WEEK ONE: Uncharted Territory!
Welcome to the Main Thread for the first week of the Sergio Assad Community Challenge, starting to discover this wonderfully intriguing set of etudes!
- Make sure you've read the guidelines before replying (← click)
- Watch the Kick-Off-Livestream on July 16th to get an overview!
- Download the scores for Assad's 10 Sketches here (← click)
If you want to describe your process (optional), feel free to use the following template.
- Things you found easy:
- Things you found difficult:
- (Optional): a video of you performing the Sketch!
- (Optional:) questions
↓ Reply below with your assignments and questions! ↓
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On to the second variation of the first etude...
What I found easy:
- the first line
- being expressive with the piece. It lends itself very well to dynamic interpretation.
What I found difficult:
- the left-hand fingerings that were written in. I had to make some modifications to execute well.
- m. 45 as written with the fingerings. This was the most challenging. I just couldn't get my fingers to cooperate with the fingerings that were written in, so I reconfigured that part.
- I also re-configured pretty much all the fingerings in mm 41-48, as well as mm 53-54 and m 58.
- getting one good clean take. I'm a perfectionist, and I can't tell you how many recordings it took to get it the way I wanted.
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Hello guys, sorry for the late reply, I haven't got too much time to practice. But here I post my video of the 2nd Sketch by Sergio Assad. Huge thanks to Tonebase for commisioning this awesome etudes! Sorry for my concentration face I will watch your videos know, guys!
- One thing you found easy: Phrasing and shaping the melodic lines! It's more noticeable on the 3/4 part!
- One thing you found difficult: Mostly memorizing and executing well both parts (3/4 and 4/4) because of the motivic differences (don't know if those are the right terms...), there is a moment where I stop to remember the passage but with practice I'll get it right