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Sylvia, I’ve done the opera twice and both times the introduction and solo were in D major, not in E-flat.
There is only one movement in the Durufle that needs serious attention–that’s the movement where the eighth notes kind of echo each other.
Sabra, I play the upper staff only, dividing the chords between the hands, i.e., left, right, left, right, and play as loud as I can since the dynamic is ff.
No Misty, the notes themselves are not especially difficult, but there are some tricky rhythms and entrances. Maybe work on just tapping out the rhythms with a metronome. Have your student download a recording and listen to it (many times) on his or her mp3 player.
Melissa, as you probably know, this process is called “imaging” and is explained in minute detail in the book “The Musician’s Way” I cited above. It is also described in Dr. Carrol McLaughlin’s “Power Performance” book. (Both are available at Amazon.com.) Imaging is an extremely useful tool employed by elite athletes as well as musicians.
Because rhythm is so vital to playing anything well, I put all my students through both volumes of “A Logical Approach to Rhythmic Notation” by Phil Perkins, available at sheetmusicplus.com. At every lesson, I turn on the metronome and we tap out the drills on our music stands using a pencil or a chopstick.
Because rhythm is so vital to playing anything well, I put all my students through both volumes of “A Logical Approach to Rhythmic Notation” by Phil Perkins, available at sheetmusicplus.com. At every lesson, I turn on the metronome and we tap out the drills on our music stands using a pencil or a chopstick.
Because rhythm is so vital to playing anything well, I put all my students through both volumes of “A Logical Approach to Rhythmic Notation” by Phil Perkins, available at sheetmusicplus.com. At every lesson, I turn on the metronome and we tap out the drills on our music stands using a pencil or a chopstick.
