ABRSM Grade 1 – C2

Russia – GopakNo. 5 from Travel Tunes

By Margery Dawe

Warm up for this piece by…1) …Practicing the NOTES it uses… 3 sharps in the key signature (Father Charles Goes) = F♯, C♯ &

G♯ = A majorPractice an A Major Scale, and an A major arpeggio!

2) …Practicing the RHYTHM is uses… “Ta te-te” or “tea coff-ee”Bowing = long short-short

3) NOTES + RHYTHM = …Practicing this rhythm on each step of the A major scale, and

then on each step of the A major arpeggio!

Section A: The first musical idea…

Q1: What’s the difference between the first and second lines?Q2: How many times can you see this 8-bar pattern throughout the whole piece?

Section B: A new musical idea…

Q1: What’s the difference between the first and second lines?Q2: How many times can you see this 8-bar pattern throughout the whole piece?

What happens next?

• The piece is so far structured like this:Section ASection ASection B

…..?

What happens next?

Section A1: A new take on an old musical idea…

Q1: What’s the difference between this (A1) and Section A?

Coda: The section tagged on the end for a nice finish!

The Italian terms:Sub. (short for subito) ________________

Poco a poco _________________________Crescendo ___________________________

Accel. (short for accelerando) _____________

Practicing ‘Russia – Gopak’

• Practice each section individually…– until you can play them confidently, using the right

rhythm and notes.– with the correct dynamic markings (p, f, mf…)– focusing on using the bow well to make your best

sound.• Practice all the sections in the right order

(poshly called ‘ternary form with a coda’!) A A B A1 CODA