Comments on: Monday Mailbag – Introducing Baroque Music

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:59:00 +0000

Thank you so much for answering my question. The Baroque Spirit books look wonderful. Martina, your exercise suggestion looks especially helpful.

By: Martina

Martina — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:39:57 +0000

I think its very important to develop independet hands from the beginning. So years before the first baroque pieces, I make my students play five-finger-positions and scales in all keys using
R.H. legato – L.H. staccato
R.H. forte – L.H. piano
R.H. cresc. – L.H. decresc.
and vice versa. We do this every lesson as a warm up and I am convinced it helps a lot for playing polyphonal music.

By: Gretchen Saathoff

Gretchen Saathoff — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:32:18 +0000

Hi,

I just wanted to say that Bach’s “Little Preludes and Fugues” are great! The C Major prelude is fairly easy, and the F Major prelude is wonderful, too.

I’ve also used other pieces from this set with older students.

And there’s the Notebook for Anna Magdalena.

Gretchen