Section outline

  • Links

    Zoe: https://youtu.be/cAFQkK9PwA8

    Charles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIOvOIJ5Zjo

    Tom: https://youtu.be/C8fb7bcBUsU

    Hector: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqeyElCHRM8&feature=share

    Elissa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0vdFpm8ccw

    Andrea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6lNyv4gFKk&feature=youtu.be


    Task

    Decide how to arpeggiate the chords in the recitative 'Armida, dispietata...' from Handel's Rinaldo. 

    The following two example videos feature arpeggiations that either support or detract from the singer's performance (see if you can spot which is the good example, and which is the bad!).

    1st example (thanks Flo for sharing this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne-RHNXmhtQ

    2nd example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=hTzzBSk-Bu8

    You can listen to additional recordings, try things out on a keyboard if you have access to one, discuss with your classmates, or use your imagination to consider which types of arpeggiation might work well in this particular recitative. Be ready to share your proposed arpeggiations with the rest of the class on Wednesday 17th June.