Premier livre de pièces de clavecin — movement 4

Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer · Level 5 (Advanced) · Baroque · Piano

A work by Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (1705–1755), a piece from the Baroque era. A public-domain or freely licensed piece from the Mutopia Project catalogue. D major, 2/4, 44 bars (about one minute), complete score.

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How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• One hand sometimes plays two voices: hold the long notes for their full value and let the main line sing louder than the accompaniment. The left hand makes wide leaps: look at the landing note in advance and move early, without rushing the rhythm. For chords, shape the hand in the air before landing, all notes together. Fast writing: work section by section in Wait mode, then in dotted rhythms, and raise the tempo in steps of 5–10%.

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Source : Mutopia Project · CC BY 3.0