🇭🇺Bartók Béla Viktor János ： Mikrokosmos Vol.1 No.1 Unison Melody 1 BB 105 Sz 107

This short piece for a melody played in unison by both hands opens Volume 1 of Bartók’s educational collection Mikrokosmos. Although its musical progress is simple, it requires the hands to be precisely synchronized, the pulse to remain steady, and the melody to be given a singing quality. Rather than dividing the piece into large sections, it is helpful to sense the flow in short musical units. Begin by making each note’s attack and value even, while avoiding unnecessary tension in the wrists and arms. When the two hands sound as a single voice, with balanced volume and a natural sense of direction, the musicality within the simple material comes clearly to the fore.