Viola
High School
Intermediate
Bartók : Romanian Folk Dances (arr. viola and piano)
Stylistic precision matters more than speed at this level.
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Panel-ready practice tips
- 1.Each of the six dances has a distinct character: the audition usually takes two or three. Decide which and commit to the character contrast between them.
- 2.The folk-music articulation is central: the short bowed strokes must be clean and defined, not blurred into legato.
- 3.Intonation: Bartók's folk harmonies sometimes include microtonal inflections implied by the folk character. At high-school level, equal temperament is expected, but leaning slightly sharp on the leading tone in each mode adds idiom.
- 4.Rhythm is the primary panel criterion: the folk-dance character lives in the rhythmic precision. Any metric looseness kills the idiom.
- 5.The viola's C-string opens up the darker dances (No. 2, No. 6). Use the instrument's low resonance as a character asset.
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