D.10 Carry a barcarolle pulse through chromatic colour
Prepare Albéniz’s complete original-piano Mallorca (Barcarola), Op. 202, in F-sharp minor. Maintain the barcarolle pulse while bringing out the melody and independent inner lines. Compare its grace-note approaches with sustained harmonic notes, then balance the arpeggios without washing out the bass. Map the central contrast, long return and coda from the complete score. The D-minor held-voice warm-up trains the hands’ independence on its own; shape the phrasing and pedal in the F-sharp minor score itself.
- Ideas
- Technique
- F-sharp harmonic minor scale, hands together, 4 octaves
- D minor cantabile, hands separately: hold one voice while the inner fingers move