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Performance notes 2
Metronome markings are given as a useful guide and are not def initive. Repeats of more than a few bars
should be omitted in the exam unless otherwise instructed, as indicated in this book. All da capo and dalsegno
instructions should be observed.
Please refer to the Piano Syllabus 2021-2023 for details on all sections of the exam.
Check trinitycollege.com/piano to make sure you are using the current version.
TECHNICAL WORK
Candidates prepare 1. Scales, 2. Arpeggios and 3. Exercises
SUPPORTING TESTS
Candidates choose TWO of the followino:
- Sight reading
- Aural
- lmprovisation
- Musical knowledge
F Sight reading examples can be found in Slght Readinq Piano: Grades 3-5 (TCL O2O499) (available late 2020)
! Practice aural tests can be found in Aural lesfs book 1 (lnitial-Grade 5) f rom 2017 ICL 015808)
5 A range of resources to support teaching and learning is available at trinitycollege.com/piano-resources
F For guidance on improvisation and musical knowledge, please visit trinitycollege.com/supporting-tests or refer to the syllabus
The repertoire in this book can also be used for Trinity's submission exams.
. Please check trinitycollege.com/submission-exams for more details.
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Coranto / Anon. Page 7 whereas you might think of the theme that starts in bar lO as
more lyrical in style. Other details can also help to give this
Renaissa nce piece buoyancy and life, such as the frequent sets of three
Articulation quavers in the left hand at the ends of bars (eg bars 5 and 6).
Changing time signatures Perhaps you could imagine each of these notes gains slightly
'Coranto'takes its name from the word for'running'and more energy than the previous one, propelling the music
referred to the fast-paced dance that music with this title towards the next bar - not in terms of tempo, but rather
was written to accompany. The editorial suggestion of 'lively'
the dynamic and musical intensity. This in turn feeds into
is certainly appropriate!
the overall feeling of elegance, with each phrase having a
distinctive shape, and the music always having a good sense
The original score of this vivacious plece in tni Fitzwittiam of direction.
VirginalBook contains no phrasing, dynamics, f ingering,
change of time signature or tempo indications. Looking When playing piano music f rom the Classical period, it's
at the editorial suggestions here, the slurring patterns worth having a listen to the sound of the fortepiano - the
predecessor of the modern piano. With its softer tone that
at the beginning help to emphasise the f irst beat of the
bar to strengthen the dance feel, and the dynamics help doesn't sustain as well as the modern piano, it gives pieces a
gentlel more intimate character.
to highlight the different sections of the piece. However,
there are different ways to approach this piece, particularly
bearing in mind that it was originally composed for the Valse sentimentale / Schubert Page 10
virginals, a forerunner of the harpsichord and piano. The
sound of the virginals was relatively gentle, but the notes did Romantic
not sustain for very long, and so a relatively detached touch Expressive playing
on the piano might be one way to suggest an element of this, Balance: between hands and within chords
and to enhance the rhythmic character of the music.
Schubert's compositional output is astonishing given
The change of time signature can also be interpreted in his short lifespan, and he wrote several hundreds of
different ways. You might like to think of the minim pulse dance pieces, including many waltzes. The waltzes in the
staying the same - even though that's the same as what's 'sentimental' collection are particularly appealing, with their
suggested here in mathematicalterms, it means you can exoressive character.
see a more direct correlation between the two sections.
The 'sentimental' aspect of this waltz, to a large degree,
Compare, for example, the first bar of the piece with bars 11
comes from the repeated resolution of a dissonance, which
and 12. In the original edition, bars 1l and 12 were combined
is first heard in bar 3. Here, the first right-hand chord
as one bar - so the first two notes in the top part were
contains a dissonance (C sharp), before resolving (to B)
minims, exactly as in the f irst bar of the piece. In other
on the last crotchet of the bar. For the f irst two times this
words, the second section is an evolution of the first, with
happens (bars 3 and 5), Schubert marks an accent over the
new cross-rhythms introduced in the left hand.
f irst chord, to emphasise the 'clashing' effect of this chord.
Try to find a recording of this or another Coranto played on By leaning on this chord and then lightening the one that
a harpsichord or virginals - you'll notice the very different follows, it gives the piece a lilting effect that heightens the
sound generated by the plucking of the strings, giving the usual rhythmic pattern of a waltz, where the f irst beat in the
music a very rhythmic character. left hand is stressed. lt seems reasonable to assume this
accentuation should continue for the rest of the piece.
Allegro / Ou5ek Page 8 Schubert gives the indication zart at the beginning, meaning
'tender' or 'delicate', which perfectly encapsulates the style
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of this beautiful miniature. lt's also worth considering two
Variety of articulation issues of balance in this piece. Firstly, the balance between
Phrasing
the hands, where the order of priority is headed up by the
We often translate'Allegro' simply as'quick' or'fast', but
right-hand melody, followed by the left-hand bass note, and
this movement is an excellent example of when'lively' lastly by the left-hand chords. Secondly, the balance within
or 'cheerf ul' is a much more accurate and appropriate the right hand, where there are usually at least two parts.
t ra nslation. Take bars 6-7 as an example, where the quavers in the lower
part of the right hand are the main melodic line, before it
In conveying this cheerful mood, the score gives us plenty switches back to the top part in bar 8. You might like to think
of helpful leads - phrase markings, dynamics, rests, and of this as passing a musical baton between the two parts!
indications such as sfaccafo dots and wedges. You might
also like to think a little beyond this too, for example by
characterising the opening theme as bold or declamatory,
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Lullaby Comping in the left hand
Projecting a melody Melody exchanges between hands
A Berceuse is a lullaby or cradle song. In this lovely example, Amy Beach was an American composer anc : tr^ :. ;-,
the gently f lowing semiquavers and steady pulse help create the first successful American female composer .' .- -'=-
a peaceful atmosphere. music. She wrote Younq Peop/e s Carnival in 189i , ^ : -
six pieces all to do with European pantomimes.
The cantabile marking at the start ('in a singing style') gives
a good guide to the importance of the melody in this piece This piece musically depicts 'Pantalon', an amusinq .' .'. -'
- the notes are marked by the stems that go upwards in the deriving from the ltalian Commedia dell'arte. The or :l^=
right hand. You might like to think of the piece as a song 1894 edition simply states that the tempo is Alleqro. ;,-
without words, and perhaps even try singing it to help with there is some flexibility with the speed of this piece, ii s -,=
the phrasing! Keeping the top of the right-hand-as /egafo as if it does not drag, in order to convey the lighter, comic=
possible will help project the tune with a singing tone, rather tone of the oiece.
than relying solely on the sustaining pedalto play smoothly.
Amy Beach is believed to have had small hands, so do
Although the metronome mark and tempo indication aren't not worry if your left hand has to jump around a bit in a
particularly slow, it might also be helpf ul to think of the overall 'comping' style, as this would have been the case for her i:
pulse as being one dotted crotchet beat per bar. Certainly if This motion might even help you embody the jollity of the
you were rocking a baby to sleep to this music, you'd want to work. Depending on hand size and comfort, an alternative
use that as your pulse, not the quavers! You can take plenty fingering would be to use finger 5 (right hand) on the thirc
of time at the two bars marked ral/., remembering that the quaver of bar 5 and finger 4 on the first quaver of bar 6, ar:
quintuplet in bar 15 is marked dolce ('sweetly' or 'softly') follow this pattern when this phrase is repeated.
- perhaps think of it being rather wistful or thoughtful in
charactel rather than in any sense fast or virtuosic. Paaa
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Notice how the dynamic level rncreases gradually, rising nands, and try to create the impression of one hand playing.
to forfe in bar 19, to create the impression of the army
At bar 1'l the time signature changes, with the direction to
getting closer. Now they are visible in all their
regalia, metre through the I passages. Here,
marching through the town, and the middle B section needs
a confident, fuil sound to portray this. While the ft-hand notes and the descending
left hand e right create a sense of urgency and
underpins the melody, the right hand has some jumps
to ng section returns.
negotiate. Make use of the rests to move the hand into
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new position to ensure that you land on the next phrase
accurately. From bar 36, as the right hand moves up
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registe; so the dynamic level drops and the piece ends
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