I've been waiting for somebody to post first. I explored the piece when it came out, mostly to see if I dare do it since I'm in remediation relearning everything. The name "dream" got me into too much of a dreamy cliche - there is a steady waltz-like rhythm so any rubato has to keep that in mind. There is also another underlying pulse. The bass line forms a kind of countermelody and it's at this point that I'm afraid I might mess up my left hand in trying to bring it out.
Anyway, we are still in a more primordial stage of learning notes, figuring fingering, bringing out the melody line(s) etc. BTW, did any of you find a comfortable fingering for LH of small size?
The way I play it (in measure 4 and 12, 36 and 44) is that I hold the f and g both with the thumb and d with second finger and b with fifth finger.
...first look.
Exactly the fingering I have figured out!!!
Glad that I could help in some way...I'd like to say though that I didn't intend this a a tutorial so much as just open discussion on the piece. I encourage all to apply due scrutiny, and offer their own thoughts - be they in agreement or to the contrary.I hope that people can offer their own ideas and why they chose them, or say that they didn't like mine for a particular reason..
I'd like to say though that I didn't intend this a a tutorial so much as just open discussion on the piece. I encourage all to apply due scrutiny, and offer their own thoughts - be they in agreement or to the contrary.
or say that they didn't like mine for a particular reason..
Tea from a mug? I was truly disappointed, I had pictured a proper cup and saucer.
So in an effort to further the learning.. I've just sat in adobe acrobat for a moment and removed all dynamic markings from our score. File is attached.. it still contains phrasing and accents.. they were too hard to get out without me just rewriting the score from scratch (which is a heap of effort..)Anyway.. point being.. I would invite anyone to print it, then fill in your own dynamics, by hand, with some pretty serious detail. For example, you may mark multiple dynamics at any one moment such as that the top voice is mf and the lower voice is mp while the accompaniment part is p... or any other array of musical shenanigans.This should help you cement your own interpretive ideas. But then, also.. scan it (or digitally photograph it) and post it.. so that we can look at each others ideas.. because seeing the contrasting thoughts should be interesting and spur further ideas of our own. I'll post mine later today or tomorrow.I also think it would be cool to hear some explanation.. "I like this dynamic there to provide a contrast against that other section" or "this cresc. is meant to build to a climax point in bar X"
I don't like Tschaikovsky for piano, and this hasn't changed my mind. I can't find a way to play it that doesn't strike me as unbearably twee.
This one, I would love to play the melody on a string or wind instrument, with accompaniment and maybe a second voice. Are my instincts on track? Is this piece something that isn't inherently that "pianistic"?
Right, I'm struggling with this piece. I suspected I might. I don't like Tschaikovsky for piano, and this hasn't changed my mind. I can't find a way to play it that doesn't strike me as unbearably twee. I also now can't find a performance that isn't either. The ones I thought were OK are now annoying me just as much as my own playing of it.
Then don't express the sweetness.. rather your disgust for it.
..I understand and accept that I will potentially insult one or more purists with this video.
Instincts are off, I'm afraid. Originally written for the piano. Tschaikovsky was "inspired" by Robert Schumann's Album for the Young to write his own piano suite for children.He wrote a reasonable amount of solo piano music, so I guess he thought he had a talent for it, but IMO he never really comes close to exploiting the colours of the instrument in a way he does with an orchestra.
Then don't express the sweetness.. rather your disgust for it...I understand and accept that I will potentially insult one or more purists with this video.
Re: mocking version. I expected to hear a sarcastic exaggeration. If I had the physical skills, I could do it without my playing fall apart in the places. You'd do everything in exaggeration: sweeping rubato with dramatic pauses, exaggerated crescendos and sudden drops in dynamics, the accompanying chords suddenly swelling in great passion - slower. Make it oh so sugary, and oh so corny emotional, and you'll have sarcasm.
Another form of butchery -if you feel like that about a piece -don't play it -what's the point?This is becoming very negative sadly -
I wasn't actually suggesting anyone submit a tchaikmockski performance. I get to do these things because I'm the creator and thus, omnipotent.No seriously, it was purely a response to j_menz's winge. I quite like the piece despite all its 'twee' (which I also had to google). I don't mind if people screw around with it now, but I think submitted videos for the contest should be as the composer wrote the notes, and interpreted in a 'appropriate' manner.
Oh, and AJ: people who claim omnipotence generally wind up with those fashion challenged coats with the very long sleeves.
and try not to create anything more tangible, like a new species of animal for example..
Oh please do! I'd love to have some kind of a mix between a cat and a spider
Its been done.
Wow, that's the cutest thing ever!When can I expect the delivery?
Never. I killed it on sight.