Author: ashna99
Date: 2015-01-15 03:58
This is my first time posting on here, but I had things I needed help with. So I am going to play movement 4 of the Saint-Saëns Sonata for a major audition and I had a couple of questions.
1) I have to play one other movement with it. My teacher doesn't want me to play movement 2 with it because another kid is already doing 2 and 4 and he wants us to do different movements. If I do movements 1 and 4, will it come off as too repetitive as the movement 1 theme is the ending of movement 4, or will it come off as musical, because it comes back to how it started?
2) A couple of note questions- in measure 43 (the measure starting on the Bb in the second chromatic sequence), does the Ab carry through, or is the second A an A natural? Based on my music theory, I'd say it carries through, but it doesn't sound like that on recordings, so is it a misprint, or am I missing something? And the seventh measure after the second rehearsal mark (the square 2), in the second to last measure of the triplet sequence (before the measure with the triplet+sixteenth notes), that's an A natural right? Because in some recordings I've heard people have played it as an Ab.... Just making sure I'm not missing something.
3) Any tips for the jump up to the high G and F? My tone always spreads when I try it, even though when I warm up, I can reach those notes with no problem- I think it's the fact that it's a jump that I can't get it... Any tips/fingering suggestions for going up to the high A? I've played high F and G a lot, but never the A, and I can't get it to come out, but I really need to nail it for my audition, and I don't want to come off as amateur with bad high notes. Are there any good exercises other than long tones to help with my altissimo register?
4) Lastly, what are some ways to practice this so I can nail it for my audition? I want to be able to play it perfectly clean and really fast, so what are some ways I can build up to that speed? Are there any tips or things I should watch for when practicing for my audition?
Thanks a lot!
Post Edited (2015-01-15 04:35)
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