2 0 1 3 A U G U S T S E P T E M B E R No 73 Helping you become a better player No 7373 LEARN WITH US EXPERT PLAYING GUIDES  The subtle art of rubato  Mastering double notes  Playing scales hands together  NEW! Basic warm-up exercises The young Korean with an addiction to Beethoven HJ LIM PIECES TO LEARN 11FROM BEGINNER TO ADVANCED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDANCE ON LYADOV’S THEMUSICBOX LISTEN  LEARN  PLAY PIECES TO LEARN 11FROM BEGINNER TO ADVANCED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDANCE ON LYADOV’S THEMUSICBOX JONATHAN PLOWRIGHT plays Paderewski’s Nocturne in B flat & gives an in-depth lesson inside SCORES BY CORELLI CLEMENTI SCHUBERT SCHUMANN LISZT CHOPIN HELLER and more performed by Chenyin Li HJ LIM plays movements from Beethoven’s ‘Pathétique’and ‘Pastoral’sonatas Every issue,Pianist brings you 40 pages of scores to learn and a CD to listen and learn from.If your CD is missing,please see your newsagent. ISTMAGAZ ISTMAGAZ INE INE .COM .COM BEGINNER/ BEGINNER/ INTERMEDIATE INTERMEDIATE IAN IAN .P Track 5 WATCH CHENYIN AT WWW LI PL AY TH IECE IS P Franz Schubert (1797-1828) German Dance D783 No 2 in D 7-1828) o 2 in D Intro about the German dances. How difficult they can actually be, even if they this gem from the set. We will feature more. look easy. Editor Erica Worth heard Imogen Cooper play this whole set live at a concert recently and was overwhelmed. So much so, that she decided to feature Playing tips: This piece is a great exercise for chord voicing. Bring out the top notes (melody). When you repeat each section, make it quieter than the first time. Your fingertips need to be firm, making sure that you play each note of the chord at the same time – it’s certainly not easy to play four-part chords piano and pianis- simo! Use the fingerings suggested as a guide only. You might find, for example, und harsh at all. sound harsh at all. to over-pedal. to over-pedal. he last chord of the piece you prefer a 1 and 3 in the LH rather than 2 and 3. on the last chord of the piece you prefer a 1 and 3 in the LH rather than 2 and 3. epends on the shape of the hands and fingers. Note too, that even if there are It depends on the shape of the hands and fingers. Note too, that even if there are cents over some of the notes, this should be taken in context. They should not accents over some of the notes, this should be taken in context. They should not Pedal tips: In bars 3 and 7 and so on, you need to clear the pedal before each Pedal tips: In bars 3 and 7 and so on, you need to clear the pedal before each beat, so that one can hear a ‘breath’ before the next crotchet. It gives a totally dif- beat, so that one can hear a ‘breath’ before the next crotchet. It gives a totally dif-f-f ferent atmosphere than always using legato pedaling. Do experiment, and try not ferent atmosphere than always using legato pedaling. Do experiment, and try not Pianis Allrightsoftheproducerandoftheowner of the works produ Pianist 73 ninist73737373 Allrightsoftheproducerandoftheowner of the works producedreserved.Unauthorisedcopying,hiring,publicperformance a n d b r o a d c asting of thisrecord 36• Pianist 73 WGp pIAUK 1 3 7 3 WG prohibited. CDLabel.indd 1 FREE WITH EVERY ISSUE 40 PAGES OF SHEET MUSIC 19/06/2013 15:0 30 ONLINE PIANO LESSONS PLUS TUTORIAL CD THE PIANO MAVERICKS VICTOR BORGE MRS MILLS LIBERACE AND MORE THE WILD WORLD OF WACKY PIANOS PIANO HIRE All you need to know DAY IN THE LIFE OF… A PAGE TURNER DISCOVER CHOPIN’S NOBLE MAZURKA OP 17 NO 1 £ 5 . www.pianistmagazine.com 2 5