Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Day 1 - Practising That Piece

Hello!
Today marks the third day of learning "Sonatina from Divertimento #2", and the first of my blog posts following my progress!
Upon first glance, this piece looks tougher than it actually is, thanks to Mozart's use of scales, arpeggios, etc. Most of it is not difficult - however with bars 11 and 12 I find the rhythm a bit confusing, considering there are half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and even sixteenth notes, all in 2 bars!
The only other difficulty I have found is the timing between some of the staccato notes in bars 15 to 17. I find I often do not play the eighth rest between the second G natural and first F natural. It's not intentional - but I can't seem to break the habit yet!
My favourite part is from bars 24 to 28, and also from bars 4 to 7. Both have lots of eighth notes so they are really fun to play, and the rhythms are actually quite simple.
I'm eager to hear the piano track to see how it fits with my part. It will be interesting to hear the two together...I'm definately expecting recording to be the hardest part.
Well, back to practising!

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