ABRSM Grade 1 Violin 2012-2015 C2 Russia Gopak - Teacher guide

ABRSMGrade1–C2 Russia–Gopak No.5fromTravelTunes No.5fromTravelTunes

ByMargeryDawe

Warmupforthispieceby… 1)…PraccingtheNOTESituses… 3sharpsinthekeysignature(FatherCharlesGoes)=F♯, C♯&G♯=Amajor Prac-ceanAMajorScale,andanAmajorarpeggio! 2)…PraccingtheRHYTHMisuses… “Tate‐te”or“teacoff‐ee” Bowing=longshort‐short 3)NOTES+RHYTHM= …PraccingthisrhythmoneachstepoftheAmajor scale,andthenoneachstepoftheAmajorarpeggio!

SeconA:Thefirstmusicalidea…

Q1:What’sthedifferencebetweenthefirstandsecondlines? Q2:Howmany-mescanyouseethis8‐barpaernthroughoutthewholepiece?

SeconB:Anewmusicalidea…

Q1:What’sthedifferencebetweenthefirstandsecondlines? Q2:Howmany-mescanyouseethis8‐barpaernthroughoutthewholepiece?

Whathappensnext? •

Thepieceissofarstructuredlikethis: SeconA SeconA SeconB …..? Whathappensnext?

SeconA1:Anewtakeonanold musicalidea…

Q1:What’sthedifferencebetweenthis(A 1)andSec-onA?

Coda:Thesecontaggedontheend foranicefinish!

TheItalianterms: Sub.(shortforsubito)________________ Pocoapoco_________________________ Crescendo___________________________  Accel.(shortforaccelerando)_____________

Praccing‘Russia–Gopak’ •

Pracceeachseconindividually…  –

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unlyoucanplaythemconfidently,usingtheright rhythmandnotes. withthecorrectdynamicmarkings( p, f ,mf …) focusingonusingthebowwelltomakeyourbest sound.

Praccealltheseconsintherightorder (poshlycalled‘ternaryformwithacoda’!) AABA1CODA