September 27, 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. High Loud: hands together, all the way through, one time per day.

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

  1. Continue on!

  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

💚Celebrate Theory: Level 4, Unit 2

  1. Read all instructions carefully.

🖤The Avalanche op. 45 no. 2 by Stephen Heller (1812-1888) (L. 4, Etude)

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

  1. USING THE NFRPE method, learn as much as you can

  2. The lower notes should soft, and the upper notes like your melody. All in the right hand.

🖤The Somersault King by Mike Schoenmehl (b. 1957) (L. 4, Etude)

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

  1. Practice multiple days in-a-row.

  2. Block chords first when fixing things. Block hands alone then together, then play as written.

  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)