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    PROBLEM SOLVING PRACTICE IDEAS FOR OUR PIECES

    Nov 20, 2020 4 minutes

    In this article, I have chosen three pieces that we are featuring in the scores, coming up with some ideas that I hope will help focus and guide you as you practise them. Let’s dive straight in.

    Janáček The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away! (p50)

    This is the tenth and final piece from Book 1 of by Leoš Janáček (1854-1928), a set of autobiographical pieces that recalls the rural Moravia of Janáček’s youth, and his sorrow over the death of his daughter. In this piece we find both nostalgia and grief. There are two main ideas that alternate with each other – the opening cry and ominous call of the owl, and a chorale-like

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