Some of you might be aware of the great resource that is The University of Iowa Piano Pedagogy Video Recording Project. It can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSOLdpj2noIe2ckspOg50gI do not know if they ended up with 9,000 recordings like they were aiming for, but there are a lot of quality recordings there for beginner and intermediate repertoire. They give every piece an IMTA Level and in my research, I found the following explanation of how the levels worked. The post is by Kreisler who is part of that project. I’m posting it here in the hopes that people can easily access it.
Carlos is right - you have to use the channel search feature. Go to the channel at youtube.com/uipianoped and click on the little magnifying glass.
To bring up a level playlist, search for "imta level" - you'll get several playlists by level.
FYI - the Iowa Leveling is roughly as follows:
Level A - Elementary-Late Elementary (RCM 1)
Level B - Late Elementary-Early Intermediate (RCM 2-3)
Level C - Intermediate (RCM 3-4)
Level D - Late Intermediate-Early Advanced (RCM 5-8)
(This is all off the top of my head, I'm sure there's plenty of room for argument since there are great differences in what one considers "Elementary", etc...)
Within the levels, the number designations are chronological. B1 is early (baroque), B2 is Classical/Romantic, and B3 is modern/contemporary. This is on a piece by piece basis, so a modern composer writing in a romantic style (like Rollin or Rocherolle) might be listed in D2, while their more modern works would be listed in D3.
I'll check back later today to answer any other questions people might have.
Thanks for watching, all!
The original post can be found here:
https://forum.pianoworld.com//ubbthr...a-piano-pedagogy-videos.html#Post2261034