Hello again!
Today instead of just commenting on my progress, I am going to analyze the Sonatina from "Divertimento #2".
This piece is written in 4/4 time (common for classical era pieces) and is written in the key signature of C major. It has an allegro tempo, and has many dynamic changes. It begins at forte, however it suddenly changes to piano at the last quarter note of bar 11. It then has a change back to forte at bar 14, then to piano again at the last eighth note of bar 15, back to, you guessed it, forte at measure 18, back to piano at the last eighth of bar 19, back to forte at the last quarter note of measure 21.... you may have begun to see a pattern here. Yes, forte and piano are the only 2 dynamic contrasts in the piece. There are no crescendos or decrescendos either. It has one tempo change - at the last bar it slows to ritardando. It has 38 bars in total, not including repeats. I begin to play at bar 3.
As for my practice, today I downloaded the Sonatina off the Oakridge Music homepage. It definitely has that "classical" feel. The only thing is the first time I heard it, I noticed it sounded way different than my sax part! I wasn't expecting it to be as easy as the sax part (after all, you can play triads on a piano, something you obviously can't do on a sax) but it was very different! I'm getting used to it now because as long as I count the 4/4 timing properly. I've been using my metronome as well, even though it's v. annoying to hear that insistent ticking, piano, and myself at the same time, it still helps. I am pleased to say that the bars 15-17 I was struggling with before are shaping up nicely. I still need a bit of practice with the other "problem" bars however (11-14). They are coming along though, better than before anyways.
Speaking of practising, I better get on that!
Hasta luego!
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