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Scherzo - Heinrich Hofmann - ABRSM 2017/18 Grade 4 Piano B1 with TEACHING NOTES

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TEACHING NOTES
After the dramatic sforzandi of the opening bars, this Scherzo by Hofmann settles into a delightful playful tune. Keep the RH staccato notes light throughout enjoying the melody of the LH.

This piece may seem a little difficult for Grade 4 piano at first, but the notes follow a nice pattern and sit well under the hand if you follow the suggested fingering. Practice with a metronome first.

Some pedalling has been marked in the ABRSM edition, but a couple of extra dabs have been added to this video which you may like to copy; the arpeggios of bars 2 and 4 (which will add to the intensity of the crescendo) 0:07 and 0:11  and also the LH slurs in bars 17 and 19 adding a little extra warmth to this contrasting section. 0:36 and 0:39 .

In bars 25 / 26 be careful to release the pedal (and indeed the LH) before the rest in each figure so that only the top RH note is sounding (0:50)

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