Lesson 40: Lower Intermediate Review and Next Steps

• Record four pieces: Renaissance, Baroque, folk and your choice.
• Choose one skill to practise after listening back.

You finish a level when you can play a programme from it.

Use Lesson 37’s recording plan with four pieces you know well; choose a prepared strain when a full piece needs later skills.

Play: the programme — one from each

Renaissance

Pavane: Belle qui tiens ma vie

Arbeau pavane.

Tourdion

Renaissance galliard.

Encina: Más vale trocar — complete Tiple

Count the tied cadence and the return to the sign.

Baroque

Telemann: TWV 41:C5 — complete first movement

Advanced option: all four tempo sections; choose only when secure.

Petzold: Minuet in G — first strain

First strain now; add the second only when B5 (alto E6) is secure.

Vivaldi: RV 443 — complete Largo (advanced)

A complete movement with florid divisions.

Folk

Greensleeves (Chappell)

Complete verse and older refrain.

Danny Boy — first half

Petrie’s air; review Lesson 22. Full air after 49.

Sakura — 1888 sung line

Full vocal line.

Your choice

Any piece at your level from the songs library or your own collection — pick one you love.

Warm-up before the recital

Alto: F major, C major, Bb major.

When the four-piece recording keeps a steady beat and clear phrase endings, move on to Upper Intermediate.

Keep the daily routine going between levels.