Godard starts you on the second beat on purpose, to unsettle the listener's sense of where the downbeat is. Watch how playing it as a downbeat, then leaning into each rising note without accenting it, keeps your audience alert inside a smooth, shaped line.
Tim Hagen walks us through all three movements of Benjamin Godard’s Suite de Trios Morceaux. He offers practical tips, practice strategies, and a musical interpretation based on the composer's rhythmic games.
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