Week 1 Thread: Exploring the 18th Century!
Welcome to the Main Thread for the third week of "Mozart & Haydn - Music from the 18th Century" challenge!
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Most of the time, the music for keyboard instruments written during the 18th century is defined as simple, pleasing, and overall superficial. And yet, the works written during this period contain the seeds for the development of larger musical forms.
This week we will start looking at music from a different perspective and consider the musical elements as building blocks of a structure that is meant to communicate a message.
Pick a piece from the suggested repertoire according to your level or share any piece written during the 18th century that you have been working on!
Post in the forum what you discovered playing your piece and your goals for this challenge!
If you want to describe your process, feel free to use the following template.
- Piece(s) you have been working on:
- Things you found easy:
- Things you found difficult:
Happy sharing
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Onward and upward with Haydn, but still only the exposition of the 3rd movement, still working on ways to nuance the dynamics while maintaining the tempo. It's a great piece, rich with thinking opportunities yet not overwhelming. THANK YOU, ANTONELLA, for suggesting it to my friend Gail - I just tagged along.
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I had a very full week so I did not get a chance to make a video, but during the week of the the nice “getting to know you phase” of my new piece (Mozart k280, Adagio) I mainly focused on listening to various artists performances, writing in the fingers I want to use, and working on the trills. Enjoyed everyone’s videos!