Bastian Lit 1: The Merry Farmer and Voicing/Balance

This post includes lesson plans for "The Merry Farmer by Robert Schumann in Succeeding with the Masters 1, Snell 3, Bastian Lit Vol 1. 

Music Samples and History

Robert Schumann wrote this piece as a birthday present for his oldest daughter Marie. 

Label the form in your music of The Merry Farmer by Robert Schumann as you listen to the performance video.

Watch The Merry Farmer Piano Tutorial to learn about voicing the melody as you practice.

Color the right-hand harmony chords yellow.

Practice tip: Play the melody line alone, then ghost-play the (yellow) harmony notes before playing hands together.

Listen to a Classics for Kids podcast About Robert Schumann or Music for the Harvest Season.

Supplementary Music with Left-Hand Melody Voicing

Romance in B Minor by Phillip Keveren in Hal Leonard Lesson Book 5

The Wild Horseman by Schumann  in Easy Classics to Moderns, Bastian  Lit Vol 1, & Succeeding with the Masters 1 Romantic