August 12, 2021

2021-2022

• Move toward RCMCP Level 5

FINAL RECITAL VIDEOS:

1. Dream Catcher video sent by text message.

2. Masquerade -

3. Air in B-flat

4. Old French Song

5. Kabalevsky

Lesson Assignments:

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TECHNIQUE

1. HANON No. 3 in C Major

   1. Close Loud: Set metronome to 63 per 16th note (this should feel like an exercise!)

   2. Staccato: Set metronome to 96 per 8th note (fingers down and relaxed.) Remember to attack from ABOVE the key

   3. Legato: Set metronome to 72 per quarter note. Focus on position. Also, no accents. Think about how legato you can be with the sound and touch.

   4. Speed Build: work up to m.m. 92 per quarter note.

2. RCMCP Technique Level 4

   1. See your bookmark and notes in NEWZIK.

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THEORY

1. Celebrate Theory: Level 4, Unit 4

   1. Prepare pages 1-5 of the PDF

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READING

1. Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

   1. Prepare set 10

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REPERTOIRE

1. **Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Allegro

   1. Spot the yellow and green boxed sections. 5 times correctly each session.

2. **Handel, Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471 (L. 4, A)

   1. See your recording in Newzik and be able to play exactly like it, four measures at a time!

   2. Record yourself in Newzik to listen back.

3. Old French Song Op. 39 No. 16 by Tchaikovsky (L. 4, C)

   1. Review once a week WITH YOUR MSUIC.

4. Dream Catcher by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 4, C)

   1. Review

5. The Happy Farmer by Robert Schumann (L. 4, C)

   1. Review

6. Foggy Day Blues by Mike Springer (L. 4, C)

   1. Review

7. Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Folk Dance Op. 39 No. 7 (L. 4, Etude)

   1. Review

8. Lina Niamath (1939-), Masquerade (L. 4, Etude)

   1. Review

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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

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Review once a week with your music.

BAROQUE

CLASSICAL

Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)

1. Sonatina in C Major Op. 36 No. 1: Allegro (L. 3, B)

Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780)

1. Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

ROMANTIC

Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmuller (1806-1874)

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

20TH AND 21ST CENTURY

Joyce Grill (b. 1936)

1. Left Alone (L. 3, Etude)

Yoshinao Nakada (L. 3, C)

1. Song of the Twilight (L. 3, C)

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1. RCMCP: Level 3 Spring

   Kunlaya Wang19S36152364326831Level 3 PianoJune 14th, 2020 3:00 PMLIst A: Harlequinade by Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780) (L. 3, A)List B: Sonatina in C Major Op. 36 No. 1 by Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) (L. 3, B)List C: Song of the Twilight by Yoshinao Nakada (L. 3, C)Etude: Burgmuller Op. 100 No. 2 (L. 3 Etude)Etude: Left Alone by Joyce Grill (b. 1936) (L. 3, Etude)

2. Online Ear Training and Rhythm

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

   2. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

   3. Login Info:

      1. info@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

3. Four Star Sightreading & Ear Tests Level 4

   1. Doesn’t have level 4

   2. Start with Dustin after Masquerade is finished.

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

2. Prokofiev Op. 65 No. 10

3. Toccatina by Kabalevsky

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. *Distant Chimes by Jon George

13. Gavotte in C by Telemann

14. *Pantomime by Faber

15. Curious Cat by Teresa Richert (Prep A)

16. Baby Kangaroo (12/7/17)

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

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

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