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Post by kflute on Jun 2, 2006 13:58:19 GMT
Now page turning, there's a funny one. I'm working for my grade 8 piano but the page turns are where I'm using both hands. Am I supposed to be able to do magic or something? Maybe if I lean my head to one side I could blow it over? ;D I don't unerstand what I'm supposed to do. There's a lot I don't understand in life, but this may be one query you lot can cloear up for me!!!!!! ;D
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Post by princessmoose on Jun 2, 2006 14:00:13 GMT
You can copy a page or so to help? Which piece are you referring to? Or learn it by memory .
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Post by kflute on Jun 2, 2006 14:07:09 GMT
I did my final recital at the RNCM from memory!!!! However, it's a bit different on the piano!! I do tend to look at my fingers rather than the music when I can play something, as I have a good memory, but I get terrified going into piano exams, so I have to have the music!!
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Post by jod on Jun 2, 2006 14:21:32 GMT
I have page turned at a number of concerts and registered and turned for organist friends. But when it come to the page turns in my own copies, no that's a different thing. The photocopied sheet is sometimes the only answer.
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Post by digby on Jun 2, 2006 15:07:18 GMT
I threw the book on the floor trying to turn the page in my grade 7 exam, good job it was memorised ;D
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Post by petite joueuse on Jun 2, 2006 15:16:31 GMT
In my Grade 8 I photocopied the final page of one piece to avoid a nasty page-turn. I then sellotaped the copy so that I had 3 pages of music from left to right. Examiner must have seen, but no comment was made (and it was my highest mark too!). I think its only reasonable. The alternative is to find a different edition?
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Post by SuzyMac on Jun 2, 2006 18:12:44 GMT
You are allowed to photocopy single sheets for page turns, so you shouldn't be penalised for it! It might be worth looking for other editions. I have a book full of Mozart sonatas, it's a bit old and the cover is missing but the page turns are in sensible places! Some bars are a bit squashed to allow it, but it's easy to get used to.
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Post by chocolatedog on Jun 3, 2006 7:07:27 GMT
When performing solo I work from memory, but when accompanying, the way I often get round page turns is to memorize just the bit around the turn and look for the most appropriate place either side of the page turn to actually turn. And then turn early/late with the actual turn passage committed to memory. Or I work out what the chords/whatever are on the other side of the turn and write them in shorthand after the final bar so I know what's coming over the page. At least with accompanying you can leave out a note in the LH to facilitate the turn. But for exam purposes I'm pretty sure you can photocopy a page to help avoid awkward turns....... Always practise the bits across the turns anyway, so you can practise turning, even if the turn isn't too tricky......always better to be safe than sorry!
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Post by saxophonist on Jun 3, 2006 14:47:17 GMT
at grade 8 you are allowd to bring a page turner
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