Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Beyond the Comfort Zone
Trust my chamber music teacher to come up with another piece to throw me out of my comfort zone on the cello this year. This time he wants me to tackle the "Andante Cantabile" from Schumann's quartet in E flat, opus 47. Not only does it have cello solos but it has a section with six flats!!! He had us read through it tonight and thought it was within my range. Ha!
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4 comments:
Flats, schmats. Gorgeosity!
that is such a beautiful piece! I'm sure you'll do just fine with it!
Oooh...that's a pretty piece. I've only sight read it but isn't there a section where you have to tune the C string down a step...or something to that effect?
I'm sure it'll be so much fun to play that you'll forget about the flats.
Worked on fingering the first 32 measures today and playing those measures along with a recording. CelloGirl is correct re: C string tuning, but I'm electing to play only the top note instead of that long long long double stop.
Thanks for all the words of encouragement!
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