Ambiente: tempo y dinámica
Lesson time: (2min 18sec)
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This lesson is part of the course Aprende clásicos de Navidad al piano
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Lesson transcript:
Tempo and Feel
Let's look at the tempo. It says crotchet equals 95, so that's fairly fast.
I wouldn't say it's allegretto or allegro (lively). I would describe it as:
- A sort of walking pace
- A jolly walking pace
Remember, it's a happy piece.
Time Signature
It's in F major, but it's in 4/4, which means that we want:
It's not just 1, 2, 3, 4. It's not like a march.
- Beat one is probably slightly more stressed than the others.
- Beat four leads into beat one.
Direction of Line
This is what we want to avoid: a disjointed approach. Rather, we want to have a direction of line.
If we were singing it, we'd be saying:
"O little town of Bethlehem,"
with a line and a phrase.
For example, I did a kind of complete sentence:
"O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie."
We kind of use our breath and go the whole way through.
Dynamics
Let's look at a few dynamics.
- There's nothing written here, so it's up to you to create a bit of splash of pink or red or blue here and there.
- You'll create your own dynamics.
I personally would begin around mf, and as you phrase off, you'll have a decrescendo.
In the words:
"Yet in thy dark streets,"
you might want to be a little bit warmer because the dark streets are shining, and then maybe a diminuendo.
Looking at bar eight, we kind of swelled out to "the dark streets shining," and then we sort of diminuendoed.
About the instructor
Reconocida como una de las pianistas más versátiles y carismáticas de Gran Bretaña, Annabel Thwaite disfruta de una carrera diversa como solista, música de cámara, artista de grabación, docente y examinadora, y ha ganado todos los principales premios de acompañamiento, incluidos los prestigiosos Kathleen Ferrier, Gold Medal y Richard Tauber Piano Prizes. Ha colaborado con artistas de renombre como Roberto Alagna, Bryn Terfel, David Kempster y "Only Men Aloud!" Annabel ha grabado para Universal records con el "Scottish Tenor", cuyo álbum fue nominado a un Classical Brit Award y suena con regularidad en Classic FM. Dos veces acompañante del Festival of Welsh Male choirs, sus actuaciones en el Royal Albert Hall fueron grabadas por Sain y emitidas en S4C. También es pianista de sesión de cine, habiendo grabado en Abbey Road la música de la película "Awake", la serie de la BBC sobre Jane Austen "Emma", "The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister" y, más recientemente, ha aparecido tanto en Blue Peter como en "The Rob Brydon Show". "...sin duda ayudada por los acompañamientos de piano evidentemente brillantes de Annabel Thwaite... sumamente disfrutable." En sus cursos de MusicGurus —Learn Christmas Classics on Piano, Learn Classical Favourites on Piano y Growing Chamber Groups and Small Ensembles— Annabel comparte la musicalidad que hay detrás de esa carrera versátil. Aprenderás a dar vida al piano a piezas navideñas y clásicas muy queridas, a desarrollar tu toque y tu fraseo y, apoyándote en su experiencia premiada como acompañante, a descubrir cómo escuchar, liderar y tocar en conjunto al hacer música con otros músicos en grupos de cámara y pequeños conjuntos. read more