How to Teach Graupner Bourée

Today we’re talking about how to teach Bourée in E Minor GWV 827 by Christoph Graupner. This is an early intermediate Baroque piece found within the Piano Adventures curriculum.

Recommended editions:

• Piano Adventures Lesson book 4 (Randall & Nancy Faber)

• Developing Artist Literature book 2 (Randall & Nancy Faber)

Syllabus listings for difficulty level:

• RCM Level 3

Topics highlighted in the video below:

• E minor key signature - natural and harmonic forms of minor scale

• G major and E minor relative key signatures

• chords and inversions

• Independent lines in both hands

• Additional 3rd “voice” in LH intervals m.1-2 and RH intervals m.7-8, m.10-12

• Fingering

• Articulation 

• “Minuet pattern”

• Binary form and echo dynamics

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