Today we’re talking about how to teach the first movement of Sonatina in C Major Op.55, No.1 by Friedrich Kuhlau. This is a great example of a standard intermediate level classical sonatina movement and one that students enjoy playing. Update: I did record a video featuring how to teach the second movement of this piece. View it here: [ Ссылка ]

Some suggested editions:
Sonatina Masterworks book 2 (Jane Magrath) [ Ссылка ]
Encore! book 1 (also Jane Magrath) [ Ссылка ]
Succeeding with the Masters: Sonatinas book 4 (Helen Marlais) [ Ссылка ]

I forgot to mention it verbally, but this piece is on the RCM Syllabus level 5, and for my Illinois colleagues, this is on our AIM Syllabus level 7.

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0:00 Introduction
1:04 Sonata-allegro form
2:13 Scale patterns and chords
4:11 Sonata form again
6:54 Four things needed to play sonatinas expressively
7:39 Articulation
9:09 Dynamics
9:53 Long phrases
10:48 Balance
12:54 Tempo

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