ABRSM Grade 3 05/06

[lil_wei]

Dear teachers,

  Can anyone provide some tips on how to bring up the mood when playing C2:Cha Cha by Siegfried Merath, in the sense of the fingers' touch & dynamics?

  I'm aware that students are encouraged to develope their own style, but is there a way to guide them into a more correct direction?

  thanks.

[princess_moose]

The piece is mostly staccato, but a very good pianist friend of mine gets pupils to use some legato in the middle section. I've copied what he wrote for someone:

The bar with the lh chord F-Ab-C-Eb is a great example. Try this:
- play the preceeding quaver C's staccati
- the succeeding Eb-D-C Eb-D-C pattern legato
- the following E-G-E-C staccato

[lil_wei]

Thanks Princess Moose for the description, truly I appreciate it!

will try to experiment on it with my student! 

[princess_moose]

That is ok. Do tell how you find it .