Term 3 - Lessons 8 and 9 - Friday 19th and Monday 22nd May

NB: no lesson on Friday (or Monday which is the bank holiday!) Thereafter, lessons will continue as normal.


Ornaments

Here are all the ornaments you need to know for Grade 5 theory.
(ignore all the stuff about Italian/French words - we're dealing with that separately - see below)

This illustration of a trill is more accurate than the one on the link above. It also demonstrates different ways in which the trill could be interpreted. (Please bear in mind, the trill can start on either upper note or the note itself - i.e. the example above could start on an E).




In the exam, you will be expected to bits of a written out melody with the ornaments sign (which, if you think about it, should be much easier than doing the opposite - that comes up in Grade 6...)




Grade 3 Words

Here are the Grade 3 words. Learn them for Friday 2nd June when you will be tested!

ad libitum, ad lib	at choice, ie a passage may be played freely
adagietto	rather slow, but faster than Adagio
agitato	agitated
alla breve	with a minim beat
amore	love
amoroso	loving
anima	soul, spirit (eg. con anima - can mean with feeling or spirited)
animando	becoming more lively
animato	animated, lively
ben	well
brio	vigour (eg. con brio - with vigour, lively)
comodo	comfortable/convenient (tempo comodo - at a comfortable speed)
deciso	with determiniation
delicato	delicate
energico	energetic
forza	force
largamente	broadly
leggiero	light, nimble
marcato, marc.	emphatic, accented
marziale	in a military style
mesto	sad
pesante	heavy
prima, primo	first
risoluto	bold, strong
ritmico	rhythmically
rubato, tempo rubato	with some freedom of time
scherzando, scherzoso	playful, joking
seconda, secondo	second
semplice	simple, plain
sempre	always/throughout
stringendo	gradually getting faster
subito (sub.)	suddenly
tanto	so much
tranquillo	calm
triste, tristamente	sad, sorrowful
volta	time/instance (eg. prima volta - first time; seconda volta - second time)