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TRAVELS

INTERMEDIATE TEACHING PIECES FOR PIANO

By Juhi Bansal, edited by Nic Gerpe This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.

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Travels

Mirror the Stars (Big Sur)

pp 1

Stone and Space (Yosemite)

pp 4

Fire and Brimstone (Yellowstone)

pp 7

Jagged (Rocky Mountains)

pp 10

Field of Fire (Kilauea)

pp 13

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Revels in the Devilâ€™s Garden (Arches)

pp 16

Brittle Bones (the Badlands)

pp 20

Deep as the Sky (Crater Lake)

pp 25

Teaching Notes

pp 29

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Mirror the Stars (Big Sur)

Expressive, delicate q = 130-140 3

  



  















 



    

ppp

     

  ff

  

  

   1

 



     

 



3     

 

   

3   pp

 

  

 



 

     

 



 

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 

    

     



f subito

4 

     

  

   4 2

1 31 2      

   

     

2 





     

     

ppp

    mp



4 1



  

  



1  4     

   

    

 

 





     



    

 

         



    







    

3 1

 



3       

4  

 

 

    

 

       

  

 

    

 









 

     

   

 

 3     

 

2       4

 

 





     

    

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 





      

   

   





 





         f

 







     

 1

 



       



 poco rit.



       

4 2

            1



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   

 

Stone and Space (Yosemite) Light, shimmering q. = 85 - 110

     

  

        

  

     

     

  



     mp

   

    

con ped.

6  6    

  

       



 

    

  

       

 

   

  

       

 

   

  

       

 

   

       mp



     

 

  





 

ppp



16 16

Grand, espressivo

   p







 

 

   



 

 

   

 



cresc.

 

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 

  



 



 

 

  

26 Light, shimmering       



 

 



 

 

 

 



 

  

  





una corda

  













 











 

rit.









 

34 34

 

a tempo Grand, espressivo

 

 

   

   

  

 

poco a poco cresc.

 

  



  

   

   

   

 

 

tres cordes 39

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

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 

 



44 44     

  





















 













  



 







 







 

 











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

   









ppp







55 poco a poco rit.    







51 a tempo    







 





 



     



poco rit.

   p

     

47 



Fire and Brimstone (Yellowstone) Breathing and bubbling, like a geyser q = 126 - 140

 

                      



            p    

 





    

         2 4

 p subito

p subito

             

                          Grandly, legato

          



     



      

     

 

4-5

                                 3

   



 

 

  

 

  

4 3 2 1 4        

                                poco a poco dim.

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Delicate, crisp, like icicles





3 2 1 3                            

            pp                    







 







 

         

              

3             2 5

   

   

poco rit.

     



        



      

1 4

  



a tempo

      

1 3 2 1    

4 3 2      

           1

1 3 2 1    

1                                                            



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 

                     



      

                         mf

                    

molto allargando

4 3

                             





       

3 2

  

           3 1 1 3

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

Jagged (Rocky Mountains)

Short, fast, spiky q = 200

    



  

   2





  

9   





  



 1

  



  4 1

  

 

2 5

5 5   

  5 2

 



 

  

 5 2

 

 

 

  

  



 

  



   









 















 



 



 

5 2



   





1

 

 





 





 

 



 

 4

 5 2







 

13      

 



       

 

     

      



 



        2 1 3



  

(Ossia)







 



 





 

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17         5 1

 

 

fff

   2

   

   



21  

  





  



 

1 4



 

4-5 1





 





 

 



 



 







 



4-5 1

 

 

  



 

3 1

    p





     

(Ossia)

   



5 3

2 1

         

  

1 2 4





 







 

25 25





 



 

1  

(simile)

  



 

  





      

        1 2 4



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   



2 1

  







   

 

     



  

    







3 1







  



cresc. poco a poco

   



 

   

 



33 Bright, incisive

         



   

        

5 2

    

     

   





   

    2 5

  

   2       

41  2    

     

4 1

   

       

  

   

   1 

    

           



       



   2

    ff

  

 





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  



  

Field of Fire (Kilauea) Like molten lava q = 108 - 120

   

   

  

  



sempre pp

  

5  





9  







 

Crackling!

  

 

  

  

 







  

   

 

     

 5

   

  

13 13

   



  



  

  

        

 

 

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      f

       





 

     

 

  

  

17 17



Molten





19 





 

                  



 



                           



   sfz

          



24  

   1

 

             

sfz

28 Crackling                            pp                           5





32 29







             

       

    

Flying sparks!

  

 



   5

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



 



 

  

  





 

42         







pp subito









   



  

  

rit.







   

 



 



 

pp subito



 



   



pp subito

    









   

  

ffff

 



  

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40               

44          



46 46



  

36    

  

 



  



  

 

   

  



 f

   

Revels in the Devil's Garden (Arches National Park) q. = 94 Fast and mischievous

 



 



     



     

       

9                     f                         4 2



2-1    





5-4



      



 13     

      

      



      

   

    

      

     

      





5 





     







      

     

      

     19       p subito

             

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             

      

   

           

   







     

  





   



   

          

                



   





       

27      mf   

        

 

 

  

  

   

     cresc. poco a poco      

 35   f



   

                       



 

Lightly

  

                 mp







                    This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies. 



       

43    

     





      

    











     

               

     Legato



       

Clear!                        

     

   

         



       





               ff

              

   

 

molto cresc.

       

61 



 



      

   

65  



      

                           This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies. 18

69                    f                  



         









 

      



      

 79   



73               

   





      



     

      

   

    

     

     

      

     

   

       

 

  



  



    



                 performance copies. This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase 



     







ffff

 

Brittle Bones (the Badlands) q = 96 - 108

 



 



  

    

Like a heavy, lumbering creature p

Lightly

                                    pp







5 p 





    

   



 



                           ( pp )

  

  

 

8 



        4

                                

10                            f ff                          not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies. This score is 10

  



 









16 mp      



        

                               

sempre pp

20 18 18

 





 



 

 



 

 3 1

4 2

   5 1

 5  1 

sfz

 3 1

 

 

sfz

 

 

               

24  

  

f subito



                       



  

 



  

   



     





       



 

 

                    p This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.   





 

28  28      

 

ff Lumbering (L.H.)

               (slight accents on downbeats) 

32  32       

36  

         

ff subito

 

( mf )

 

    

40        



 



   

  

  





  

  

   mf



   

  

     

 

       





 

      

   

ff subito



  





    

  





        

 

   1 2

   

                 1  This score  to purchase performance copies. 1 Please visit MusicSpoke.com is not licensed for performance. 22

 mf

 



  

  4



44      









  

  

  

  3



  

52  

    

  1

   

  

 

 

 



    

  

  

58  

  

  

ffff







 

     

 

 

 

 



  3

   

    

  

ffff

60    

  



 

     pp

   1

  ff



 

ffff



Lightly

                             Pleasevisit    to purchase performance pp copies.  licensed This score is not  for performance.   MusicSpoke.com  23

    

 

 

    

 

            

    

       

(hold chord until it dies away naturally)



 

   

 





   

 

 



  



 

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 

Deep as the Sky (Crater Lake)

Rippling, like water q = 110 - 130

                 

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    

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      

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  

   

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14                              

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      

  

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                  

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  

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   

      

  

sfz

  

       sfz

22                                

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    

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

sfz

     

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26                                  

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poco a poco cresc.

   

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      f

   

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          

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 

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allargando

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     

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a tempo

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ritardando

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          

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Travels Techniques and key teaching points in each piece: Mirror the Stars (Big Sur) o

Harmony: Seconds Simple counterpoint

Stone and Space (Yosemite) o o o

Clusters Una corda High register

Fire and Brimstone (Yellowstone) o o o

Harmony: Clusters Simple counterpoint Repeated notes with changing fingering

Jagged (Rocky Mountains) o o o

Syncopation and rests Harmony: Quartal Accented articulation

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Field of Fire (Kilauea) o o o

Modal Harmony: Clusters Call and Response between hands

Revels in the Devilâ€™s Garden (Arches) o o

Acoustic scale Parallel dissonant motion

Brittle Bones (the Badlands) o o o

Harmony: Quartal Scales: chromatic, octatonic Low bass register

Deep as the Sky (Crater Lake) o o o o

Harmony: Open 5ths Changing keys Left Hand melody Cascading arpeggios and shifting hand positions

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Travels (Intermediate Teaching Pieces for Piano) | Juhi Bansal | MusicSpoke