Beschreibung
From VENTURING BEYOND, this is Fantasy in A-flat minor - the only early-intermediate piano piece in A-flat minor of which I (the composer) am aware.
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<i>Notes on the composition:</i>
The fantasy is an open-ended, improvisational genre within the Western Classical tradition. Often, seasoned performers would improvise a bit at the end of each concert, and a few continue that practice today. This fantasy develops a couple of small ideas (a rising motive and a turning figure) as an improvising performer might. In this piece, some rubato is appropriate, though the overall tempo should remain slow.
Skills employed in this piece:
* Reading in heavily flat key signatures with double-flats
* Beginning polyphony in LH
* Reading ties that extend across barlines
* Smooth navigation of melodic leaps spanning 3rds-6ths
* Warmth and richness of tone
<i>Notes on the collection:</i>
VENTURING BEYOND features twenty late beginner to early intermediate-level piano solos, representing all key signatures with three or more sharps/flats (including enharmonics)--keys rarely seen in today's pedagogical piano literature for the early grades. These pieces, written in Baroque, Classical and Romantic styles, not only help acquaint students with the idea of reading "within keys," but they also introduce common musical genres of the Western Classical canon (including the scherzo, sarabande, minuet, and fugue). These short, expressive compositions--each no more than two pages in a medium-sized font and requiring no more than a major sixth reach--are also ideal for adult students who desire to play musically satisfying repertoire that is within their technical grasp, but still suitable for public and private performance.
This volume also refrains from invoking programmatic titles or content that might suggest that it is geared toward the school-age student; thus, it is ideal for student pianists of all ages, from 5 to 105! This volume is pre-formatted to print double-sided, so that each of the two-page pieces will lie on facing pages when bound and no page turns will be required."