Instrument Level Piano - Level 4
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General recommendations:
Speed: Slow to allegro
Length: 36-100 bars
Rhythm: Complex meters; triplets and 8ths in same piece (though not same time); beginning complex rhythms (no cross rhythms – 2 against 3 etc.); Simple hocket okay.
Playable Notes and Skills
- Full major, and chromatic scales starting on any note at a medium tempo.
- Minor scales beginning on a natural note.
- Full range of the piano.
- Full triads starting on any natural note.
- Simple accompaniment figures such as Alberti bass.
- Cross hand arpeggios (not too fast).
- 2 voices in 1 hand.
Things to Avoid
- Quick pedal changes.
- Fast hand position shifts.