Week 2: Sleeps a Song in all things! 🎶
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Coste – Les Soirées D’Auteuil (May 9)
I was feeling a little lack of motivation as I continued to work on Coste's Op 38 No 8, so I decided to begin working on this piece by Coste. I am only doing the first movement (Serenade). Here is a video of where it's at right now. It still needs lots of work.
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Coste - Serenade from Les Soirées D’Auteuil (May 9 some sectional practice)
I broke up the piece into some smaller sections, and in the videos below, I am working on the first three sections.
- Intro (mm 1-9): As Gabriel Bianco suggests in his TB lesson, I am trying to overphrase a bit here, reaching a strong climax at the beginning of measure 6, then backing off. For the measure of silence at the end of the intro, he suggests having no body movement so the audience is left hanging in suspence.
- Measures 10-27: This needs to be very cantabile. I experimented with mixing in some rest strokes, but this is not something in my technical toolbox yet, so I reverted back to all free strokes.
- Measures 28-47: The first phrase here is also cantabile, with some dramatic glissandi. Then the more chordal phrase has some big contrasts in dynamics to increase the drama.
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J.K. Mertz - Minka & Romanze Adagio
Hi everyone, I was practicing these 2 little pieces last week (thank you, Eric, for your suggestions) and would like to share the result with you guys.
I didn't print the music out, so I have to keep looking at the monitor when recording. If my unblinking eyes and the "angry guitarist face" scared you, please forgive me and just focus on the pineapple behind me instead. I swear I was peaceful and happy inside when recording. (we need another Martin's home recording course to learn how to avoid "angry guitarist face")
1. Minka
This one is a Ukrainian folk song, so strictly speaking, this was not from the Romantic period. However, this version was arranged by Mertz, so it's still counted as romantic period music, I think? Please forgive my ignorance about classical music if I was wrong. (The music was busier than I think, that's why I could hardly blink when recording it)
2. Romanze - Adagio
I found this beautiful little piece in the Tonebase lessons archive. Simple but still beautiful.
