A ReverbNation fan asked about how to play measures 46 and 50 of Pirates of the Caribbean. Jarrods answer and explanation of his practice technique he calls micro-practicing follows. Q. Hello Jarrod, I greatly admire your works; youre an amazing pianist. In PotC, on measures 46 & 50, how do you make it a seamless glide? A: If I understand you correctly, you mean making the two sets of RH quintuplets as smooth or “seamless” as possible. There is a term I coined called “micro-practicing” where you practice very small segments (rather than a whole measure or passage), focusing on the “problem” spot. It could be as little as two notes, which in this example, I suspect you may be struggling with the crossovers coming down chromatically. Not worrying about being “in time,” I would begin by focusing only on the notes in the first quintuplet, getting use to (and comfortable with) the RH 1 (A) and 4 (Ab) finger crossover. Then add only the first note of the next beat. . . this way you can feel the rhythm and know e-x-a-c-t-l-y where the beat is. If you lose track of where the beats are in the middle of a run, it won’t sound as clean (or exciting) as you’d like. Then practice the second quintuplet the same way: first just the notes in the quintuplet itself so you can get use to the crossover, and then add just the first note of the next beat (which happens to be in the left hand in this example). This was you can once again feel the “weight” or rhythm of the run terminating into the downbeat (left hand) in a smooth fluid motion. All of this will help make these passages sound more seamless.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:13:27 +0000
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