Lessons 323–332

Piano Unit 17

Lesson 323 Elfin Dance, Op. 12, No. 4 by Edvard Grieg

Video Lesson
14:21
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Practice Session
7 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the A section of "Elfin Dance," Op. 12, No. 4 by Edvard Grieg
  • Review identifying and analyzing chords in the key of E minor
  • Review "forzando" marking

Lesson 324 Elfin Dance by Edvard Grieg: B Section

Video Lesson
13:29
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Practice Session
7 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the B section of "Elfin Dance," Op. 12, No. 4 by Edvard Grieg
  • Review how to analyze melodic intervals minor & major 2nds & 3rds

Lesson 325 Elfin Dance by Edvard Grieg: Coda

Video Lesson
10:37
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Practice Session
8 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the coda section of "Elfin Dance" by Edvard Greig
  • New symbol: Double sharp, what it looks like and how to play it

Lesson 326 Elfin Dance by Edvard Grieg: Form & Artistry

Video Lesson
12:47
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Practice Session
8 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • Analyze the form of "Elfin Dance" by Edvard Grieg
  • How to interpret music composed in the "Romantic Era"
  • Tips for performing "Elfin Dance" with artistry

Lesson 327 Perfect 4ths

Video Lesson
10:15
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Practice Session
8 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to identify the interval of a perfect 4th on the piano and on the staff
  • Practice recognizing perfect 4ths by ear and creating perfect 4ths on the piano

Lesson 328 Augmented 4ths & Diminished 4ths

Video Lesson
16:38
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Practice Session
7 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to identify an augmented 4th on the piano and on the staff
  • How to identify a diminished 4th on the piano and on the staff
  • Practice creating augmented and diminished 4ths on the piano and recognizing them by ear

Lesson 329 Hanon Exercise #12

Video Lesson
10:01
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Practice Session
5 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • Tips for practicing Exercise #12 from "The Virtuoso Pianist" by C. L. Hanon
  • Review Mr. Hoffman's "fast tools" for learning to play rapidly and evenly
  • Review how to play with your best piano posture

Lesson 330 Scherzo, from Piano Sonata No. 9 by Franz Haydn

Video Lesson
18:48
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Practice Session
6 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the A section of "Scherzo" from Piano Sonata No. 9 by Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Practice harmonic analysis and identifying chord and non-chord tones
  • Review counting 16th-note rhythms using "1 e & a"

Lesson 331 Scherzo: B Section

Video Lesson
17:04
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Practice Session
7 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the B section of "Scherzo" from Piano Sonata No. 9 by Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Review tips for analyzing melodic intervals
  • Practice tips for playing fast 32nd notes

Lesson 332 Scherzo Form in Piano Sonata No. 9 by Haydn | Lesson 332

Video Lesson
11:53
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Practice Session
8 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • Analyze the form of "Scherzo" by Franz Joseph Haydn
  • How to play "Scherzo" with artistry with attention to dynamics, articulations, phrasing, and voicing
  • Review of Rounded Binary Form