"Sweet Dream" from Tchaikovsky's Children's Album Piano Tutorial

Tchaikovsky's Children's Album is un unparalleled treasury of pedagogical works for introducing the young pianist to the Romantic Style, especially the Russian Piano School. In this series of videos, Dr. Svetlana Belsky discusses the pianistic and interpretive challenges of each one and suggests solutions. "Sweet Dream " is the 20th work in the cycle according to original manuscript order.
00:00 Introduction to the Children's Album
00:58 Introduction to "Sweet Dream"
01:30 The Complex 3-voice Texture
02:28 Coordinating 2 voices in the Left Hand
04:22 Cantabile playing in the Right Hand
06:15 Avoiding "Thumping" the thumb
06:44 Where is the Melody?
08:12 The Middle section and musical choices
09:43 Repetition vs. Variation and the overall structure
10:47 The Rubato
14:10 Performance
To hear about the history of Tchaikovsky's Children's Album, please see • Tchaikovsky's "Childre...
To hear the complete album, please go to • Tchaikovsky's Children...

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