2019-2020 Lesson 3.5 of 5 (then 16)

RCMCP: Level 3 Spring

• Kunlaya Wang

• 19S36152364326831

• Level 3 Piano

• June 14th, 2020 3:00 PM

  • LIst 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)

Lesson Assignments:

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TECHNIQUE

1. RCMPC Technique Level 3

   1. Practice one or two items each practice session. At least 5 solid minutes of focus on technique.

RCM Technical Requirements Level 3

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THEORY

1. Celebrate Theory: Level 3

   1. No assignment

   2. Left off finishing Unit 4.

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READING

1. 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

2. Four Star Sightreading & Ear Tests Level 4

   1. Doesn’t have level 4

   2. Start with Dustin after Masquerade is finished.

3. Sightreading 3A (DAILY ASSIGNMENT)

   1. Practice staying with the beat.

   2. Practice faking it if you make a mistake

   3. Practice letting go of your body when you make a mistake

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REPERTOIRE

1. Foggy Day Blues by Mike Springer (L.

   1. See the PDF I emailed:

      1. Practice hands alone to fix the rhythm (swing)

      2. Remember your “top voices” in the LH.

      3. Learn to the end of measure 15

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

   1. You’re doing better at working through your mistakes!

   2. Listen to your video and identify where you made mistakes - do you see any reason you’re making the mistakes?

   3. Look closely at your hands position when you play on the black keys.

   4. Clean up some of the mistakes and send me a video by Sunday.

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

   1. This is very close to passing off!

   2. Fix LH mistake in m. 22

   3. Fix LH fingering in m. 31 and make it legato

   4. Spot the last two measures so you fix the mistake at the end.

   5. PERFORMANCE RECORD AND SEND TO ME BY SUNDAY NIGHT.

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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)

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)