24 Preludes. Op.28. 16(mm. 14-end) and 17(mm. 1-22)

Today was the first day that I was not looking forward to sight reading and blogging.  This may have been due to the fact that I'm a college student with a million things on his mind, but I honestly think that it was because I knew I would have to pick up where I left off on prelude 16...

Prelude 16 is a truly beautiful piece don't get me wrong, however, it makes for horrible sight reading because the melody is never ending line of 16th notes.  It is considered the hardest piece in the set due to the fast nature of the piece and almost impromptu (improvised) style melodic line.  The harmonic structure and support of the piece lies solely in the left hand accompaniment.  Seriously though, let's talk about these ledger lines!

Sadly I mostly gave up on prelude 16 and moved on to 17 which raised my spirits.  It is, however, 90 measures long and I only managed to get through one page today.  However, what I did read I thoroughly enjoyed.  The piece is simple in that the piece is mostly comprised of eight notes, the upper voice being the melody and the rest being chord tones. More analysis tomorrow when I hopefully find time to finish.

Total time spent sight reading: 20 minutes
Total time spend writing: 20 minutes