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Topic: Ornaments for the complete newbie  (Read 1372 times)

Offline newkidintown

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Ornaments for the complete newbie
on: January 28, 2015, 02:42:52 PM
Hello! Sorry I've made so many topics the past couple weeks, a lot's been happening musically...

My primary orchestra got new music the other day, and one of the pieces is Bach's Concerto for Clavier in D major. Since I only started lessons again a few months ago after five-ish years on my own, I've spent most of the past several years playing whatever I wanted, and that never included Baroque pieces (I was admittedly rather immature). So I'm rather excited to have a good chance like this to dive into Baroque-style playing, and I've learned a lot from rehearsal alone (I don't have another lesson for a couple weeks due to school), I'm just a little unclear on ornaments... Are there certain rules I need to know, specific types of ornaments, etc.? I just don't want to make an idiot of myself when the conductor is offering me such a great opportunity.

Offline quantum

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Re: Ornaments for the complete newbie
Reply #1 on: January 28, 2015, 05:30:08 PM
This book is a good introduction, it is concise without too much academic ramblings:
https://www.amazon.com/Ornamentation-A-Question-Answer-Manual/dp/0882845497

Made a Liszt. Need new Handel's for Soler panel & Alkan foil. Will Faure Stein on the way to pick up Mendels' sohn. Josquin get Wolfgangs Schu with Clara. Gone Chopin, I'll be Bach

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Re: Ornaments for the complete newbie
Reply #2 on: January 31, 2015, 07:32:21 PM
Are you going to play one concert of Bach, without know how to play ornaments in baroc style??? Hum...
Search in this forum (on the right top of the page) because there is at least one post with how Bach itself played them.
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Offline hardy_practice

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Re: Ornaments for the complete newbie
Reply #3 on: January 31, 2015, 07:47:06 PM
Bach's own table of ornaments:

B Mus, PGCE, DipABRSM

Offline newkidintown

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Re: Ornaments for the complete newbie
Reply #4 on: February 03, 2015, 06:17:27 PM
Thank you all! That table especially has proven itself very helpful. And @rmbarbosa: it's a student orchestra. These kinds of learning opportunities are why I joined.
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