Método

Level 4

  1. Level 4, Lesson 1 Country: Brazil Technique: New Notes up to C5, Tabuteau's "Drives" Excerpt: Beethoven, Symphony 4, IV; Gomes, Lo Schiavo; Alvorada

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  2. Level 4, Lesson 2 Country: Mexico Technique: Embouchure positions: parallel and offset; Bb transposition using tenor clef; toolbox Excerpt: Mozart, Symphony 35, Villa-Lobos, Chôros No. 3, Pica-Páo

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  3. Level 4, Lesson 3 Country: USA Genre: Spirituals Technique: Sprints, Transposition of Treble Clef Excerpt: Beethoven, Symphony 4, IV; Stravinsky, The Firebird, Berceuse, Beethoven, Quintet

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  4. Level 4, Lesson 4 Country: Argentina Technique: Slow-Fast-Accurate Excerpt: Beethoven, Symphony 4, IV; Gomes, Il Guarny, Sinfonia

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  5. Level 4, Lesson 5 Country: Cuba Technique: Triple Tonguing Excerpt: Strauss, Die Fledermaus Overture; Mozart Così fan tutte; Bach, BWV 155; Haydn, Symphony 6, III.

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  6. Level 4, Lesson 6 Country: Various Technique: Pianissimo playing Excerpt: Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, Tchaikovsky, Symphony 6, I; Wagner, Tannhäuser Overture; Brahms Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky, Symphony 2; Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker; Stravinsky, Rite of Spring.

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  7. Level 4, Lesson 7 Country: Various Genre: Advent & Christmas Technique: Beat Displacement Excerpt: Beethoven, Symphony 4, IV; Bach, Christmas Oratorio, No. 1 Coro.

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  8. Level 4, Lesson 8 Country: USA Technique: Bb Transposition Using Tenor Clef | Excerpt: Beethoven, Symphony 4, IV; Sousa, The Liberty Bell March; Mendelssohn, Mid-Summer Night's Dream

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  9. Level 4, Lesson 9 Country: Mexico Technique: Hard Stop, Soft Stop: Tongue Diminuendo (Practice Technique) Excerpt: Ponce, Sonata for Violoncello, I; Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4, I.

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  10. Level 4, Lesson 10 Country: Argentina Technique: Varied Articulation Lengths Excerpt: Gomes, Joana de Flandres, Prelúdio. Mozart, Piano Concerto 25.

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  11. Level 4, Lesson 11 Country: Various Technique: Components: Trills, Fingerings, Articulation Excerpt: Rossini, La Gazza Ladra; Da Silva, National Anthem, Brazil; Mozart, Quintet in Eb; Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, V.

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  12. Level 4, Lesson 12 Country: Various Technique: Rubato Applications Excerpt: Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherezade; Maurice Ravel, Alborada del gracioso. Büsser, Récit et Thème varié

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  13. Level 4, Lesson 13 Country: Cuba Technique: Divisions of 3, 4, and 6 Excerpt: Strauss, Don Quixote; Handel, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day

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  14. Level 4, Lesson 14 Country: Venezuela/France Technique: Varied Divisions Excerpt: Hahn, Quintette; Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore, Romanza; J. S. Bach, Mass.

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  15. Level 4, Lesson 15 Country: Various Technique: High Register Fluency Excerpt: Jose Rene Moreno, Mi Viejo Santa Cruz; Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf; Teresa Carreño, Streichquartett in h-Moll

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  16. Level 4, Lesson 16 Country: Mexico Technique: Down Slurs Excerpt: Poulenc, Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon; Ponce, Sonata for Violoncello, I.; Manookian, Aires de Yucatán

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  17. Level 4, Lesson 17 Country: Argentina Technique: Turnarounds Excerpt: Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique; Carlos Gomes, Joanna de Flandres

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  18. Level 4, Lesson 18 Country: USA Genre: Rags, Ragtime Technique: Fragmentation-Concatenation Excerpt: Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony, 3rd Mov.; Beethoven 4, 4th mov.; Verdi, Requiem, Quid Sum Miser; Stravinsky, Pulchinella Suite; Leshnoff, Double Concerto

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  19. Level 4, Lesson 19 Country: Brazil Technique: Monotone for Phrasing Excerpt: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, II; Stravinsky, Symphony for Wind Instruments.

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  20. Level 4, Lesson 20 Country: Various Genre: Cadenzas Technique: Cadenzas for the Mozart Bassoon Concerto and other Music Excerpt: W. A. Mozart, Symphony 41, IV; Ravel, Rhapsodie Espagnole

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