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Wieniawski's Polonaise Brillante Op.21

4/23/2014

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I absolutely adore this piece. Hence I decided to borrow it out of the library and give it a go! Here are my notes I received after my lesson yesterday - only played a few bars of it though.
  • Really enjoy the top E! After all, it's a polonaise! 
  • There are 2 breaks in the first phrase - one after the top E, the second after the first A. 
  • Don't forget that accent on the first A.
  • Don't play around with the rhythm too much in the 3rd and 4th bar of the solo passage. Just go for it and get to bar 6.
  • Finally enjoy the chord of bar 6! Play it likes it's a huge 4-string chord and aim for the top B. Then just go as fast as you can. *chuckle*
  • Have a bite - like a little chick (!) - in the ba-dum-ba-dum passage - more precisely, bar 7.

More notes:
  • Imagine a royal Polish ballroom filled with dancing, a banquet and music!
  • In the fluttery lines, such as bar 3 of violin line, think of a mazurka (Polish folk dance).
  • Up bow staccato: lots of marteles - requires bite and attack at the front of the note. However, note that it's what come after the attack that creates the body of sound you hear.
  • The trills contain 5 sounds - finger presses string twice.
  • Bar 7 of violin line: attack on first F#, then release the sound on following G and F# - this will create the martele effect.
  • Remember: "it is better to play excellent but slow, than fast but terrible."
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