L3#17 In the Hall of The Mountain King - Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course 3, p. 34-35 скачать в хорошем качестве

L3#17 In the Hall of The Mountain King - Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course 3, p. 34-35

Recorded on Nov 4, 2015. I listened this classical “march-like” piece a dozen of times two decades ago. Until last month, I did not know that this piece was composed by Edvard Hagerup Grieg, who was a famous Norwegian composer and pianist [1]. The most viewed “In the hall of the mountain king” video [2] on Youtube was performed by the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg under the direction of Scott Lawton; the video has been viewed over 5.2 million times since it was uploaded seven years ago in 2008. Another highly recommended “In the hall of the mountain king” performance [3] was played by the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra in 2011. The challenge is three-fold: (1) staccato notes throughout the entire piece, (2) changing dynamics from quiet to loud, and (3) tremolo in bars 38 and 39. Among these three challenging issues, I haven’t well addressed the dynamic control. When it comes to the tremolo, it was uncertain to me how long bars 38-39 should be played. I followed my instinct to play the tremolo notes. The recording process of the past piece (i.e., “L3#16 Come Back to Sorrento”) was unpleasant. My goal was to boost the success rate up to 50% without paying little attention to controlling the dynamics of the “Mountain King” piece. Unfortunately, the recording procedure of “Mountain King” is even worse than that of “Come Back to Sorrento” in terms of success rate. The success rate is dropping down to 17.7% (i.e., 2/12) rather than going up. Comments and Feedback from Mike eKim [4]: (1) The Forte section didn't seem much louder than the preceding section, and I think you could make the piano sections even quieter. (2) If I were practising this piece I'd simplify the dynamics into (a) playing as quietly and delicately as possible, (b) playing as a 'normal' volume then (c) playing significantly louder (and not speeding up as you get louder, although I know this piece does do that, not all pieces will, so I wouldn't want to get into the habit of loud must = fast) (3) You're making a difference between the staccato and accent. Maybe you could accent more (or if not more accent, play the unaccented notes quieter. Its all about contrast after all) (4) Last 5 bars. pp to f good, but I don't think the last chord should be staccato. It's still a crotchet like the preceding notes. Left hand p to ff, you forgot to start p, and its lasts for 6 beats :-) A Summary of the Learning Process: Learned on: Sept 28 – Oct 11, 2015 Recording: 30 minutes Success Rate: 2/12 = 17.7% Started Playing Piano: Feb 10, 2012 Total Hours Played: 1229 hours Piano: Yamaha P22 Copyright: MCMLXXXVII, MCMXCVII by Alfred Publishing Co. Inc Book: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Lesson Book, Level Three. Page 34-35. By Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco Item: 00-2263 UPC: 038081001012 ISBN 10: 0-88284-636-1 ISBN 13: 9780882846361 http://www.alfred.com/Products/Alfred... If you would like to SUBSCRIBE to our piano channel, please click here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... References [1] Edvard Grieg — Biography of Norway's Greatest Composer http://www.mnc.net/norway/grieg.htm [2] The most viewed “In the hall of the mountain king” video on Youtube    • In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gyn...   [3] The “In the hall of the mountain king” Performance played by the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra    • Видео   [4] Mike eKim:    / mbut123