2019-2020 Lesson 16 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

      1. Think about the fingering before you start to play! :)

      2. Fix the fingering

      3. Have fingers close to the keys

      4. Wrists in one direction each way.

    3. PREPARE: Tonic Triads on page 12

      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. PREPARE AND PRINT: 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. (RECITAL) Harlequinade by Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780) (L. 3, A)

    1. Spend 10 min, starting from random measures.

    2. Slow practice

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

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

    1. After your recital, this is your focus. m.m. 72 no stops! :)

    2. ms. 6-7 - detach your LH notes!

    3. Play the position (blocked) of measures 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, back to back - beats 1-2 blocked together.

    4. m. 8 - LH prepare. You’re not doing the rest

    5. Look at all the LH rests!

    6. Practice blocking where needed. 2-4 mesures at a time.

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

    1. Choose random measures and be able to start there, having one goal in mind.

    2. Feel comfortable hands apart first.

  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)