- “Ballet Class Music: Etudes Volume 3″: 32 new piano selections for ballet class, composed and performed by pianist Robert Long (33 selections in total)
- Apple, amazon, Spotify, as well as CD,MP3 and sheet music options here on this site
- Ballet class music for barre and centre practice, including pirouettes, adage, petit allegro, and grand allegro (barre selections played twice for classroom convenience)
- Over 75 minutes of music!
- Released in 2013, for teachers and students of ballet, early majors level, this album has fewer selections but many are longer, especially in grand allegro
- Etudes Vol 3 available for
$9.99 (MP3 format), or as low as $17.95 in CD format. (CDs in stock) Sheet music (PDF format) for $2.95 per selection, or $19.95 for the complete album - Selection structural analysis and music selection samples directly below
SIDE PRACTICE, at the BARRE ( barre selections 2-12 are played twice
to provide music for both sides)
- 01. Warm Up: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 128 counts | Also: Fondus
- 02. Plies: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 03. Plies Alternate (slower): 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 04. Battements Tendus: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts |Also: Degages, Glisses
- 05. Battements Glisses: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 128 counts | Also: Jettes, Petits Retires
- 06. Ronds de Jambe a Terre
& Battements Fondus: 3/4
| 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts - 07. Battements Frappes &
Petits Battements: 4/4
| 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts | Also: Serres - 08. Battements Frappes &
Petits Battements
Alternate (faster): 4/4
| 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts | Also: Serres, Pirouettes at the barre - 09. Ronds de Jambe
en l’air: 3/4
| 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 32 counts - 10. Developpes: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts | Also: Developpes Passes, Fouettes of Adage
- 11. Port de Bras: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 48 counts | Also: Barre Stretch
- 12. Grands battements: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts | Suggestion: for accent in, leg up on count 4 of intro
- 13. Centre Port de Bras: 6/8 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts | Also: Temps Lie, Chasses
- 14. Battements Tendus
with Grands Battements: 4/4
| 1 bar = 2 counts | Tntro 4 counts | Length 64 counts | Also: with Pirouettes - 15. 1st Pirouettes: 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 16. 2nd Pirouettes: 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts | Also: Pas de Valse, Balances
- 17. Adage in 3/4 | 1 bar = 1 count | Intro 4 counts | Length 64 counts
- 18. Adage in 4/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 72 counts | 4 sets of 16 + 8 counts coda
- 19. Sautes: 2/4 | 1 bar = 2 counts | Intro 4 counts | Length 128 counts | 8 sets of 16
- 20. 9/8 Petit Allegro
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1 bar = 3 counts
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Intro 6 counts
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96 counts
- 21.
6/8 Petit Allegro|
1 bar = 2 counts
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Intro 4 counts
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Length 128 counts
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Glissades, Ballonnes, Echappes, Jettes
- 22.
6/8 Petit Allegro
(faster)
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1 bar = 2 counts
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Intro 4 counts
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128 counts
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identical music, faster tempo
- 23.
Pas de Basques: 3/4|
1 bar = 3 counts
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Intro 6 counts
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Length 96 counts
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Also: Pas de Basque Sautes, Glisses, Coupes Chasses Pas de Bourrees
- 24.
Ballonnes Composes: 3/4|
1 bar = 3 counts
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Intro 6 counts
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Length 192 counts
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Also: Pas de Basque Sautes, Glisses
- 25.
Balances en Tournant: 3/4|
1 bar = 1 count
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Intro 4 counts
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Length 64 counts
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Also: Runs, Chasses, Poses Temps Leves
- 26.
Waltz Enchainement 1: 3/4|
1 bar = 1 count
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Intro 4 counts
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Length 112 counts
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48 + 64, or 7 sets of 16
- 27.
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1 bar = 1 count
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Intro 4 counts
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Length 128 counts
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Pirouettes from corner, Grands Jetes en Tournant
- 28.
Waltz Enchainement 3: 3/4|
1 bar = 1 count
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Intro 4 counts
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Length 128 counts
- 29.
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1 bar = 1 count
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4 counts
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64 counts
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Suggestion: Free Movement Study
- 30.
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1 bar = 1 count
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Intro 4 counts
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Length 64 counts
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Fouette Turns, Pique Turns (or Frappes at barre)
- 31.
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1 bar = 1 count
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Intro 4 counts
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Length 96 counts
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Fouettes, Piques, Poses Temps Leves, Coupes Poses Chasses
- 32.
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1 bar = 1 count
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Intro 4 counts
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Length 96 counts
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Also: Batterie Exercises
- 33.
Reverence with
Port de Bras/Stretch: 3/4
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1 bar = 1 count
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Intro 4 counts
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Length 64 counts
CENTRE PRACTICE
PETIT ALLEGRO
GRAND ALLEGRO
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