September 29, 2014

I research about Sonatinas and I also listened and compared between sonatinas. The sonatina links that I listened and compared to are:

Haydn

Tonality: Major Key
Tempo: Medium speed
In the middle it changed to minor key.

Kuhlau

Tonality: Major Key
Theme: Use of tension notes
Tempo: Fast

Beethoven

Tonality: Major Key
In the middle it changed to minor key.
Tempo: Fast

Clementi

Tonality: Major Key
Tempo: Fast

Mozart

Tonality: Major Key
Tempo: Medium

Sonatinas usually start with the Tonic key, then the development part starts with Dominant key and then it goes back to Tonic key again.

The challenges that I faced was that I had to analyse each piece carefully and spot out any major differences and simple differences.

Most of the Sonatinas' tonality is in Major key(happy). The character from each piece is shorter and lighter and also it is more suited for a beginner to learn Sonatinas as sonatinas is the smaller form of sonatas and Sonatinas are more technical to train the pianist's skills. The tempo is varied on the sonatina. A sonatina has at least one characteristic in each one, which is either brevity (fewer movements than the four of the late classical  sonata), technical simplicity (a lighter, less serious character) and a neo-classical style or a reference to earlier music.

Next, I will discuss the progress of my work with my supervisor.