Description
There are two versions of BIENFIEL. The first version (v.1) employs 3-finger root position chords in a stepwise scalar progression with a simple repetitive one-note right hand melody. It was originally written for an adult student who experiences beginning Parkinson’s in his left hand. This piece allowed us to exercise and build strength in the left hand using a familiar shape, and the simple repetitive right hand melody allowed for left hand focus. This version is one page with no lever or pedal changes, and is suitable for small harps – the lowest note is C one octave below middle C, and the highest is G in second octave above middle C.
The second version (v.2) of BIENFIEL expounds on the same melody, but explores alternative finger patterns in 4- finger arpeggios, intervals of octaves and 10ths to stretch the hands, scalar patterns, syncopation, and rolled chords. This version is three pages with no lever or pedal changes, with a larger range – the lowest note is D in the second octave below middle C (and an optional lower G in the third octave below middle C near the end of the piece), and the highest is a D in the third octave above middle C.
BIENFIEL (both versions) is for solo lever or pedal harp, in the key of G major, in 3/4 time.
Form is roughly ABA – main theme returns at the end for easy learning! Tempo is suggestion only.
Watch and listen to v.2 and part of v.1 on YouTube, or listen to each on SoundCloud, below.
BIENFIEL is a composition that provides an opportunity for a performer or teacher + student to explore:
* chord symbols
* inversions of chords / triads
* extensions (7ths, 9ths)
* musical form and repeats
* arpeggios (walking)
* alternate fingering arpeggios
* musical form and repeats
* falling bass lines
* rolled chords
* chord clusters
* hand shapes
* syncopation
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