The following assignment should take you two to three days to complete: 20-40 minutes for each day.
Find the PDF I emailed you of the Chopin Prelude Op. 28 No 15 in D-flat Major. Print it out and have it with you while you follow the instructions below.
Listen to all three videos below as you follow along with the score. Using paper or a computer, write down what you like and don't like. Notice if the performers follow the instructions in the score. Notice tempo changes and differences in dynamics, accents, melodies and anything else that may stick out to you. Be able to show me written or typed notes.
Using blank staff paper, copy every visible detail of the score (EXCEPT THE PEDAL MARKINGS) for the first eight measures of the Prelude.
Next week: what is a Prelude? Finding patterns in this piece. A quick look at the form / structure. Learning the first phrase!