Open Bass Strings (cont.) Dues are used in this method, where suitable, for the purpose of making a study more interesting and enjoyable ro play. For the easier duets, the studene may invite another beginner to practice with him, with both alternating parts. For the ducts with harmonies requiring a more advanced technique, the teacher or a more advanced student may be called upon to play the harder pare. In these student-teacher duets, the dent partis in che upper line. DUET ONE ely for “This sign 7 is called a fermaca, The note under ic should be sustained or held longer than its designated value. DUET TWO StudenStudent —— o DUET FOUR 8 Counc: 1 and 2 and 3 6 and \e= : ' I peepct ee Pee SS SSS DUET FIVE Slowly. ee ae { SS == =6 ==AIRArpeggio DUET EIGHT Saudene a fee = 5 » YI) w WwW a co (= Saas SSS = o> re fF z 7 | 2 «| a , le |In general, o perform 2 piece of music beautifully and accurately, it is essential to devore complete concen:ration to it. This is not often possible when sight-reading the music; therefore when learning a piece of music ic may be necessary, eventually, to commit i to memory. Ic is important to know when to memorize. You must be able to play the piece correctly fingering, rhythm), before starting t0 memorize ‘After you have played the piece through a number of times, you should have become familiar not only with che shapes and perterns of the left-hand fingers on the fingerboard, but also with the sound of che written music, To start with, play the piece from the beginning Memorization and see how far you can go without looking at the music. When you can go no fasther, consult the music. If this refteshes your memory, proceed again without the music; otherwise, play only the section you had forgowen until you have learned ic. Now sontinue without the music again until you can go no farther. Repeat the above procedure until the entire piece is memorized. Many of the solo pieces in this book should be committed to memory, along with any of the seudies recommended by the author or by your teacher, which concentrate on the development of specific techniques. Memorization is an aid in the development of technique, for it allows full concentration on technical advancement. DUET NINE German Foik SONG 4Duet Ten FUGUE JOHANN SzBasTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Sanden © Comes 4 Teacher 4Duet Twelve IN THE HALL OF MOUNTAIN KING (from the Peer Gynt Suite) EDVARD GreiG Studen, 2 StudencDuet Thirteen BOURREE JOHANN Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) sudan p i 4 7 a poeple tte epee ies : = ote = I = SSS Student *