No capo Les Barricades mysterieuses (The Mysterious Barricades) By Francois Couperin (1668-1733) Date: July 5th, 2001 Performance Notes: E 0 3 0 3 B 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 G 0 * 0 2 0 D 3 2 2 A 3 * 3 0 E 3 3 0 E 1 1p0h1p0 0 0 3 0 3 B 1 0 3 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 G 2 2 0 0 0 D 0 3 A 3 3 E 1 3 3 3 I ____________________________ 1. Mortal kombat deception gamecube vs ps2 vs xbox. E 0 3 B 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 G 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 * D 2 2 0 3 2 A 0 3 * E 0 1 3 3 _____________________ 2.

Hello, beginner pianist here. I'm currently working through Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena and I'm enjoying it a lot! Also working through Alfred's All-In-One Course 1. I've been listening to Les Barricades Mysterieuses by Couperin non-stop for the past 2 months - Cziffra's to be specific, and I was wondering if I should give it a try or if it's too early for a piece like that. I was thinking it may be a good opportunity to practice trills. I don't have enough experience to judge the difficulty of a lot of pieces yet, neither do I have a teacher (for now) to ask for advice!

FWIW (I don't teach, and haven't played it): The sheet music is in the 'public domain' -- there are free PDF's available.. Download it, print it out, and see if you can play it. I took a quick look, and while it sounds not-too-hard, a lot of the score is in four contrapuntal parts. I suspect it's not easy to play, and a bitch to play well. One suggestion:..

Les Barricades Mysterieuses www.classclef.com Francois Couperin (1668 – 1733) 1/8 = 120 Standard tuning 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 4 42 2 4 1 3 4 5.

DO NOT RUSH THE TEMPO WHEN YOU TRY IT. Cziffra is a master. You may _never_ be able to play it that fast, or that smoothly.

You'll find some talk about 'stretch pieces' in this Forum. Consider it a 'stretch piece'. I love the Couperin, but it is pretty tough.

I would say it's late intermediate, whereas AMB notebook pieces are early intermediate. I've generally taught this piece after a student has played several larger sonatinas and several Bach Little Preludes. If you're currently working through the AMB notebook, then I probably would hold off a bit on the Couperin. As dogperson says, it's a bit more than just a stretch piece. But that is good to have those carrots dangling in front of us to spur us onward. There is plenty of great music to learn along the way.

It's a gorgeous piece but I'd really recommend holding back until ready to play the original, which is written in the bass clef for both hands. Then you can really savour that lovely warm sound and the changing harmonies. It's marked 'Vivement' but I think it's lovely played slowly and expressively. If you try out just the Rondeau section you'll find you have do do a lot of changing fingers on single notes in order to connect the melodies. This is the real technique for this piece, not the trills, which are relatively unimportant I feel. You can then do the whole piece with little or no pedal if you master this technique. (But I do feel it would be very hard for a relative beginner:)).