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: : Hi Stephen! It's the nature of playing that by : : now you've already past mastered this sonata and : : moved on, but I take at least a little credit for : : getting you re-interested in it. I haven't quite : : got it down, but I'm back for a single day's last : : rest before the final trip into the mountains this : : summer and what better way is there to express : : yearning than to play this piece? : : It's no wonder that Brahms copied pages out of : : this sonata to study Scarlatti's technique. A : : teacher of traditional theory would demand changes : : and the more I listen to Scarlatti's vocal works : : (well, OK, for now the mes and motets), the : : more I realize how dead-on he was in the stile : : antico counterpoint where the parallel octaves are : : strictly forbidden. But the changes that one : : would have to make to accomodate such music theory : : would transform this work into a piece that : : Pachelbel would write! : : Yeah, there's this mystery, maybe the same or a : : related mystery to Beethoven Moonlight sonata I or : : as I suggested in a long ago post, the start of : : the third movement of the Waldstein. How do these : : guys do it, and with such transparently simple : : means? : : Anyone can cop to this, of course, but I'm sending : : what is almost a one-to-one email because I'm : : having doubts about whether Forum Frigate : : Scarlatti still works, and I know that as a : : subscriber you will get this posting if it does. : : I've got a bunch of new hardware and when setting : : up accounts, I couldn't access this page. So I : : hope you or anyone else will respond with a line : : or two as a test. : : And getting anyone to think about K 27 is good! : : --Arnold : : Hey Arnold, : Wecome back. I guess the Frigate still works. : Yes...K 27. It is a wonderful piece and I have been playing it with renewed interest as much as my family will allow without kicking me out of the house. Why?..because I got myself a new keyboard that has the complete range of notes in the left hand and I just can't seem to get enough of that wonderful b that I've been missing all this time! (measures 53 thru 57) Wow, very cool. : Remember I told you to try and "pluck" the upper notes when the left hand crosses over? Do it in response to the strong b underneath. It works very well. : I have always loved the way Domenico breaks the "rules" with his parallel octaves, parallel fifths and doubled thirds. I think this characteristic of his compositions is a result of his knowledge of guitar, I'm sure, and also it's a technique he uses to strengthen the voices. Who cares about the "rules" when it sounds good, right? JS Bach breaks the "rules" too, but not nearly as often. : My latest effort has been the "as fast as possible" K 427. I'm still working on it. What fun!

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