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Raindrops and Ribbons
Written for the Method by Musalea
Key C major
Style Romantic
Roughly RCM Prep A–B · ABRSM Initial · Trinity Initial
Focus Contrast detached raindrops with connected ribbons; read seconds through fifths.
What its lesson teaches
Play Raindrops and Ribbons, an original piece in the C five-finger position. Make its staccato notes short and light and its slurred notes smooth, and give the three accented notes (bars 1, 3 and 6) a little more weight without striking harder. Köhler’s Op. 190 No. 4, the alternative, prints no articulation: play it once detached and once connected. Then compare detached and connected versions of the same phrase at the keyboard.
Technique C major five-finger pattern, hands separately C major five-finger pattern, hands separately, staccato
The other lesson pieces of Foundation
Home Light Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Op. 101 No. 10 — Kinderlied (Child’s Song) Study in C major, Op. 190 No. 1 Aller Anfang ist schwer (Every Beginning Is Difficult), Handstücke I No. 1 The First Lessons, Op. 117 No. 3 The First Lessons, Op. 117 No. 4 Study in C major, Op. 190 No. 2 Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Op. 101 No. 11 — Der Kuckuck (The Cuckoo) The First Lessons, Op. 117 No. 1 A Second Voice Three Steps Long Shadows
Previous piece The First Lessons, Op. 117 No. 4The repertoire of Foundation
Next piece Study in C major, Op. 190 No. 2
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