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Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow - Ben Crosland - ABRSM 2017-18 Grade 4 Piano C2 with TEACHING NOTES

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TEACHING NOTES
Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow, should have a metronomic steady pulse throughout and not too fast. Try to feel the two in a bar time signature.

A good mark will be gained from meticulous attention to every articulation detail - staccato, tenuto and slur. For example, in my experience of teaching this piece, a common mistake is to slur the LH quaver chord in the first bar (etc) onto the next beat - make sure it is staccato.

A particularly tricky section is from bar 13-15. Pay attention to the exact length of the long notes and use a fingering that will enable you to play the shorter notes without releasing the former. (0:26) As a note on fingering, in the ABRSM edition they suggest a substitution at bars 13 and 15, however, considering that the previous note to each of these bars is tenuto (long, but separated) you could get away without changing finger if you can move quick enough into position without losing time as in this video. Experiment with both to see what works best for you.

A very quick finger substitution would probably work best at bar 29 as suggested in the ABRSM edition and also on this video. It happens so quick you might need to put the video on 0.25 speed to see it at timestamp (0:54)

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