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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Clementi Op. 36 No. 1, Vivace

This Vivace piece is a lot of fun to play, and one of the things that makes it really roll is a fluid scale passage in the RH.  This passage happens in C and in G starting on the third note of the scale.  Here it is in C:



In order to obtain the most fluid movement while emphasizing the most important notes, a student might want to practice this passage in sections.  In the picture above, the practice sections are marked.  The first in pink, the second in yellow, and the third within the green brackets.  Below is how each section would be practiced fluidly.