TRAVELS
INTERMEDIATE TEACHING PIECES FOR PIANO
By Juhi Bansal, edited by Nic Gerpe
Website: www.juhibansal.com
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
Revels in the Devil’s Garden (Arches)
pp 16
Brittle Bones (the Badlands)
pp 20
Deep as the Sky (Crater Lake)
pp 25
Teaching Notes
pp 29
Mirror the Stars (Big Sur)
Expressive, delicate q = 130-140 3
6
11
ppp
ff
16
1
3
3 pp
1
5
1
2
5
1
f subito
4
4
4 2
1 31 2
2
ppp
mp
4 1
1 4
20
4
24
f
3 1
3
4
p
3
28
32
4
3
2 4
mf
2
2
36
40
f
1
3
1
poco rit.
4 2
1
Stone and Space (Yosemite) Light, shimmering q. = 85 - 110
pp
mp
con ped.
6 6
pp
11
pp
mp
ppp
16 16
Grand, espressivo
p
4
cresc.
21
26 Light, shimmering
f
26
pp
pp
una corda
30
rit.
34 34
a tempo Grand, espressivo
p
poco a poco cresc.
tres cordes 39
5
44 44
f
49
53
57
6
ppp
55 poco a poco rit.
51 a tempo
pp
poco rit.
p
47
Fire and Brimstone (Yellowstone) Breathing and bubbling, like a geyser q = 126 - 140
p
5
2 4
4
p subito
p subito
Grandly, legato
9
ff
4-5
3
13
2
4 3 2 1 4
3
3
7
poco a poco dim.
Delicate, crisp, like icicles
17
3 2 1 3
pp
21
25
3 2 5
poco rit.
1 3 2 1
1 4
a tempo
1 3 2 1
4 3 2
1
4
3
2
1
29
8
1
32
35
4
3
2
1
mf
molto allargando
4 3
3 2
3 1 1 3 3
9
ff
Jagged (Rocky Mountains)
Short, fast, spiky q = 200
f
2
9
f
1
4 1
9
2 5
4
5
5 5
5 2
1
5 2
ff
5 2
1
3
4
5 2
13
13
ff
2 1 3
5
(Ossia)
10
17 5 1
17
fff
2
5
21
21
1 4
4-5 1
4
4-5 1
3 1
p
(Ossia)
5 3
2 1
1 2 4
25 25
1
(simile)
11
1 2 4
2 1
29
3 1
cresc. poco a poco
33 Bright, incisive
33
37
5 2
mf
38
2 5
2
41 2
5
4 1
f
1
3
43
2
ff
5
12
pp
Field of Fire (Kilauea) Like molten lava q = 108 - 120
5
sempre pp
5
5
5
9
9
Crackling!
5
1
13 13
7
13
f
17 17
Molten
pp
19
p
21
sfz
pp
24
p
1
sfz
28 Crackling pp 5
25
32 29
Flying sparks!
3
ff
5
14
2
33
42
pp subito
rit.
mf
pp subito
15
40 pp subito
mp
44
46 46
36
42
37
ffff
f
Revels in the Devil's Garden (Arches National Park) q. = 94 Fast and mischievous
ff
5
9 f 4 2
6
1
2-1
11
5-4
13
15
5
5
16
p
19 p subito
20
25
ff
29
33
38
27 mf
35
Lightly
mp
39
cresc. poco a poco
f
17
43
42
47
52
62
Legato
Clear!
57
pp
ff
molto cresc.
18
61
65
p
69 f
67
71
75
79
79
73
19
ffff
Brittle Bones (the Badlands) q = 96 - 108
Like a heavy, lumbering creature p
Lightly
pp
4
5 p
( pp )
7
8
4
pp
10 f ff
10
20
14
16 mp
pp
sempre pp
20 18 18
f subito
3 1
21
mp
4 2
5 1
5 1
sfz
3 1
sfz
24
24
p
21
28 28
ff Lumbering (L.H.)
(slight accents on downbeats)
32 32
36
36
ff subito
40
40
mf
1
mf
1
ff subito
( mf )
22
mf
1 2
4
44
44
pp
48
3
52
52
f
1
ffff
3
60
ff
ffff
pp
pp
58
ff
57
pp
1
1
1
ff
f
ffff
23
Lightly
pp
62
(hold chord until it dies away naturally)
66
24
Deep as the Sky (Crater Lake)
Rippling, like water q = 110 - 130
pp
1
5
1
3
con ped.
5
4
pp
sfz
7
9 f
sfz
10
25
14
13
p
sfz
18
16
mp
p
mp
sfz
19
f
sfz
sfz
22
26
sfz
22
mp
26
25
poco a poco cresc.
28
f
3
2
5
1
32
34
fff
4
31
ff
fff
2
p
27
2
4
fff
3
p
fff
fff
37
p
fff
fff
allargando
a tempo
pp
46
42
43
40
ritardando
28
Travels Techniques and key teaching points in each piece: Mirror the Stars (Big Sur) o
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
29
Field of Fire (Kilauea) o o o
Modal Harmony: Clusters Call and Response between hands
Revels in the Devil’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
30