Right Out Of Don Giovanni

Musical transplantation. Finding the form and meaning of one passage in another more conspicuous example.

Mozart Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor K 310, 1st Movement

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Inspiration

The student or amateur is inspired when playing a passage in a piece that they really like. The professional ‘acts’ as if she or he is in that state at all time during all the passages, regardless of personal opinion.

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Flowing

When the sounds in a performance are “flowing” we have no difficulty in recognizing that it is present. It is far harder to describe flow in words.

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Memorizing

Joe compares memorization to the game of “Telephone”. Without checking back with the score now and then, we will not know if we have begun to alter the notes in the passage we memorized.

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Chamber Music – Staying Together

Sharing a common “pulse.” What to do when you fall out of step with each other.

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