For questions related to Bartók's famous Mikrokosmos (1926–1939), a work for solo piano in six volumes. Questions may also necessitate the bartok tag.
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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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Full bar rest at the end of piece
Béla Bartok's Mikrokosmos - Vol. I is a book of short and simple, yet quirky piano pieces. Piece No. 24. Pastorale is shown below.
A full bar rest (for both hands) ends the piece. This is something I haven't seen before for a solo performer, and I…
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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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Bartok Mikrokosmos Book 3, no. 70
I have recently been trying to master this piece from Bartok's Mikrokosmos, and at first sight, it appeared daunting due to the fact that the right-hand part is in B major and the left-hand part is in C major. Before playing it, it looked likely to…
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Play bar 7 of Mikrokosmos piece "In Dorian Mode"
I'm learning piece 32 "In Dorian Mode" of Bartok's Mikrokosmos, and I am puzzled by something at bar 7. Left and right hand staves are both written in the treble clef, and the last note of bar 7 is the same G for both hands
The piano does not…
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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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