Here is the next track in the Virtual Master Class Project. This is a recording of an excerpt from Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss. Leave criticism, advice, practice tips, and the like by clicking on the ‘comments’ link below the player.
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Ein Heldenleben
Candidate 6
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That sounds really good. My four cents:
1) Some of the long notes are cut short – more importantly you don’t always wait long enough to begin the next phrase
2) Dynamically its a bit flat. Strauss makes the dynamics pretty clear in the part – play them all!
3) Make sure not to rush on the final descending phrase.
4) Make accents on each note and a crescendo into the final trilled note