Performance exemplar - solo piano (score)

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Performance exemplar - solo piano (audio)

how effectively a performance uses the correct pitches, rhythms and performance directions

how effectively a performance ‘flows’ seamlessly without interruption or hesitation

the tuning of notes; if a performer has good intonation it means that the notes are not out-of-tune

Listen through to this performance

British English CC

At one point, we can hear some incorrect notes

This section isn’t perfectly fluent, with the tempo slightly fluctuating

Compare this audio to the score - how could this be made more accurate?

Can you hear the two notes that ‘stick out’ in the melody here?

The sound generally has a clear tone and confident projection

Can you hear those features in this clip?

Task A audio

Solo keyboard performance

Music

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Solo keyboard performance

Lesson outcome