The following video is to be used as AUDIO ONLY.
Work: ‘The Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Mirlitons)’
Composers/Creators: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performers: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Live Recording: 23 December 2010 at De Doelen in Rotterdam
This resource aligns with Lesson 14 and Listening Worksheet 3 from Speaking Music: Musicianship & Aural Training Level One 3rd Edition (SPKM1).
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Notate the rhythm of the first eight bars of this melody. The first bar is done for you below and can also be found as LQ.8 (pg. 98 of SPKM1) .
Do not be confused by the glissandi, (very fast runs of notes), and grace notes, (short, quick notes before a main note), that are in this melody for decoration and are not part of the main rhythm.
