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The short answer
Celle qui parle trop is a character piece by Erik Satie. PlayPiano puts it at Level 7, an estimate.
- character piece
- playful
- block chords
- voicing
History
This is the first of Satie's three Chapitres tournés en tous sens. His score turns a short piano piece into a comic conversation, with calls to listen and let someone speak and a theme labelled for the 'poor husband.'
Sources
What to listen for
A flowing line gains little interruptions
The opening file sequence descends B, A, G while close upper pitches join some attacks. Hear the flowing line through those brief thicker sounds.
A second layer joins later
Later, a steady middle-register line continues while another track adds two-note shapes, then leaves space. Listen to the short replies against the continuing line.
How to practise it
- Play the descending B, A, G line alone from the opening file segment. Add the joining upper pitches at their existing attack points, keeping the descending line connected through the thicker sounds.
- Practise the later middle-register line alone, then add the two-note replies from the other encoded layer. Keep the reply gaps empty while the continuing line moves on.
How hard is it
Busy rapid gestures and contrasting character require coordinated articulation, phrase control and clear differentiation of musical layers.
About this piece
- Collection
- French piano colors
- Licence
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
- Source
- mutopiaproject.org
- Credit
- “Celle qui parle trop” by E. Satie (1866 to 1925). Mutopia edition maintained by Knute Snortum. Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=2025. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Changes to the supplied file: none; any later conversion or edit must be disclosed separately.
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