early intermediate

2. Hummingbird

Seymour Bernstein

What's this piece like?
Bernstein's Birds is a fantastic set of 8 studies inspired by birds. These pieces are atonal and provide a great introduction to this type of repertoire for intermediate level pianists. The second piece in this set, the Hummingbird, focuses on agility and dexterity between the first three fingers on the right hand, as well as coordination between hands.
Who's this piece for?
Ideal for intermediate level pianists who like original and non-traditional pieces.
1-2 pages
Contemporary
Atonal

MOOD: Flashy, fast, light and mysterious.

TECHNIQUE: Leggiero.

Ranking
Equivalent to RCM level 3
Equivalent to ABRSM level 3
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2001

Terrorists attack the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in NYC.

2002

On the Transmigration of Souls, John Adams' homage to the victims of the 9/11 attacks premieres in NYC.

2003

Licht ("Light"), Karlheinz Stockhausen's cycle of seven operas, started in 1977 and was completed in 2003 with the opera Sonntag aus Licht.

2004

Third largest ever recorded earthquake devastates the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

2007

Hummingbird was first published when S. Bernstein was 80 years old.

2012

The existence of the Higgs Boson was confirmed at the Large Hadron Collider in Cern, Switzerland.

2016

Bob Dylan receives the Nobel Prize for Literature.

2016

Pierre Boulez, one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world, dies on January 5th.

2018

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking dies on March 14th.

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