Look Who it Was Random video

Jazzy - Aaron Copland - ABRSM 2017/18 Grade 8 Piano C4 with TEACHING NOTES

999 views · Published 10 November 2016 · 1:50 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: MusicOnline UK · 2016 · Education

Watch on YouTube

Want a DISTINCTION in YOUR next ABRSM Exam? https://www.music-online.org.uk/2019/01/how-to-get-distinction-in-abrsm-exams.html Jazzy - Aaron Copland - ABRSM 2017/18 Grade 8 Piano C4 

TEACHING NOTES
The outer sections of this Jazzy by Copland need a light cheeky style with a very relaxed physical style. In this video many of the chords are played staccato in the LH adding to the lightness in performance. As mentioned in the ABRSM edition the dotted rhythms can be played as swing rhythms, but take care when the quavers occur exactly on the half beat (e.g. 2nd half of bar 2 and 6) that they are NOT swung here.

The middle section needs some rhythmic flexibility a sensitive rubato will help bring out the bluesy feel. Careful voicing of the LH is needed where it takes the melody for example the two chromatic runs marked "sentimentally" as also the tenuto notes in bara 30 and 31 which will need  a little extra weight.

In the official ABRSM teaching notes it refers to the last bar as a "Tom and Jerry" finish. Try and portray the comic effect in your performance.

-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Please watch: "STOP PRESS - Sample Papers for the NEW style ABRSM Music Theory Papers AVAILABLE NOW!!" 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZX0gKgma2M
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Listen to MusicOnline UK on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/7Cbh8cZ9RHTwqdPlZxGHQc ~~~~~~~~~~~
Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xqQPQuxdxPbwfa5GYm_rQ/join

More from this channel