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Courante - Handel - ABRSM 2017/18 Grade 6 Piano A2 with TEACHING NOTES

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Channel: MusicOnline UK · 2016 · Education

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TEACHING NOTES
Ideally this piece should be quite fast, Courante comes from the word meaning "running". However, this should not be at the risk of a messy rendition and so start learning this slowly, building up the speed with a metronome only when you feel comfortable. Although the metronome marking indicates a quaver beat, you should try to feel an almost one in a bar with a slight extra weight on the first quaver, lightening the 2nd and 3rd, to achieve a flowing dance like performance.

 Dynamics are not shown in this ABRSM edition but the piece would benefit from some extra colour. In this video for example at 0:10 notice the subito piano, followed by a louder sequence of this phrase.

Take notice of the notes that overlap in bars 15 and 16 (0:21) but generally throughout the piece the LH quavers should be light and detached with a more predominant RH.

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