2020-2021 Lesson 6 of 16

Lesson Assignments:

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TECHNIQUE

1. RCMPC Technique Level 3

   1. Test next week on any technical item below.

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. Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4

   1. Set Review 1: Prepare one “day” each week.

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REPERTOIRE

1. Away in a Manger: Secondo

   1. Learn up to measure 9

2. We Three Kings of Orient Are by John Henry Hopkins / Mier

   1. Keep melody focused in the right hand.

   2. Keep the left hand softer.

   3. Think about “blocking” your harmonies

   4. Learn to measure 21 and to the end of the page if possible. Make sure you have one goal at a time. NFRPE

   5. Don’t play FAST.

3. The Happy Farmer by Robert Schumann (L. 4, B)

   1. Learn up to measure 11.

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

   1. Review

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

   1. Review

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

   1. Reivew

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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)