November 23, 2024

2024-2025 (7th Grade, RCM L. 5)

1. RCM: Work toward level 5

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

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

1. Learn first two systems: fingering and notes priority. No faster than m.m. 54 = quarter note.

2. Learn system 4 one measure at a time, hands alone, then together. Very slowly please. (With/without method)

💜Four Star Sight-reading & Ear Tests Level 5 (IN NEWZIK)

1. Prepare Set 2

💛The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5, C)

1. Please spot all blue boxes. Three times correctly every day.

2. MM. 33-34

   1. Slow section practice: RH alone, LH alone, HT. With/without/with/without/with music practice.

   2. Combine sections. Continuing to do hands alone then together.

💜Sight-Reading: Celebrate Piano Solos 3

1. Start from p. 91

2. Sight-read 8 measures at a time (repeat the same 8 measures if necessary).

3. Two 8 measure chunks per practice session.

4. Raise your tempo each time if it’s at a fast tempo.

5. PLEASE KEEP A STEADY BEAT AND PLAY THROUGH MISTAKES.

🖤Wet Hands from Minecraft, arr. Torby Brand

❤️Level 5 RCM Technique

1. See the highlighted items in your PDF

   1. Hands alone first, then together. Three times correctly, each.

   2. Memorize all of the tempo markings and make sure to not go faster than indicated!

   3. For each item, do:

      1. Close Loud

      2. Slow-medium legato - NO FASTER THAN m.m. 60 per two notes

      3. Speed-build legato

   4. PAY ATTENTION TO THE FINGERING AND SEE THE BSB MAJOR PDF FOR HELP.

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 5 Unit 3

1. Pick up with Dustin on page 9 next week

2. Fix circles on page 8

Sonatina in G Major op. 168 no. 2 by Anton Diabelli (L. 5, B)

1. Mice on Venus from Minecraft, arr. Sam Hodgkinson

2. List C: Foggy Day Blues by Mike Springer

3. Etude 1: Etude in E Minor, op. 65, no. 42 by Loeschhorn

4. Solitude by Joyce Grill (b. 1936) (L. 4, Etude)

Level 4, Practical Test: May 29, 2024

1. List A: Minuet in G Major by J. S. Bach

2. List B: Sonatina in F Major, op. 168 no. 1 “Moderato cantabile” by Anton Diabelli

3. List C: Foggy Day Blues by Mike Springer

4. Etude 1: Etude in E Minor, op. 65, no. 42 by Loeschhorn

5. Etude 2: Solitude by Joyce Grill

Level 3, Practical Test: June 2023 ( score of 87)

1. List A: J. S. Bach, Polonaise in F Minor, BWV Anh. 119 (L. 3, A)

2. List B: Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 by Albert Biehl (L. 3, B)

3. List C: Wild Mignonette, Op. 205 No. 1 by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901) (L. 3, C)

4. Etude: Burgmuller, Op. 100 No. 2, L’Arabesque (Etude, L. 3)

5. Etude: Prelude VII by Barbara Arens (b. 1960) (L. 3, Etude)