Voicing and balance
Bringing the melody out of the texture, even within one hand.
- Category
- Expression, dynamics and articulation
- First taught in
- 4.7 Let the melody sing
- Theory cards
- Voicing a melody (Level 4)
- Lines inside double notes (Licentiate)
- Finding the line in figuration (Fellowship and Concert)
In the lessons
16 lessons and 16 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 4.7 | Let the melody singTrällerliedchen (Humming Song), Op. 68 No. 3, Robert Schumann |
| 7.10 | Plan a polished performanceLa huérfana, Op. 1 No. 9, Enrique Granados |
| 7.11 | Keep a lullaby melody above its rocking accompanimentLullaby (Berceuse), Op. 109 No. 7, Friedrich Burgmüller |
| 10.11 | Keep a study’s running line clear and unhurriedDoctor Gradus ad Parnassum, L. 113 No. 1, Claude Debussy |
| D.3 | Keep figuration below a singing lineÉtude in B-flat minor, Op. 8 No. 11, Alexander Scriabin |
| D.10 | Carry a barcarolle pulse through chromatic colourMallorca (Barcarola), Op. 202, Isaac Albéniz |
| D.11 | Keep clarity inside a compact modern sonata movementSonatine, M.40 — I. Modéré, Maurice Ravel |
| D.13 | Keep a concert study brilliant and relaxedÉtude in G major, Op. 40 No. 1, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| L.11 | Keep a perpetual motion transparentImages, première série: Mouvement, L. 110 / CD 105, Claude Debussy |
| L.12 | Preserve musical direction at concert-study speedÉtude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4, Frédéric Chopin |
| L.13 | Keep double sixths light at speedÉtude in D-flat major, Op. 25 No. 8, Frédéric Chopin |
| C.3 | Pace a complete four-movement dramatic sonataPiano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 — complete, Frédéric Chopin |
| C.4 | Keep a theme audible beneath a storm of figurationÉtude in A minor “Winter Wind”, Op. 25 No. 11, Frédéric Chopin |
| C.7 | Reveal an embedded line inside bilateral arpeggiosÉtude in C minor, Op. 25 No. 12, Frédéric Chopin |
| C.9 | Make a substantial toccata a musical argumentToccata in C major, Op. 92, Carl Czerny |
| C.10 | Keep volatile colour under complete concert controlGaspard de la nuit, M. 55: III. Scarbo, Maurice Ravel |
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