E. GRANADOS Dance Nr 5 "Playera" Lesson/Tutorial by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal -ENGLISH

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Danza Nr. 5 "Playera" by Enrique Granados.
This piece by Enrique Granados, has a beautiful melody and a very charming rhythmic accompaniment. Three sections using the same thematic material are tied together creating a familiarity throughout the entire piece.
We will talk about thematic material, technique, interpretation, phrasing, sound, and I hope this tutorial helps you enjoy practicing this great piece.
Enjoy!

[@lachrimaeconsort5334]

I play this on the guitar and your analysis was very helpful - thank you! 23:17

[@GabrielRuizBernal]

Fantastic! So glad to hear it was helpful to you.

[@HermannCampbells]

Great lesson! Thank you!

[@GabrielRuizBernal]

Thank you Hermann!

[@jess30270]

rhank you I'll play it on saxophone ... its a such beautiful melody and your explanations are very accurate d

[@GabrielRuizBernal]

Thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed it!

[@tamararoland4987]

Great tutorial! Thanks

[@GabrielRuizBernal]

Thank you Tamara!

[@nadiagreen1185]

Hi Gabriel ! Thank you so much for your excellent explanations from Belgium ❤ you re an awesome teacher ! Your video will help me to learn this peace.

[@GabrielRuizBernal]

Thank you for your very nice comment, Nadia!

[@mayklayklueng2378]

Thank you so much for the tutorials video. This help my class a lot. / Cheers from Bangkok,Thailand

[@GabrielRuizBernal]

Thank you so much, May! All the best on your practice, and let me know if you have any questions.

[@danielmartinsjorge11]

excelentes suas indicações para uma correta interpretação.

[@GabrielRuizBernal]

Muito obrigado por seu comentário. aproveite para estudar este trabalho.

[@HubertRieger]

Danke für diese hervorragende Einführung. Mir sind die Unterschiede zwischen Alicia de Larrocha‘s Schallplattenaufnahme und dem Originaltext (Henle) auch aufgefallen. Faszinierend finde ich die Wiedergabe von historischen Klavierrollen- Aufnahmen auf einem modernen Flügel, wo man Granados selbst spielen hört (hier auf RUclips). Was halten Sie davon? Sind sie authentisch?

[@jasminemoini5435]

how do you pedal this piece?

[@GabrielRuizBernal]

Most of the pedal is a careful balance between the sections that are rhythmic and the sections that are melodic. The rhythmic sections require a very light application of the pedal, almost nothing. The sections with more predominant melody can use a longer pedal emphasizing the bass note, yet not too long because you will still have rhythmic chords in the background.
Experiment with this and see if you can find the balance. Feel free to post and let me know how it goes.