8/18/2023 0 Comments Caprice 24 flat io![]() The half and whole step content is taught by diagramming the five notes. 119.īack to pentachords or five finger positions. 3 is melancholy,Īs is the gorgeously haunting theme of “Liebestraume.” I feel the same about the Brahms Intermezzo in C Major, Op. For example the Chopin Etude in E Major, no. ![]() I make the point that MAJOR tonality can be sad, melancholy as communicated in some of the great masterworks of Chopin, Brahms, Liszt etc. These associations are pretty much programmed into our consciousness since early childhood by exposure to jingles, movie tracks, nursery rhyme tunes, etc. And I do stereotype bright or happy for Major, with sad or somber for minor. While the first exercise is written in the key of C Major from Quarters to 8ths to 16ths, I don’t hesitate to teach the PARALLEL minor, C minor by inserting a flat next to E. They both come to rest on C.įor these five finger positions or Pentachords, I use A Dozen a Day, “Walking and Running.” In the parallel minor the root is the same as in the MAJOR. NOTE that the parallel minor is NOT the relative minor. I wait until the pupil is reading notes on Treble and Bass staffs. (E pulled down to Eb) I do not however, at this early point in study, choose to have the student begin a transposition process, taking him/her into different keys. ![]() ![]() 24, Lesson Book, “C-D-E-F-G March”) Naturally, I take this opportunity to insert a flat on the third above the root to imbue a consciousness of the PARALLEL MINOR mode. Young children learning the basic symbols of notation and rhythm may need a longer period before embarking upon these exercises, although in Faber’s “Piano’s Adventures,” Primer level, a five finger warm-up appears with floating notes, (not on the staff) in step-wise sequence. Most piano students can begin playing five finger major and minor positions between the 6th and 9th month of lessons, if not sooner. ![]()
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