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Marche des soldats de bois - P. I. Tchaikovsky - ABRSM 2017/18 Grade 3 Piano B3 with TEACHING NOTES

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TEACHING NOTES
The title means, "march of the wooden soldiers - being toys, their noise of their march will only range between piano and pianissimo. Never allow this piece to get loud.

Dotted rhythms should always be very crisp, thinking of the semiquaver (sixteenth note) as being almost a grace note onto the next beat. Don't allow them to slacken off into a triplet rhythm.

Some notes you might find more convenient to play in the other hand than the one written, such as the LH "D" in bar 6 could be easily played by the RH (0:10) if you prefer.

A common mistake will be a "lazy little finger" in the LH of the middle section. For example, in bars 18/19 (and later where the pattern repeats) the little finger plays the same note at the bottom of two chords, the temptation will be to not repeat this note on the second chord, especially because it is short, but to just let it rest there changing only the top two notes. Watch your hand carefully here to make sure this does not happen. (0:23)

The repeated notes in bar 8 etc could be played on a single finger if you find it gives you more clarity (0:13) - experiment with different finger patterns to see which gives the best result, always keeping your wrist loose.

Finally notice the rather strange pause on the final rest. The music doesn't finish with the last note you played, so don't be in a hurry to jump away from the piano. The pianissimo last chord will create a "pin drop atmosphere" if you allow the silence to hang just for a moment.

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