Sunday, March 30, 2008

Ear Worm and Shifting Exercise

At the same site that I found the first movement of the Breval Sonata in C they also had a copy of the Brahms Waltz. I had heard this piece played by one of the SMA kid's so tried it out. It has lots of shifting so it's a great exercise for that technique. However, it does give one ear worm disease. The melody is haunting and doesn't go away easily.

My cellist friend has the Breval score, so I'll get a copy of the piano part for the first movement. I'm going to try to get it approved for the next chamber music class in the fall. It would be nice to play a piece where one doesn't have to spend twenty hours just finding the notes.

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