Author: GBK
Date: 2006-02-20 17:44
Allen's points are well made.
As we all know, the Mozart Concerto, like most Classical and Romantic era solos, uses numerous scale passages, arpeggios, scales in thirds, etc...
If a student lacks sufficient skill playing basic scales (major, minor and chromatic) they should not be playing the Mozart Concerto as an audition piece. Why waste the judge's time?
At times, I wonder whose ego is being served - the private teacher or the student? ...GBK
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