Questions tagged [bartok]
For questions related to the twentieth-century Hungarian master Béla Bartók (1881–1945).
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Jarring F natural in Bartok's "Former Friends"
I'm trying to wrap my head around the awfully jarring - it hurts my ears so bad, I literally can't bring myself to play it - F natural in m16 of Bartok's "Former Friends" from his Book 1 for ...
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Weird notation in Bartok's Microcosmos, Book 1, No. 9 [duplicate]
In Bartok's Microcosmos Book 1, Number 9, I found these notes floating between the staves, without any lines.
What do they mean? What notes are supposed to be played?
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What is the Henle difficulty of Bartok's opus 14 suite? [closed]
What Henle difficulty would Bartok's opus 14 suite be?
I want to know in order to practise more efficiently...
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Symbol in bar 6 of Mikrokosmos piece “In Dorian Mode” [duplicate]
Today I came across an odd symbol in Béla Bartók's Microkosmos.
The symbol occurs in Book 1, piece 32 "In Dorian Mode", bar 6. It looks like a dashed line that joins a note on the right hand staf and ...
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Is Mikrokosmos technical enough?
I'm an aspiring Jazz piano beginner but decided to quit using Czerny and Hanon for obvious reasons-hanon especially, because it might ruin my touch, and particularly because nearly everyone in my ...
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Has Bela Bartok influenced Jazz tremendously?
Bela Bartok rediscovered Modal scales from eastern Europe. Lydian, Phrygian, etc...
What I was wondering was.... was it the first time that these scales were rediscovered and went into mainstream ...
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Contrary Motion - Can't understand the structure
Can somebody explain how the harmony works in Bartók's Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 1: No. 17 Contrary Motion (1)?:
It seems that the right hand plays on C key and the left hand alternates between G and ...
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Bartok - Syncopation (1): Meaning of notes in between Grand Staff
Bartok - Mikrokosmos Book 1 - 91)* Syncopation(1)
What's the meaning of the notes in between the Grand Staff?
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Instruments simultaneous playing in a different key
I am learning to play the piano using Bartok's Mikrokosmos. Piece 44 is written for 2 pianos, but the first piano is playing in a different key than the second piano.
What are the keys the pianos are ...
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What do these square notes mean (in the left hand)?
What are these notes about? I had to learn this piece in 8-27-1963 in my first year at the music conservatory in Bern.
The notes look like square notation, but the music was written in 20th. century.
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How to play this part clear and coodinated?
I can't play this part clear and coordinated. My left hand and right hand are fighting.
How can I fix this? Is my fingering wrong? Or have I not practiced enough?
Béla Bartók - Suite for Piano, Op. ...
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Unconventional key signature: sharps on F & G only?
This is from Bartók's Mikrokosmos, piece number 44.
I must have come across this a long time ago and didn't understand it, so I crossed it off. 4 years down the line and I still don't get it.
What is ...
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Which Piano Course is Best for Me (trained musician but beginner at piano)?
I am an adult (38 yo) professional sound designer and musician. I went to music school for drums. I can play basic jazz chords, read treble clef, still remember theory. Now I am studying classical ...
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Bartok - Mikrokosmos - Book 1 - 10 "With alternate hands": Thumb on a black key?
I have a question about the 10th exercise in Bartok's Mikrokosmos book 1 ("With alternate hands"):
In the key signature the A's are indicated to be played flat.
The left hand starts with it's fifth ...
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Odd symbol in Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos Book 1
Today I came across an odd symbol in Béla Bartók's Microkosmos.
The symbol occurs in Book 1, Score 21, Measure 8, at the end of a phrasing slur.
It looks like a vertical bar that crosses only the ...
