"Morning Prayer" from Tchaikovsky's Children's Album Piano Tutorial

Tchaikovsky's Children's Album is un unparalleled treasury of pedagogical works for introducing the young pianist to the Romantic Style, especially the Russian Piano School. In this series of videos, Dr. Svetlana Belsky discusses the pianistic and interpretive challenges of each one and suggests solutions. "Morning Prayer" is the 1st work in the cycle

00:00 Introduction to the Children's Album
01:04 About "Morning Prayer"
01:16 Simultaneous Chords
03:10 The question of Voicing
04:08 Holding and Subdividing the Long Notes
07:37 Repeated Notes
09:35 Performance with Artwork

If you want to learn more about the difficult but fascinating history of the cycle’s creation, please see    • Tchaikovsky's "Children's Album": The Ligh...  

To hear the complete Album performed in its original manuscript order:    • Tchaikovsky's Children's Album (performed ...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Pedagogical Videos for each of the pieces:

Morning Prayer    • "Morning Prayer" from Tchaikovsky's Childr...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Winter Morning    • "Winter Morning" from Tchaikovsky's Childr...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Mama    • "Mama" from Tchaikovsky's Children's Album...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

The Little Horseman    • "The Little Horseman" from Tchaikovsky's C...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

March of the Toy Soldiers    • "March of  The Toy Soldiers" from Tchaikov...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

The New Doll    • "The New Doll" from Tchaikovsky's Children...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

The Sick Doll    • "The Sick Doll" from Tchaikovsky's Childre...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Funeral for the Doll    • "The Doll's Funeral" from Tchaikovsky's Ch...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Waltz    • "Waltz" from Tchaikovsky's Children's Albu...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Polka    • "Polka" from Tchaikovsky's Children's Albu...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Mazurka    • "Mazurka" from Tchaikovsky's Children's Al...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Russian Folk Group ( Russian Song, Peasant Plays the Accordion, Russian Dance (Kamarinskaya))    • "Russian Song," "Playing the Accordion", "...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Italian Song    • "Italian Song" from Tchaikovsky's Children...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Old French Song    • "Old French Song" from Tchaikovsky's Child...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

German Song    • "German Song" from Tchaikovsky's Children'...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Neapolitan Song    • "Neapolitan Song" from Tchaikovsky's Child...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Nurse's Tale    • "The Nurse's Tale" from Tchaikovsky's Chil...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Baba Yaga    • "Baba Yaga" from Tchaikovsky's Children's ...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

Sweet Dream    • "Sweet Dream" from Tchaikovsky's Children'...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

The Lark    • "Song of the Lark" from Tchaikovsky's Chil...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

In Church and The Organ Grinder    • "In Church" and "The Organ Grinder" from T...  &list=PLjOSI-KliTd8wPS9glK5STYNwMB_rJhT8

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