November 12, 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.

  2. For each item, do:

    1. High Loud

    2. Close Loud

    3. Staccato

    4. Slow legato

    5. Speed-build legato

🖤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 from p. 73

  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: Set 1

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 4, Unit 2

  1. Read all instructions carefully.

💚Sonata in F Major, op. 168 no. 1 “Moderator cantabile” by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)

  1. PLEASE learn this correctly. Use NFRPE, blocked LH chords. You MUST have daily repetitions or this won’t get learned for a long time.

  2. Move forward!

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

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

  1. ❤️mm. 13-14 - fix the fingering - 3 x’s in-a-row correctly every day.

  2. ❤️mm. 6-8 - fix the fingering - same as above

🖤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. ❤️Spot the following measures and then expand the section slightly, three x’s in-a-row correctly and every day.

    1. Measure 8, 14, 17 and any other section that needs work.

  2. Play through at the end of this spotting practice and see if there are other spots that need it.

  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)