Variations on a theme from Norma

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ryant
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by ryant »

Anyone ever work on this piece in the Arban book?
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by BGuttman »

I'll confess that I worked on it, though I never got it into a level where I'd perform it in public. I couldn't figure out which aria it was based on, which made it more difficult to try to make into music.

Also, some of the variations were way beyond my abilities.
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by ryant »

According to chatgpt, the actual theme used in the piece might not be from Norma at all.
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by blast »

Casta Diva. Norma. Listen to Callas. Good tune, not so much the variations.
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by harrisonreed »

[quote="ryant"]Anyone ever work on this piece in the Arban book?[/quote]

Yes
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by ryant »

[quote="blast"]Casta Diva. Norma. Listen to Callas. Good tune, not so much the variations.[/quote]

Yeah, I’ve been digging on that video on YouTube. Good stuff.
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by ryant »

[quote="harrisonreed"]<QUOTE author="ryant" post_id="282588" time="1754067181" user_id="16180">
Anyone ever work on this piece in the Arban book?[/quote]

Yes
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Got any tips?
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by harrisonreed »

[quote="ryant"]<QUOTE author="harrisonreed" post_id="282636" time="1754133484" user_id="3642">

Yes[/quote]

Got any tips?
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Sure, it's good to start by looking at the piece as a whole, and understanding the piano part.

<YOUTUBE id="-ecL6Dy6nWc">[media]https://youtu.be/-ecL6Dy6nWc?si=Wixr4ZyMvzMQve8a</YOUTUBE>

The gestures in the variations are what is important, not the precision of every note -- the melody/theme has to come through.