il metodo pratico

I’ve been rediscovering the ‘Metodo Pratico’ by Vaccai, which I first encountered some years ago with another teacher. It’s a set of short Italian songs, each designed to test at least aspect of technique, mostly articulation (which is what we mostly use it for), ornaments or a particular interval. Some are far from straightforward such as the rather misleadingly-titled ‘Preparatory exercise for the Mordent’ which in fact uses a variety of florid ornamentation. The words are very generic, apart from some Risorgimento sentiments in the recitative exercise.
I have it for ‘medium voice’ which ranges from middle C to the second F above it. I don’t need a higher-voice edition but I’d be interested to know if one exists. My teacher has one in a slightly lower set of keys, so we have to swap copies when I sing these exercises.

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2 Responses to il metodo pratico

  1. Heinrich von Herzogenberg says:

    Hey, there also exists one for “high voice”, which ranges from middle eb to the second g# above it. it’s avaible under the nr. 2073a at edition peters.

  2. vhk says:

    Thanks for the info. I’ve never seen the high-voice edition on sale in Britain. Actually when I practice alone I sometimes transpose the exercises up which has the same effect.

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