September 13, 2023

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

Keep a record of your practice in the comment section below.

Royal Conservatory of Music

  1. Level 3, Practical Test: June 2023

    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)

🖤IN NEWZIK: Level 4

💛Level 4 RCM Technique

  1. See the highlighted items in your syllabus.

💜Hanon No. 1

  1. Close Loud (no faster than m.m. 92 per 16th note)

  2. Staccato (no faster than m.m. 76 per 8th note)

  3. Legato: at m.m. 80 - work up to this speed.

    1. 💛fingers close to the keys

    2. 💛Wrists up and down with the contour of the notes.

(Note Speed on loan)

💜Sight Reading Level 3A (at least 5 min each day)

  1. Continue on from page 66

  2. BEFORE YOU TOUCH THE KEYS: do the rhythm in you head. Set a steady beat and treat it as a rhythm assignment first.

💚Four Star Sightreading & Ear Tests Level 4 (IN NEWZIK)

  1. PREPARE: Review Set 2

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

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

  2. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

  3. Login Info:

    1. info@gledhillartscollective.com

    2. dust2789

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 4, Unit 1

  1. COMPLETE: Correct all markings in the unit.

💚Etude in E Minor, op. 65, no. 42 by Loeschhorn (1819-1905) (L. 4, Etude)

  1. ❤️For every four measures: 1-4, 5-8, 18-23

    1. LH bass notes alone - 3 x’s correctly

    2. RH alone - 3 x’s correctly

    3. HT bass notes & melody - 3 x’s correctly

    4. LH blocked - 3 x’s correctly

    5. RH review - 1 x’s correctly

    6. HT blocked and melody

    7. HT as written (SLOWLY)

  1. Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh. 119 (L. 3, A)

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

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

  4. Johann Friedrich Burgmuller (1806-1874)

    1. 💜Etudes, Op. 100 No. 2, L’Arabesque (Etude, L. 3)

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

  6. Olson, Sunset at the Beach (L. 4, C)

  7. Jingle Bells by James Pierpont arr. by Martha Mier

  1. Albert Biehl (1935-1899)

    1. 💚Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 by (L. 3, B)

  2. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. 💚Polonaise in F Minor, BWV Anh. 119 (L. 3, A)

  3. George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)

    1. 💚Gavotte in G Major (L. 2, A)

  4. Christina Louis Heinrich Köhler (1820-1886)

    1. 💚Etude in F Major, Op. 190 No. 27 (L. 2, A)