Piano Adventures 4: Bouree and Voicing

 This lesson plan includes activities for "Bouree" in Piano Adventures 4.

Listen to Bouree and pay attention to the contrasting articulations and phrasing.

Watch this quick video to learn more about the Baroque period. Play the repeat with terraced dynamics (Forte the first time, piano on the repeat).

Technique

Melody notes are usually the higher pitches, but sometimes melodies are in the middle or lower voices parts of a song. Watch this Voicing the Melody video (First 5 minutes) to learn about "miming" less important notes as you voice or play the melody line with more emphasis and weight.

Start at 1:00 and watch the first section of this video which includes Tips for Finger Independence  

for voicing different notes within the same hand.

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Supplementary Pieces

Anytime Anywhere by Angie Killian

The Merry Farmer by Schumann in Succeeding with the Masters 1, Snell 3, Bastian Lit Vol 1. 

Will Baily You Are the One (Audio) - Voicing Middle Notes

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