Emma's Practice Diary - Bach Gavotte 1 & 2
Hello, here is my first entry for the practice diary. I am learning the Bach gavottes 1, and 2 . Technically are achievable for me and if good I will enter the challenge for the concert with this piece. My goals are:
Playing it crisp, well, at the right tempo
Being able to play it with a baroque interpretation. It has always been a challenge to me interpreting baroque music. I have always played them too romantically
Improve my sound
I am planning one hour a day of technique to improve my sound and slurs: today I did slurs, chromatic scales, diatonic scales, vertical displacements, and chords. Thank you Martin for the session yesterday
Learning the piece slow.
How do we make a diary? Everyday we post?
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Second video for the Gavottas 1&2. My goal for saturday is assemble it all together with the repetitions. Work on the musicality and the differences I will make for the repetitions, different/more ornaments in Gavotta 1 and change of colour for Gavotta 2. Polish that campanella scale. And most important work on the final chord of Gavotta 1. Martin My question is should I stop now working with the metronome? I continue with the technical work/warming but 2 days this week I have slipped....
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Such a nice sound, and very even tempo. Great job Emma!Emma
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Emma That is wonderful Emma. You have a very good command of these gavottes.
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Jack Stewart Thank you Jack, this is very encouraging for me. I started learning them 4 weeks ago, for the concert. And... I keep failing somewhere or another... they are beautiful. These could pieces for my repertoire. I never follow through to really play well well a piece, this can be one. Not yet though, slowwww
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Emma that was very nice Emma....I had not heard you before....and you have learned those Gavotas muy rapido!!!! Me estoy preparando para mi viaje a Buenos Aires...por eso entro poco en los diarios....tampoco pude grabar mas nada esta semana. buenas noches.
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This is really coming along Emma - it flows and the voices are very clear.
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Your performances of the two Gavottes are coming along nicely Emma. The rythm and phrasing are really nice.
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Gavottas 1 and 2 BMW 1012, I hope I have incorporated the advice Sanel Redzic gave me in his Masterclass. I want to play them as well as I can and I need more practice. How about the tempo, is it OK like this?
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