2019-2020 Lesson 13 of 32

RCMCP: Level 3 Spring

Lesson Assignments:

TECHNIQUE

  1. RCMPC Technique Level 3.

    1. REDO: D Major Formula Pattern

    2. REDO: B-flat Major scale

    3. PREPARE: Tonic Triads on pages 10 and 11

      1. Do the blocked first, then broken.

      2. Three times correctly each item.

      3. Watch out for fingering! :)

        1. Open up your book and study the fingering.

        2. Hands alone, close loud

        3. Hands together, close loud

        4. Hands alone slo-mo

        5. Hands together, legato medium tempo (3 times correctly)

RCM Technical Requirements Level 3

RCM Technical Requirements Level 3

THEORY

  1. Celebrate Theory: Level 1

    1. COMPLETE: Units 7 and 8

    2. DUSTIN: Bring Unit 1 Level 2

READING

  1. Four Star Sightreading & Ear Tests Level 3

    1. PREPARE: Set 7 finish

    2. Test next week with Dustin

  2. Sightreading 3A

    1. Continue on

REPERTOIRE

  1. Harlequinade by Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780) (L. 3, A)

    1. Get the pulse in your mind first. Don’t rush this - not toooooo fast! :)

  2. Minuet in E-flat Major by Johann Mattheson (1681 - 1764) (L. 3, A)

    1. Spot the trill sections

    2. Careful of no pause between measures 20-21

  3. Sonatina in C Major Op. 36 No. 1 by Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) (L. 3, B)

    1. Spot measures 17-19

    2. Measure 20-21 - Make sure the LH is in the black before you play the E-flat.

    3. Finish learning to the end at one tempo. Careful of your slurs and fingering.

    4. Spot measures 6-8

    5. Fix all green pen.

    6. Practice in chunks, hands alone and then hands together.

  4. Song of the Twilight by Yoshinao Nakada (L. 3, C)

    1. Start to learn one measure at a time! Think of the three sharps in A Major!

  5. Tchaikovsky Op. 39 No. 9 “Waltz”

    1. Fix all orange pen.

Practice Tools

  1. Close Loud

    1. With each note, keep your fingers close to the keyboard and pop your wrist up to help release the tension created when you hit the key with force!

  2. Rhythms (Long, short, short, Long, short, short. etc.)

    1. The long notes are strong like “close loud,” and the short notes are light and played as quickly as possible, THINKING about going to the next long note.

  3. Accent Practice

    1. Accent one note in a group and practice alternating the note that receives the accent.

  4. Staccato Practice

  5. Double Note Practice

  6. Slo-Mo Practice

Review once a week with your music.

  1. Prokofiev Op. 65 No. 10

  2. Toccatina by Kabalevsky

  3. Burgmuller Op. 100 No. “The Limped Stream”

  4. Andante in G Minor by Telemann (L. 1)

  5. *Haydn German Dance in D Major (L. 1)

  6. *Hopscotch by Boris Berlin (L. 1 Etude)

  7. *Celebration by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1 Etude)

  8. *A Swinging Leprechaun by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 1 Etude)

  9. Etude in C Major by Félix Le Couppey (L. 1 Etude)

  10. Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  11. *Distant Chimes by Jon George

  12. Gavotte in C by Telemann

  13. *Pantomime by Faber

  14. Curious Cat by Teresa Richert (Prep A)

  15. Baby Kangaroo (12/7/17)

  16. Teeter-Totter by Dale Reubart (Prep A)

  17. Dmitri Kabalevsky: Marching Op. 39 No. 3 (Prep A)

  18. *Let's Waltz by Elvina Pearce (Prep A)