niamath (b. 1939)

Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Sonatina op. 36, no. 2 Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)

III. Allegro

Barcarolle op. 123, no. 8 Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)

Ballade in C Minor op. 100, no. 15Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874)

💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. See the markings in Newzik

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

  1. Practice at the following speeds:

    1. M.m 144 per 8th note

    2. M.m. 156 per 8th note

    3. M.m. 168 per 8th note

    4. M.m. 72 - dotted quarter note

    5. Do Close-loud and staccato on all 16th notes, hands alone then together.

    6. Exaggerate the dynamics.

  2. Don’t forget your rests

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

  1. Start to review

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

  1. Be careful of all of your rests.

  2. Try to add more dynamics or make the existing ones softer and louder

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

  1. Work up to m.m. 63

  2. Do any “spot” work necessary for any fast work sections that need work.

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

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

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

  8. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  10. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  19. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  24. 💚💜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)

May 12, 2023

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  2. No. 1: 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)

💚Technical Requirements Level 4

  1. Do all items.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

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

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Start after your assessment

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 9-10

  1. Remember the techniques we’ve learned for using your wrists!


💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. See the markings in Newzik

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

  1. Practice at the following speeds:

    1. M.m 144 per 8th note

    2. M.m. 156 per 8th note

    3. M.m. 168 per 8th note

    4. M.m. 72 - dotted quarter note

    5. Do Close-loud and staccato on all 16th notes, hands alone then together.

    6. Exaggerate the dynamics.

  2. Don’t forget your rests

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

  1. Start to review

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

  1. Be careful of all of your rests.

  2. Try to add more dynamics or make the existing ones softer and louder

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

  1. Work up to m.m. 63

  2. Do any “spot” work necessary for any fast work sections that need work.

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

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

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

  8. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  10. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  19. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  24. 💚💜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)

May 5, 2023

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  2. No. 1: 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)

💚Technical Requirements Level 4

  1. See the yellow highlights.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

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

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 5

  1. Start after your assessment

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 9-10

  1. Remember the techniques we’ve learned for using your wrists!


💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. See the markings in Newzik

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

  1. Work up to m.m. 126 per 8th note

  2. Don’t forget your rests

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

  1. Start to review

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

  1. Be careful of all of your rests.

  2. Try to add more dynamics or make the existing ones softer and louder

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

  1. Work up to m.m. 63

  2. Do any “spot” work necessary for any fast work sections that need work.

💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

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

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

  8. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  10. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  19. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  24. 💚💜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)

April 21, 2023

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

💚Hanon No. 3 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  2. No. 1: 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)

💚Technical Requirements Level 4

  1. See the yellow highlights.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

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

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


❤️Celebrate Theory: Level 4

  1. Complete Unit 8

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 9-10

  1. Remember the techniques we’ve learned for using your wrists!


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

  1. See all the markings in Newzik.

  2. Practice close loud and accent practice on the 16th notes sections.

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

  1. Fix all the markings in Newzik

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

  1. Work up to m.m. 63

  2. Do any “spot” work necessary for any fast work sections that need work.

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

  1. Please, no faster than m.m. 63

  2. Think of THREE clear beats per measure

  3. Remember your stately walk down the isle of the 18th Century French Court.

💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. See the markings in Newzik

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

  1. See the red pen in Newzik

Listening Assignments

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

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

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

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

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

  6. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  8. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  17. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  22. 💚💜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)

April 14, 2023

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

💚Hanon No. 3 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  2. No. 1: 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)

💚Technical Requirements Level 4

  1. See the yellow highlights.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

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

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


💚Celebrate Theory: Level 4

  1. Complete Unit 8

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💜Czerny Op. 823, Nos. 6 +

  1. Move on from page 87

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

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


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

  1. RH C minor triads staccato: Use your elbow as a hinge and tap the keys from ABOVE the keyboard. Remember to try and find balance and play softly. This may take several days to understand.

  2. LH 16th notes passages: remember there are two positions: the C,B,C trill and the ascending G, A, B, C. Practice this gradually faster and faster.

  3. Continue to practice in sections and start to play faster.

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

  1. Fix your pedaling (change one beat per measure)

  2. Fix all the pen (especially on the last page)

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

  1. Work up to m.m. 63

  2. Do any “spot” work necessary for any fast work sections that need work.

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

  1. Please, no faster than m.m. 63

  2. Think of THREE clear beats per measure

  3. Remember your stately walk down the isle of the 18th Century French Court.

❤️Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. MOVE YOUR WRISTS! Please drop and raise your wrists according to phrase markings.

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

  1. Do Left Hand practice for the wrist rotation: rotate your wrist with frozen fingers. Don’t use fingers so much. Find balance so we hear all the notes. RH wrist movements on staccato notes. Gradually increase your tempo.

Listening Assignments

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

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

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

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

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

  6. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  8. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  17. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  22. 💚💜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)

March 31, 2023

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

💚Hanon No. 3 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

  2. No. 1: 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)

💚Technical Requirements Level 4

  1. See the yellow highlights.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

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

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


💚Celebrate Theory: Level 4

  1. Complete Unit 8

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💜Piano Adventures Sightreading Level 3B

  1. Move on from page 87

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

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


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

  1. RH C minor triads staccato: Use your elbow as a hinge and tap the keys from ABOVE the keyboard. Remember to try and find balance and play softly. This may take several days to understand.

  2. LH 16th notes passages: remember there are two positions: the C,B,C trill and the ascending G, A, B, C. Practice this gradually faster and faster.

  3. Continue to practice in sections and start to play faster.

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

  1. Gradually build up your speed, two measures at a time, to m.m. 69.

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

  1. M.m. 46 per measure. Work up to m.m. 52.

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

  1. Listen carefully to all of your 16th notes and make sure they’re softer but sounding clearly!

  2. Memorize!

💜Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. MOVE YOUR WRISTS! Please drop and raise your wrists according to phrase markings.

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

  1. Do Left Hand practice for the wrist rotation: rotate your wrist with frozen fingers. Don’t use fingers so much. Find balance so we hear all the notes. RH wrist movements on staccato notes. Gradually increase your tempo.

Listening Assignments

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

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

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

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

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

  6. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  8. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  17. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  22. 💚💜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)

March 23, 2023

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

💜Hanon No. 2 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

💜Technical Requirements Level 4 (left hand only for now)

  1. See the yellow highlights.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

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

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


💛Celebrate Theory: Level 4

  1. Finish Unit 7 (Triads) Fix all red pen

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Piano Adventures Sightreading Level 3B

  1. Move on from page 87

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

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


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

  1. RH C minor triads staccato: Use your elbow as a hinge and tap the keys from ABOVE the keyboard. Remember to try and find balance and play softly. This may take several days to understand.

  2. LH 16th notes passages: remember there are two positions: the C,B,C trill and the ascending G, A, B, C. Practice this gradually faster and faster.

  3. Continue to practice in sections and start to play faster.

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

  1. Gradually build up your speed, two measures at a time, to m.m. 69.

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

  1. M.m. 46 per measure. Work up to m.m. 52.

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

  1. Listen carefully to all of your 16th notes and make sure they’re softer but sounding clearly!

  2. Memorize!

💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. MOVE YOUR WRISTS! Please drop and raise your wrists according to phrase markings.

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

  1. Do Left Hand practice for the wrist rotation: rotate your wrist with frozen fingers. Don’t use fingers so much. Find balance so we hear all the notes.

Listening Assignments

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

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

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

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

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

  6. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  8. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  18. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  23. 💚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)

March 17, 2023

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

💚Hanon No. 2 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

💚Technical Requirements Level 4 (left hand only for now)

  1. See the yellow highlights.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

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

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


❤️Celebrate Theory: Level 4

  1. Finish Unit 7 (Triads) Finish

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Piano Adventures Sightreading Level 3B

  1. Move on from page 87

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

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


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

  1. RH C minor triads staccato: Use your elbow as a hinge and tap the keys from ABOVE the keyboard. Remember to try and find balance and play softly. This may take several days to understand.

  2. LH 16th notes passages: remember there are two positions: the C,B,C trill and the ascending G, A, B, C. Practice this gradually faster and faster.

  3. Continue to practice in sections and start to play faster.

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

  1. Gradually build up your speed, two measures at a time, to m.m. 69.

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

  1. YOU MUST have contrasting dynamics.

  2. Please practice with the metronome and fix all places with pauses. Record yourself and listen back to make sure you’ve cleaned your performance of all pauses.

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

  1. Listen carefully to all of your 16th notes and make sure they’re softer but sounding clearly!

  2. Memorize!

💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. MOVE YOUR WRISTS! Please drop and raise your wrists according to phrase markings.

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

  1. Start memorizing insertions. Start the page turn.

  2. Fix all markings on the page.

Listening Assignments

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

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

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

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

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

  6. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  8. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  18. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  23. 💚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)

March 12, 2023

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

💚Hanon No. 2 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

💚Technical Requirements Level 4 (left hand only for now)

  1. See the yellow highlights.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

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

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


💛Celebrate Theory: Level 4

  1. Finish Unit 7 (Triads)

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💚Piano Adventures Sightreading Level 3B

  1. Move on from page 87

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

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


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

  1. RH C minor triads staccato: Use your elbow as a hinge and tap the keys from ABOVE the keyboard. Remember to try and find balance and play softly. This may take several days to understand.

  2. LH 16th notes passages: remember there are two positions: the C,B,C trill and the ascending G, A, B, C. Practice this gradually faster and faster.

  3. Continue to practice in sections and start to play faster.

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

  1. Gradually build up your speed, two measures at a time, to m.m. 69.

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

  1. Fix all the new markings.

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

  1. Listen carefully to all of your 16th notes and make sure they’re softer but sounding clearly!

  2. Memorize!

💜Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. Speed-build to m.m. 138

  2. Keep focused on expression and make your soft sounds softer.

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

  1. Start memorizing insertions. Start the page turn.

  2. Fix all markings on the page.

Listening Assignments

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

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

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

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

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

  6. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  8. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  18. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  23. 💚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)

March 3, 2023 (1 of ?)

RCMCP

  • Level 1: December 6, 2019, Received 85

  • Level 3: December 9, 2021, Received 82

  • Level 4: Fall 2022

💚Hanon No. 2 in G Major

  1. Do them WITH AND WITHOUT the music. Start to memorize.

    1. Close Loud First

      1. Every finger curved, ascending and descending, Forward and strong attack.

    2. Staccato Second

      1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.

    3. Medium Tempi

      1. Start at m.m. 66 and work your way up to 100

      2. Mm. 66, 72, 84, 96, 104

      3. Remember to keep you fingers rounder / curved. They are currently too stretched out.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

💚Technical Requirements Level 4 (left hand only for now)

  1. See the yellow highlights.

    1. Careful about using the correct fingering.

    2. Keep position consistently in one place on the keyboard.

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

  2. Focus on Legato and Even Sound

    1. FOR EACH ITEM:

      1. CLOSE LOUD:

      2. STACCATO:

      3. LEGATO


💚Celebrate Theory: Level 4

  1. Fix the red circles in Unit 6 (intervals)

  2. Prepare Unit 7 (Triads)

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

  1. Finished. Please see assignment #2 below.

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

  1. Work on clap backs and playbacks.

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

    1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

💜Piano Adventures Sightreading Level 3B

  1. Move on from page 81

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

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


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

  1. RH C minor triads staccato: Use your elbow as a hinge and tap the keys from ABOVE the keyboard. Remember to try and find balance and play softly. This may take several days to understand.

  2. LH 16th notes passages: remember there are two positions: the C,B,C trill and the ascending G, A, B, C. Practice this gradually faster and faster.

  3. Continue to practice in sections and start to play faster.

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

  1. See new markings.

  2. Add pedal

  3. Start to build your tempo a bit. :)

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

  1. Fix all the new markings.

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

  1. Fix the rhythm.

💜Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  1. Speed-build to m.m. 138

  2. Keep focused on expression and make your soft sounds softer.

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

  1. Start memorizing insertions. Start the page turn.

  2. Fix all markings on the page.

Listening Assignments

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

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

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

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

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

  6. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

  8. 💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  18. 💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)

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

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

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

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

  23. 💚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)