Historical keyboard instruments
Harpsichord, clavichord, organ and fortepiano and what each does to touch and sustain.
- Category
- Style periods and performance practice
- First taught in
- 5.7 Recognise a sequence
- Theory cards
- Playing Baroque music on a modern piano (Level 5)
- The piano grows with the music (Level 10)
- Fortepiano and modern grand (Diploma)
In the lessons
4 lessons and 4 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 5.7 | Recognise a sequenceInvention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 10.10 | Prepare a complete performancePrelude in A-flat major, Op. 28 No. 17, Frédéric Chopin |
| D.4 | Let ornament and sequence direct the phrasePrelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 859 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| D.5 | Connect two contrasting movementsPiano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78 — complete, Ludwig van Beethoven |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 5.7 | Rests and syncopation |
| 10.10 | Seventh colours |
| D.4 | Compound intervals |
Related ideas
In the app, the Theory library has the whole cards, with their questions, and a deep dive into this idea. The glossary from A to Z
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