So I've been playing the Dragonetti Solo for several years now, but it has always felt somewhat dry. I mean, here we put a G major scale...ok, now let's do a D major scale. Throw in an arpeggio here and there a bit of relative minor. This just always felt very mechanical.
Today while playing through it I thought about the "drunken" nature of the sound in the section that starts on 2nd C of the G and descends to low C on the A followed by a wonky triplet motif utilizing leading tones. This "drunken" sound finally gave me a story line to focus on.
So I am thinking about the parts as I am playing. Drunken man during the 1700's, maybe merchant class, maybe aristocratic, doesn't matter, returns home to his wife. He is in a state of "heat" and the wife protests. From there come the lyrical, sweet lines, the wife, and the fast and sometimes clumsy lines, the husband. From there I used my imagination and playing the piece was like watching a comedic opera.
I do not believe I have ever played this piece as well as today, and definitely have never heard that much life in it while I have played.
This is not something completely new to me, but it is the first time that it has happened playing the Dragonetti, and probably the first time it has jumped out so vitally.
Anyway, back to practice. Cheers.
Today while playing through it I thought about the "drunken" nature of the sound in the section that starts on 2nd C of the G and descends to low C on the A followed by a wonky triplet motif utilizing leading tones. This "drunken" sound finally gave me a story line to focus on.
So I am thinking about the parts as I am playing. Drunken man during the 1700's, maybe merchant class, maybe aristocratic, doesn't matter, returns home to his wife. He is in a state of "heat" and the wife protests. From there come the lyrical, sweet lines, the wife, and the fast and sometimes clumsy lines, the husband. From there I used my imagination and playing the piece was like watching a comedic opera.
I do not believe I have ever played this piece as well as today, and definitely have never heard that much life in it while I have played.
This is not something completely new to me, but it is the first time that it has happened playing the Dragonetti, and probably the first time it has jumped out so vitally.
Anyway, back to practice. Cheers.
