ABRSM Grade 8 pieces (Debussy and Soler)

[cameronbiles]

Hi all these are two of my Grade 8 pieces that ill hope to be doing in the autumn exam session , sorry for any background noise and any comments and marks out of 30 would be very much appreciated.

 

[lukediv]

Hi,

I have played the Debussy before and this is what i thought.

I would make sure to check the notes, in some cases there are added notes because you're not holding the ties i think

I would give the opening theme a little more rubato, it lends itself to it and it says tempo rubato

I would try and Clean up the 3rds and the semi quavers bars 8/9
I liked the Beginning of the A minor section, very nice contrast
In Bar 26 I would try and keep a steady tempo there, it says Poco rit in my edition – you held back just a little too much maybe?
Bars 30-31 – few missed notes?
Bar 49 – its building here but I think you’ve done it too quick, when it gets to bar 52 that’s the climax, you've left yourself nowhere to go dynamically.
Bar 51, theres no indication in my edition to hold back there, I think you need to maintain the tempo there
Bars 52-55 – those top notes are tied, I might be wrong but I think your playing them again
Same thing around bar 60 – the markings are poco a poco – little by little, your getting too loud too soon so when you get to the forte section in bar 65 – it loses its effect I think
Bar 65 – I think the exit from the trill ended on the wrong note? My edition says CDEFG
Bar 70 – you’ve added a note there – I think youre playing the tied note there again
Bar 81 – I think it needs to be louder there on that big chord
On those last two chords I would hold them a little longer. Theyre a little too staccato I think.

I think you've started well, you've got most of the notes down so now you just need to work section by section and try to eliminate some of the musical misunderstandings

Hope this helps,

[cameronbiles]

Yup, it does I now know were to work on( I was in the process of cleaning those 3rds up anyway : P)

[cameronbiles]

After my usual practise session ,I feel a right idiot as it is small finer details I missed and only took about an hour to correct the majority of your points