March 27 & April 10, 2024

March 27, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

Register for RCM Level 5 Exam by February 10th

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:

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR KNUCKLES ARE RAISED AND NOT BENT IN THIS WEEK.

💚Sarabande in D Minor, by George Frideric Handel (L. 6, A)
1. Please fix all green and purple pen.
2. Work only on measures 1-18.
💚Technical Requirements Level 5
1. See the highlighted items in your RCM syllabus.
2. Please don’t bob your wrists up and down when you play your thumbs.
3. Keep EVERY FINGER CURVED.
💜Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 7
1. Prepare pages 1-10
🖤Listening assignment
1. Bach Invention No. 4
2. Highlight every time the subject happens in both the treble and bass clefs.
💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5
1. Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 2 and 3
2. Play through all of the chord progressions in the test PDF, saying them out loud while you play, noticing the difference between I-IV-I and I-V-I
🖤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
💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. Fix all of the pink and purple pen.
2. Practice starting from any measure.
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Memorize
2. Fix pink pen
💜Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
1. Practice starting from any measure.
2. See the pink pen.
💜Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. Fix pink and purple.
2. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.
💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. See all remaining pen (especially pink)
2. Practice starting from any measure.
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚💜Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚❤️Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚💚The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.
🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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 13 & 20, 2024

March 13, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

Register for RCM Level 5 Exam by February 10th

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:

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR KNUCKLES ARE RAISED AND NOT BENT IN THIS WEEK.

💚Technical Requirements Level 5
1. See the highlighted items in your RCM syllabus.
💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 7
1. Prepare pages 1-8
💚Listening assignment
1. Bach Invention No. 4
2. Highlight every time the subject happens in both the treble and bass clefs.
💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5
1. Complete the sight-reading examples for Set 9 and 10
2. Need work on the chord progressions
🖤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
💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. See the new hot pink pen and fix.
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Memorize
2. Fix pink pen
💚Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
1. Practice starting from any measure.
2. See the pink pen.
💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. Fix pink and purple.
2. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.
💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Careful that your tempo is the same from start to finish. You often start slower get faster as you go along.
2. Memorize. Record yourself and listen back circling any issues and spot them. Do this daily.
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚💜Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚💜Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚💚The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.
🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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 6, 2024

March 6, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

Register for RCM Level 5 Exam by February 10th

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:

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR KNUCKLES ARE RAISED AND NOT BENT IN THIS WEEK.

💜Technical Requirements Level 5

See the highlighted items in your RCM syllabus.
💜Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 6

Prepare the Harold Arlen assignment.

💜Listening assignment

Bach Invention No. 4
Listen to the recording once per day with the music.
Listen for the subjects.
We will start to analyze next week
💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 7 & 8 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).
🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. Practice the ornaments by isolating them in each hand and then putting them together.
2. Measure 8:
  1. Do the trill in the RH alone
  2. Then add the left hand very slowly but keep trilling constantly.
  3. Gradually build your speed until your tempo is steady.
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Add more expression. Take a little time at climaxes. Ascending 16th note scale needs to be even.
💛Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
1. See all the new markings.
2. Start to memorize! One measure at a time.
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. Memorize and fix circles.
💛Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Careful that your tempo is the same from start to finish. You often start slower get faster as you go along.
2. Memorize. Record yourself and listen back circling any issues and spot them. Do this daily.

💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚💜Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚💜Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚💚The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.
🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

February 28, 2024

February 28, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

Register for RCM Level 5 Exam by February 10th

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:

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)
💚Technical Requirements Level 5

See the highlighted items in your RCM syllabus.
💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 6

Prepare the Harold Arlen assignment.

💚Listening assignment

Bach Invention No. 4
Listen to the recording once per day with the music.
Listen for the subjects.
We will start to analyze next week
💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 7 & 8 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).
🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💜Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. Fix ALL pen.
2. No faster than m.m. 60 per quarter note.
3. Do the mordant at the end (last measure of the piece)
4. Sticky staccato.
💜Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. See the new markings in red and yellow.
2. Start to memorize! One measure at a time.
💜Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
1. See all the new markings.
2. Start to memorize! One measure at a time.
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. Memorize and fix circles.
💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Careful that your tempo is the same from start to finish. You often start slower get faster as you go along.
2. Memorize.

💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚💜Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚💚The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚💜Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.
🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

February 14, 2024

February 14, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

Register for RCM Level 5 Exam by February 10th

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:

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)
💜Technical Requirements Level 5

See the highlighted items in your RCM syllabus.

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 6

Prepare the Mozart assignment.

💚Listening assignment

Bach Invention No. 4
Listen to the recording once per day with the music.
Listen for the subjects.
We will start to analyze next week
💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 3 and 4 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).
🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. Fix ALL pen.
2. No faster than m.m. 60 per quarter note.
3. Do the mordant at the end (last measure of the piece)
4. Sticky staccato.
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. See the new markings in red and yellow.
2. Start to memorize! One measure at a time.
💚Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
1. See all the new markings.
2. Start to memorize! One measure at a time.
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💜Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Careful that your tempo is the same from start to finish. You often start slower get faster as you go along.
2. Memorize.

💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚💜Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚💚The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚💜Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.
🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

February 7, 2024

February 8, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

Register for RCM Level 5 Exam by February 10th

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:

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)
💚Technical Requirements Level 5

See the highlighted items in your RCM syllabus.

💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 6

Prepare the Mozart assignment.

💚Listening assignment

Bach Invention No. 4
Listen to the recording once per day with the music.
Listen for the subjects.
We will start to analyze next week
💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 1 and 2 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).
🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💜Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. Fix green pen.
2. Learn to the end!
💜Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Practice with the new audio recording in Newzik.
2. Fix the pedal markings
💜Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
1. Add pedal according to what I wrote in system 1. Try to apply the concept of the pedaling for the rest of the piece.
2. Fix all the blue pen
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Practice starting from any measure.
2. MemorizE

💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚💜The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚💜Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.
🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

January 31, 2024

January 31, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

Register for RCM Level 5 Exam by February 10th

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💜💚Technical Requirements Level 5

Memorized next week: at the final tempo markings.

💜💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 6

Prepare the Handel assignment.

💜💚Listening assignment

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
Bach Invention No. 3: see the red pen.
Highlight the “subject” or theme that repeats throughout.

💜💛Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 9 and 10 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. Fix green pen.
2. Learn to the end!
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Practice with the new audio recording in Newzik.
2. Fix the pedal markings
💚Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
1. Add pedal according to what I wrote in system 1. Try to apply the concept of the pedaling for the rest of the piece.
2. Fix all the blue pen
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💜💛Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. PLEASE MOVE YOUR WRISTS according to the music / contour of the notes / arrows in the music.
2. Finish memorizing.
3. Be able to know which sections are memorized by focusing on small sections at a time.
4. Focus on memorization and fingers round at all (almost as if you were scratching the keys).
5. Left off at m.m. 76 speed-building.
💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Practice starting from any measure.
2. Memorize

💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚💜The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚💜Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

January 24, 2024

January 24, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

Memorized next week: at the final tempo markings.

💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 6

Prepare the Handel assignment.

💚Listening assignment

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
Bach Invention No. 3: see the red pen.
Highlight the “subject” or theme that repeats throughout.

💛Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 9 and 10 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💜Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. Fix green pen.
2. Learn to the end!
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Practice with the new audio recording in Newzik.
2. Fix the pedal markings
💚Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
1. Start to learn with NFRPE
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💛Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. PLEASE MOVE YOUR WRISTS according to the music / contour of the notes / arrows in the music.
2. Finish memorizing.
3. Be able to know which sections are memorized by focusing on small sections at a time.
4. Focus on memorization and fingers round at all (almost as if you were scratching the keys).
5. Left off at m.m. 76 speed-building.
💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Practice starting from any measure.
2. Memorize

💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚💜The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚💜Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

January 17, 2024

January 17, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💜Technical Requirements Level 5

Practice with and without your book so that you can play these for me next week, memorized, and correct on the first try.

💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 6

Prepare the Handel assignment.

💚Listening assignment

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
Bach Invention No. 3: see the red pen.
Highlight the “subject” or theme that repeats throughout.

💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Set 8 and 9 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. Fix green pen.
2. Learn to the end!
💛Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Memorize, one measure at a time by studying the music first without plyaing the notes. Notice the harmony and memorize the harmonic movement.
2. Then look at the music and if you played it correctly without then play with the music to verify all was correct.
3. Then play without again.
🖤Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💛Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. PLEASE MOVE YOUR WRISTS according to the music / contour of the notes / arrows in the music.
2. Finish memorizing.
3. Be able to know which sections are memorized by focusing on small sections at a time.
4. Focus on memorization and fingers round at all (almost as if you were scratching the keys).
5. Left off at m.m. 76 speed-building.
💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. See the markings at the end of the piece.

💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚💜The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚💜Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

January 10, 2024

January 10, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

Practice with and without your book so that you can play these for me next week, memorized, and correct on the first try.

❤️Celebrate Theory: Level 5

Finish pages 3-5 of Unit 5

❤️Listening assignment

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
Bach Invention No. 3: see the red pen.
Highlight the “subject” or theme that repeats throughout.

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 7 and 8 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. Fix green pen.
2. Learn to the end!
💜Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Memorize, one measure at a time by studying the music first without plyaing the notes. Notice the harmony and memorize the harmonic movement.
2. Then look at the music and if you played it correctly without then play with the music to verify all was correct.
3. Then play without again.
🖤Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💜Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. Focus on memorization and fingers round at all (almost as if you were scratching the keys).
2. Left off at m.m. 76 speed-building.
💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. See the markings at the end of the piece.

💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚💜The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚💜Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

January 3, 2024

January 3, 2024 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

Practice with and without your book so that you can play these for me next week, memorized, and correct on the first try.

💜💛Celebrate Theory: Level 5

💛re-study first page of Unit 4. Teach me about a musical “period.”
💛Prepare Unit 5

💚Listening assignment

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
Listen to Bach’s 15 Inventions, No. 1, 2, and 3.
Highlight the “subject” or theme that repeats throughout.

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 5 and 6 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
1. Learn with NFPER one measure at a time!
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Memorize, one measure at a time by studying the music first without plyaing the notes. Notice the harmony and memorize the harmonic movement.
2. Then look at the music and if you played it correctly without then play with the music to verify all was correct.
3. Then play without again.
🖤Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. Focus on memorization and fingers round at all (almost as if you were scratching the keys).
2. Left off at m.m. 76 speed-building.
💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. See the markings at the end of the piece.

💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💜Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💜Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

December 13 and 20, 2023

December 13, 2023 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

Please have all of these ready to pass off on the first try. Practice with the metronome as indicated.

💛Celebrate Theory: Level 5

💛re-study first page of Unit 4. Teach me about a musical “period.”
💛Prepare Unit 5

💜Listening assignment

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
Listen to Bach’s 15 Inventions, No. 1, 2, and 3.
Highlight the “subject” or theme that repeats throughout.

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 5 and 6 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

🖤Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. record yourself playing through at the final tempo at 108, and then notice which spots need work, then spot them! :)
🖤Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. Focus on memorization and fingers round at all (almost as if you were scratching the keys).
2. Left off at m.m. 76 speed-building.
💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
See the markings at the end of the piece.

💜Review Pieces

💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚💜Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💜March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚💜Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

December 6, 2023

December 6, 2023 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💜Technical Requirements Level 5

Please have all of these ready to pass off on the first try. Practice with the metronome as indicated.

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 5, Unit 4

Prepare the entire unit.

💜Listening assignment

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
Listen to Bach’s 15 Inventions, No. 1, 2, and 3.
Highlight the “subject” or theme that repeats throughout.

💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 3 and 4 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

🖤Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Keep practicing so you can play the notes well enough to play them faster and work on expression with Dustin. Do this by practicing in small sections first.
🖤Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
❤️Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. FOCUS ON MATCHING YOUR BODY MOVEMENTS TO THE SOUND CHANGES.
2. Speed-build to m.m. 76 per quarter note.
💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Beginning needs to be 100% even.
2. Fix the notes in measure 12
3. Make the “p” in measure 12
4. Spot the ending so that you can play from memory with no issues.
5. ❤️Make a VIDEO recording of this piece by Saturday and send it to Dustin

💜Review Pieces

💜Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💜Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💜March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

November 29, 2023

November 29, 2023 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💜Technical Requirements Level 5

Please have all of these ready to pass off on the first try. Practice with the metronome as indicated.

💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5, Unit 4

Prepare the entire unit.

💚Listening assignment

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
Listen to Bach’s 15 Inventions, No. 1, 2, and 3.
Highlight the “subject” or theme that repeats throughout.

💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 3 and 4 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

🖤Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Learn the entire piece, hands alone first, then together, one small section at a time.
🖤Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. Keep fingers round this week. This was much better today.
2. Big test for you this week is to get your body involved in the dynamics contrasts this piece has to offer. Focus on huge contrasts in the sound.
3. Speed build
💛Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. ❤️Listen for 100% even playing in the beginning. An examiner will take away points for this.
2. Work up to m.m. 108
3. ❤️Memorize.

💚Review Pieces

💜Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚💜Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚💜March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💚The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

November 24, 2023

November 24, 2023 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💛Technical Requirements Level 5

Please have all of these ready to pass off on the first try. Practice with the metronome as indicated.

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 5

Finish page 17 and go over pp. 9-18 with Dustin next time.

💚Listening assignment next week

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
Listen to Bach’s 15 Inventions, No. 1, 2, and 3.
Highlight the “subject” or theme that repeats throughout.

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 3 and 4 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

🖤Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)
💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A)
1. Study all the chords / harmony and write down as many chords as you can find.
🖤Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)
🖤Pierrot and Pierrette op. 25 no. 4 by Amy Beach (L. 5, C)
💜Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. Your fingers are too stretched out and flat. Please make them more rounded and curved when playing scale-like passages.
2. Continue to speed-build
💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Listen for 100% even playing in the beginning. An examiner will take away points for this.
2. Listen for clean pedaling.
3. This is at about m.m. 100. Work up to 108.
4. Your softs need to be softer.
5. Memorize.

💜Review Pieces

Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💜Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💜The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💜Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

November 15, 2023

November 15, 2023 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

Please see the highlighted items in your RCM Syllabus.

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 5

Finish page 17 and go over pp. 9-18 with Dustin next time.

💚Listening assignment next week

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
The link above is to a Spotify playlist for Bach’s 15 Inventions. Find the music in your Newzik project and listen to two a day while looking at the music! Tell me your favorites.

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete the sight-reading examples for Sets 1 and 2 (two each practice session should be 5 practice days).

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
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  2. dust2789

New piece from list A or C
💜Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B)
1. Your fingers are too stretched out and flat. Please make them more rounded and curved when playing scale-like passages.
2. Continue to speed-build
💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Listen for 100% even playing in the beginning. An examiner will take away points for this.
2. Listen for clean pedaling.
3. This is at about m.m. 100. Work up to 108.
4. Your softs need to be softer.
5. Memorize.

💜Review Pieces

Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
💜Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
💜The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚💜Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

November 11, 2023

November 11, 2023 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💜Technical Requirements Level 5

Please see the highlighted items in your RCM Syllabus.

💛Celebrate Theory: Level 5

Fix all blue circles on pages 1-8
Double check all of your work in pages 9-18

❤️Listening assignment next week

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
The link above is to a Spotify playlist for Bach’s 15 Inventions. Find the music in your Newzik project and listen to two a day while looking at the music! Tell me your favorites.

💜Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete Set 10

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)
1. Gradually speed-build - one small section at a time.
2. Make your expression much more contrasting.
3. Make sure that your fingers are round / curved.
💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Spot the ending - practice starting from any measure form 22 to the end.
2. Work up to m.m. 108
3. Make all of your expression exaggerated.

💜Review Pieces

Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💜Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💜Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💜Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

October 25 & November 1, 2023

October 25, 2023 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

Please see the highlighted items in your RCM Syllabus.

❤️Celebrate Theory: Level 5

❤️Finish Unit 3

💚Listening assignment next week

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YsTuK8yFcbOKgC3ZkQq1x?si=XSkaxGNGSa-X1WxSCo1XWg
The link above is to a Spotify playlist for Bach’s 15 Inventions. Find the music in your Newzik project and listen to one a day while looking at the music!

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete Set 9

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)
1. See ALL pen.
💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Memorize one small section at a time.
2. Fix the orange markings.
3. Practice starting from any measure of the piece by looking at a random spot, studying where you are, then close the music, and play for about 4-8 measures. Repeat three times per practice session.

💜Review Pieces

Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💜Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢💜Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💜Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

October 4, 2023

October 4, 2023 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

Please see the circled items in your RCM Syllabus.
THESE NEED TO BE MEMORIZED.
THESE NEED TO BE PRACTICED MORE CONSISTENTLY.

💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5

Finish Unit 3

Listening assignment next week

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

Complete Set 7

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)
1. Fix all red pen and learn to the end!
💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)
1. Speed-build, 2-4 measures at a time, starting at m.m. 72, working up to m.m. 108
2. As you speed-build, PAY EXTRA ATTENTION TO WRISTS AND DYNAMICS.

💜Review Pieces

Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💜Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💜Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💜The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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 27, 2023

September 27, 2023 Dustin Gledhill

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:

Winter Milestones

Performance Class
Repertoire toward level 5 or 6 in Spring 2024

❤️Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Pass next week IF:
Correctly on the first try
LH whole notes full value
See yellow highlights

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major:

Use the speed-building practice chart.

ACCENT PRACTICE:
1. Rotate which note you play accents in groups of four.
2. Do this with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th notes.
STACCATO PRACTICE:
1. Keep fingers round and attack from above the keys.
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.

No. 3: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 2: C, G at m.m. 84
No. 1 - C, G at m.m. 84
(No. 10 - left off at m.m. 84)
(No. 9 - left off at m.m. 92)
(No. 8 - left off at m.m. 88)
(No. 7 - left off at m.m. 100 in C Major)
(No. 6 - left off at m.m. 92 in C Major)
(No. 5 - stopped at m.m. 100 in C Major)

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

Please see the circled items in your RCM Syllabus.
THESE NEED TO BE MEMORIZED.
THESE NEED TO BE PRACTICED MORE CONSISTENTLY.

💜💛Celebrate Theory: Level 5

Unit 2: Fix page 16
Unit 3: Study pages 1-2 so you can teach me about them
Unit 3: Prepare pages 1-8
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

Complete Set 6

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

Work on clap backs and playbacks.
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/
1. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”
  1. Login Infoinfo@gledhillartscollective.com
  2. dust2789

💜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.
5. Learn the rest if possible!
💜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)

💜Review Pieces

Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)
💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)
💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)
💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)
💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)
💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)
💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)
💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)
Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)
The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)
💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)
💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)
💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)
💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).
💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)
💚💜Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).
🟢Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)
🟢💜Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)
🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)
🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)
💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)
💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)
💚Canon in D Major by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (L. 2)
💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)
💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)
💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)
💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)
💚💜The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)
(recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)
Skating Waltz
Distant Chimes.
Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)
(3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)
(3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)
Angelfish (Level 1. B)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823
1. we left off on no. 8

Rhythm Book.
1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

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)

Register for RCM Level 5 Exam by February 10th

RCMCP

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR KNUCKLES ARE RAISED AND NOT BENT IN THIS WEEK.

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

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 7

🖤Listening assignment

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)

Fix all of the pink and purple pen.

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

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

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

💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

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

💜Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

💚💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)

💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

Passed! Yay.

🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Major

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

CONTEMPORARY

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

HOLD

Czerny Op. 823

Rhythm Book.

RCMCP

Register for RCM Level 5 Exam by February 10th

RCMCP

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR KNUCKLES ARE RAISED AND NOT BENT IN THIS WEEK.

💚Technical Requirements Level 5

💚Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 7

💚Listening assignment

💚Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 5

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

💚Sonata in D Minor K. 34 by Domenico Scarlatti (L. 5, A)

See the new hot pink pen and fix.

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

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

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

💜Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

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

💜Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

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

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

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