Klarinet Archive - Posting 000633.txt from 2003/03

From: Anne Bell <bell@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl]Key signatures
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:49:35 -0500

I would agree to the extent that Mikrokosmos _was_ written for educational
purposes but my understanding was that they were to better equip the
student to deal with the demands of 20th century (piano) music. If
alternate key signatures are difficult- is it that they aren't best for
that particular piece (modal/octatonic/etc...) or is it that we as
musicians aren't as flexible as we should be.......
Anne

BTW- I bought all 6 Mikrokosmos books after being introduced to one of the
pieces in one of my early theory classes. They're deceptively easy in the
beginning but are trickier than they look and some of them are very
interesting theoretically and others musically. I keep intending to work
through all the books but... Time is something that is in very short supply
at the moment (and the next 3 months of moments...)

At 08:41 AM 3/16/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Anne,
>
>EEEWWWW!!!!
>
>Well, I think this goes back to what Lelia said , which was
>these pieces were not composed to be music performed for an
>audience, but as an exercise for learning purposes only (to
>answer Bill's original question.)
>
>Ab only? That's just wierd...LOL! Thanks for the info! I might
>look into those books for theory purposes (or for my own
>NON-enjoyment...GRIN)
>
>Kelly Abraham
>Woodwinds - New York City
>--- Anne Bell <bell@-----.net> wrote:
>> #10 has an Ab only. The range is d-ab- so if my theory
>> doesn't fail me,
>> it is an octatonic scale.
>> Anne
>>
>> At 08:10 AM 3/16/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>> >Anne,
>> >
>> >When you say ALTERNATE key signatures (since I am not
>> familiar
>> >with the Bartok pieces you mentioned) do you mean something
>> like
>> >G## (double sharp), or do you mean odd signatures we can't
>> give
>> >a name to, because they don't correspond with the circle of
>> >fifths by any name, because of the scale that results from
>> the
>> >signature?
>> >
>> >Kelly Abraham
>> >Woodwinds - New York City
>> >--- Anne Bell <bell@-----.net> wrote:
>> >> Bartok used alternate key signatures in Mikrokosmos (153
>> >> teaching pieces
>> >> written originally for his son) as early as #10- in the
>> first
>> >> book. There
>> >> are also instances of different signatures for each hand
>> >> though by the 5th
>> >> & 6th books the signatures are pretty much abandoned.
>> >> Anne
>> >
>> >
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