This beautiful pavane is also a song; let’s use the lyrics to help us understand the phrasing.

Skill Builders

Musicality: The lyrics show us a completely different phrasing than we might think; first beats are sometimes strong, sometimes light.

Left Hand: We’ll work on feeling comfortable with our backward extensions for all those B flats.

Right Hand: The rhythms are not complicated for the right hand, so we’ll concentrate on getting a good singing sound and working on the nuances of phrasing.