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What does the title tell you about how this piece should be played?
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To play more loudly on the piano, change from using finger strength to arm weight to help push the keys with more force.
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Make up a story to help you remember that the music needs to get louder and then quieter. Perhaps the Elf is tapping quietly at first but gradually getting angrier and angrier as nothing happens whilst he taps, then he calms down as he sees the tapping is changing the shape of the shield that he is trying to make.... Or maybe you have a different story that you are telling..
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Phrasing in music makes the music sound more interesting. Just like when we speak we change the speed, volume and pitch of our voice, try that on the piano and see how ALIVE your music sounds!
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Listen carefully to the BALANCE OF THE HANDS - which hand is playing louder for each phrase?
Why do you think that is? Think about where the MELODY (or the TUNE) is in the music - is this the loudest part or is the HARMONY (the notes that accompany the melody) that is the loudest?
How will this affect the way you are going to play Moonlight Melody?
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Look out for the phrases and slur markings.
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Remember the REPEAT SIGN
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The demonstration video is quite quick - practise much slower than this to start with!
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Create your own Storms on Saturn improvisation using the same structure.
Listen to some examples below.
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Remember those F sharps!
In bar 3, that LEFT HAND over the top only plays one note (B) the rest of the notes are played by the right hand which doesn't need to move. Watch me play in the video to see what I mean.
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Your part comes in on beat 4 (the last beat of the bar) This is called an anacrusis.
Don't forget that notes that are tied need to be HELD, not played again.
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On the recording there is no pause for the fermata - you can only really do this in person where looking at each other communicates when you are going to start playing again.
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Can you make the music tell a story of the dancing leaves by changing the dynamics?
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Can you make up your own piece of music by playing these patterns in a different order?
What do you notice that happens to the THIRD note in each of the MINOR keys?
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Look out for the move up an octave in line 3 of the second page and remember to move back down for line 4.
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Both hands play exactly the same patterns!
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Count throughout the piece to help get the quavers in the right place. The second recording below will help with this; go slowly at first!
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