For questions related to the twentieth-century Hungarian master Béla Bartók (1881–1945).
Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, teacher, and one of the founders of ethnomusicology.
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What do these square notes mean (in the left hand)?
What are these notes about? I had to learn this piece in 8-27-1963 in my first year at the music conservatory in Bern.
The notes look like square notation, but the music was written in 20th. century.
It’s nr. 102 of Bela Bartok’s “mikrokosmos”.
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Odd symbol in Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos Book 1
Today I came across an odd symbol in Béla Bartók's Microkosmos.
The symbol occurs in Book 1, Score 21, Measure 8, at the end of a phrasing slur.
It looks like a vertical bar that crosses only the first 2 topmost lines of the staff and it's…
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Unconventional key signature: sharps on F & G only?
This is from Bartók's Mikrokosmos, piece number 44.
I must have come across this a long time ago and didn't understand it, so I crossed it off. 4 years down the line and I still don't get it.
What is this key signature? It doesn't correspond to…
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Bartok - Syncopation (1): Meaning of notes in between Grand Staff
Bartok - Mikrokosmos Book 1 - 91)* Syncopation(1)
What's the meaning of the notes in between the Grand Staff?
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Is Mikrokosmos technical enough?
I'm an aspiring Jazz piano beginner but decided to quit using Czerny and Hanon for obvious reasons-hanon especially, because it might ruin my touch, and particularly because nearly everyone in my country adores(do they?) playing Czerny and…
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Weird notation in Bartok's Microcosmos, Book 1, No. 9
In Bartok's Microcosmos Book 1, Number 9, I found these notes floating between the staves, without any lines.
What do they mean? What notes are supposed to be played?
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Contrary Motion - Can't understand the structure
Can somebody explain how the harmony works in Bartók's Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 1: No. 17 Contrary Motion (1)?:
It seems that the right hand plays on C key and the left hand alternates between G and D.
Why, when played in opposite direction do the…
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Symbol in bar 6 of Mikrokosmos piece “In Dorian Mode”
Today I came across an odd symbol in Béla Bartók's Microkosmos.
The symbol occurs in Book 1, piece 32 "In Dorian Mode", bar 6. It looks like a dashed line that joins a note on the right hand staf and a later note on the left hand staff:
What it is…
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Has Bela Bartok influenced Jazz tremendously?
Bela Bartok rediscovered Modal scales from eastern Europe. Lydian, Phrygian, etc...
What I was wondering was.... was it the first time that these scales were rediscovered and went into mainstream classical music? and did Bela Bartok influenced Jazz…
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Jarring F natural in Bartok's "Former Friends"
I'm trying to wrap my head around the awfully jarring - it hurts my ears so bad, I literally can't bring myself to play it - F natural in m16 of Bartok's "Former Friends" from his Book 1 for Children. The whole piece is in G, has beautiful F#'s all…
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Bartok - Mikrokosmos - Book 1 - 10 "With alternate hands": Thumb on a black key?
I have a question about the 10th exercise in Bartok's Mikrokosmos book 1 ("With alternate hands"):
In the key signature the A's are indicated to be played flat.
The left hand starts with it's fifth finger on D, which brings the thumb in the tenth…
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Instruments simultaneous playing in a different key
I am learning to play the piano using Bartok's Mikrokosmos. Piece 44 is written for 2 pianos, but the first piano is playing in a different key than the second piano.
What are the keys the pianos are playing in?
How does this work (how does it…
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Which Piano Course is Best for Me (trained musician but beginner at piano)?
I am an adult (38 yo) professional sound designer and musician. I went to music school for drums. I can play basic jazz chords, read treble clef, still remember theory. Now I am studying classical form, theory, composition and I want to improve my…
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What is the Henle difficulty of Bartok's opus 14 suite?
What Henle difficulty would Bartok's opus 14 suite be?
I want to know in order to practise more efficiently...
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How to play this part clear and coodinated?
I can't play this part clear and coordinated. My left hand and right hand are fighting.
How can I fix this? Is my fingering wrong? Or have I not practiced enough?
Béla Bartók - Suite for Piano, Op. 14: I. Allegretto, mm. 72-73
Link to full score on…
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