Grade 4 Lesson and Technique-In Grade 4 of Succeeding at the Piano students continue to cultivate musicianship and a passion for playing piano! New concepts are: triads and inversions; two octave scales; the circle of fifths; dominant seventh chords in root position; the trill; the key of B flat Major; 3 forms of E minor and G minor; diminished triads; refined pedal technique; sixteenth notes and sixteenth notes variants. Bach’s Prelude in C BWV 846 and classical themes by Brahms Liszt Mozart Beethoven and Grieg are interspersed with folk tunes and original solos by leading FJH composers. By reviewing the concepts of transposing musical forms intervals and technicaltips Grade 4 supports the pedagogical foundation laid down in previous grades.The CD reinforces good practice habits with a short verbal pedagogical comment between the practice track and performance track. It also provides an opportunity to play with a string quartet accompaniment for some of the pieces.

/ 2 Flûtes A Bec Alto, 2 Hautbois (Ou Flûtes A Bec Tenor Ou Violons), Cordes Et Piano (Ou Clavecin)

Ces oeuvres ont été écrites entre 1718-1723 pour le Collegium Musicum de Cöthen et pour le Collegium Musicum de Leipzig. Chaque suite comporte une instrumentation originale et spécifique qui parfois rend hommage à un instrument soliste ou un groupe d'instrument. La difficulté pour les deux interprètes sera de retrouver la richesse du timbre, les phrasés et les articulations propres aux instruments de l'orchestre. / Piano À 4 Mains

For solo voices SATB chorus and Orchestra. Score and parts are available on hire from the publisher which are newly engraved and correspond exactly with this vocal score. Edited with a new English translation by Neil Jenkins. Large print edition.