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Corelli - 'La Folia' for Viola: Variation 12 - Adagio - molto expressivo
Difficulty: 5/5
July 26, 2020
Day 9 of a video journal of me attempting the theme and its 24 variations of Arcangelo Corelli's 'La Folia' op. 5, no. 12 for viola and piano.
This was another "tough one" for me. It's really pretty sounding and I want to do it justice but my ear keeps wanting to play that first F-natural sharper than it should be. I think it sounds nice a bit sharp but, then it makes every note following that sharp and when I have to go back down and play notes along with open strings, everything sounds off. I actually recorded a different one yesterday where I wasn't in tune and this will be replacing yesterday's entry. Had to bust out the tuner and make sure the F-natural was correct. Even though this was a more difficult one, I couldn't resist adding in another chord and changing what was written a bit to make it even more difficult.
My apologies to the editors...
Part edited by F. David.
Transcribed by F. Hermann
Corelli - 'La Folia' for Viola: Variation 12 - Adagio - molto expressivo
Difficulty: 5/5
July 26, 2020
Day 9 of a video journal of me attempting the theme and its 24 variations of Arcangelo Corelli's 'La Folia' op. 5, no. 12 for viola and piano.
This was another "tough one" for me. It's really pretty sounding and I want to do it justice but my ear keeps wanting to play that first F-natural sharper than it should be. I think it sounds nice a bit sharp but, then it makes every note following that sharp and when I have to go back down and play notes along with open strings, everything sounds off. I actually recorded a different one yesterday where I wasn't in tune and this will be replacing yesterday's entry. Had to bust out the tuner and make sure the F-natural was correct. Even though this was a more difficult one, I couldn't resist adding in another chord and changing what was written a bit to make it even more difficult.
My apologies to the editors...
Part edited by F. David.
Transcribed by F. Hermann
