Memorising from structure
Combine structure, sound and visual memory; start from any section.
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- 5.10 Improvise an answering phrase
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- Memorising from structure (Level 5)
- Where the recapitulation diverges (Licentiate)
In the lessons
8 lessons and 8 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 5.10 | Improvise an answering phraseRondo, Ignaz Pleyel |
| D.9 | Give each rondo return a purposePiano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90: II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen, in E major, Ludwig van Beethoven |
| L.1 | Build a five-voice argument across a complete pairPrelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| L.2 | Connect recitative, motion and harmonic directionPiano Sonata No. 17 in D minor “Tempest”, Op. 31 No. 2: I. Largo – Allegro, Ludwig van Beethoven |
| L.10 | Keep the dance inside a large rondoRondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5, Frédéric Chopin |
| L.14 | Enter after the tuttiPiano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso, Frédéric Chopin |
| C.2 | Give a late-sonata movement structural weightPiano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato, Ludwig van Beethoven |
| C.6 | Preserve contrast across a complete late sonataPiano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 — complete, Frédéric Chopin |
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