Tendre fleur, Op. 100 No. 10

2.7 Read the tempo and phrase

Study Burgmüller’s Tendre fleur, Op. 100 No. 10, in D. Read its words before you play: delicato (bar 1), the crescendo and diminuendo hairpins of bars 5–6 and 9–12, “dim. e poco rall.” (softer and a little slower) at the end of each phrase (bars 7, 15 and 23), and a tempo, back to the first speed, in bar 17.

Ideas

• Crescendo and diminuendo
• Tempo changes
• Character and expression terms

Theory cards

• Slowing down and speeding up
• Dolce, cantabile and other character terms

Technique

• D major scale, hands separately, 2 octaves
• D major solid triad and inversions, hands separately, 2 octaves