Trinity Acoustic Guitar Grade 7 Ballad (Chilton)

Описание: An interesting and challenging piece. I would recommend practising in sections....

Section 1 = bars 1 - 9 with metronome once technical issues are resolved
Section 2 = bars 10-17.5 (the bit before the chords) and 24 - end. with metronome once technical issues resolved.
Section 3 = bars 17 - 23. I feel the metronome would not be helpful here as you are playing tempo rubato, accelerating, decelerating, getting louder and quieter etc.

Section 3 is the most challenging. get used to the chords before you start trying to play in time or to tempo.its interesting because there is also no obvious melody and they feel as though they are more about creating an effect. You can play with the timing and dynamics until you find something you like. I have tried to stick to the score, generally!

I would spend more time on Section 3 if I were to perform for exam, rather than the semi reading I'm doing here. Apologies for the noisy page turn. I did try to remove it in the edit but that had a greater impact! Also, the dog complains at one point! She has no taste!

I added the harmonics because I felt like it! The piece seemed to be expecting them.