104 Allegro in B flat (slow version)

ORNAMENTS

1) Grace note
2) Appogiatura

 

 

Version 1 (Slow), Appogiatura

 

 

Version 2 (slow), Grace note

104 Allegro in B flat

104 (2011)
Allegro in B flat, by Mozart
(K3)

This piece is in Ternary form (ABA Form).

Repeats is not included in this demonstration.

“This little Allegro was written on 4 March 1762, when Mozart was six years old” (A Keyboard Anthology, 1st Series, Bk one, ABRSM).

 

Version 1 (Performance speed)

Notice the ornaments are treated as an appogitura. 

 

Version 2 (Performance Speed)

Notice here in this version, the ornaments are treated as a grace note

Practice Tips:
1.  Slow practice, with attention to details such as phrasing, slurs, articulations, etc.
2.  Memorize by phrases and sections

Key points:
1.  Dynamic contrasts
2.  Visualize someone singing this
3.  Visualize a story/image
4.  Keywords:  Elegance, Delicate, with “good taste”