The Prelude feels as if it was assembled with precision. Its panel gaps are tight, and most of its interior is soft to the touch. Its front seats are shaped well enough, but the chaise lounge seating position is dreadful, and the thick velour upholstery is like sitting on bath towels. The Prelude's tight chassis feels impressively solid despite the car's large greenhouse and thin roof pillars.
Among the fifth-gen Prelude's body-stiffening measures over its predecessor are a reinforced rear bulkhead, additional crossmembers, and a steering-column support stretching between the A-pillars. We once called the Prelude's chassis unflappable and said that it had Formula 1—like steering. Today, the Honda's helm feels slower than we'd like, and its That said, the Prelude's steering is so precise and its feedback so organic that it should be used as a reference for steering engineers all over the world.
The Prelude's brakes also are extremely communicative and easy to modulate, although our test car's foot stop from 70 mph is significantly longer than what we've previously recorded for the Type SH. Honda gave the Prelude a light refresh in , which included a new exhaust header and revised valve timing that bumped the output of the "big block" 2.
The gearbox is geared extremely short to keep the four-banger on boil. While there's not much grunt to be found below rpm, there's meat in the engine's midrange, and the Prelude can reach 60 mph in second gear.
Things start happening above rpm. The engine feels as if it's hard-mounted to the chassis, and you can adjust the Prelude's cornering line with small throttle adjustments. With the engine spinning at revs at a mph cruise, passing maneuvers on the highway rarely require a downshift. When you want real power, however, you have to rev the big four-cylinder past rpm, when Honda's VTEC variable valve timing and lift system finally kicks in and switches to its higher-lift cam profile to unleash the engine's full lb-ft of torque.
Horsepower peaks at rpm and redline is at , but the engine will spin up to its rpm fuel cutoff if you keep your foot in it. Worked hard, the Prelude can feel like a poor man's first-generation NSX, and it sounds like one, too. At the test track, a rpm launch elicits a bit of wheelspin, and the Type SH will bolt to 60 mph in 7. Accessed December 7, This style quickly became a pattern also in French opera and ballet overtures.
German composers incorporated the style that was also used in openings of suites. This form comprises of a slow, majestic opening, marked by dotted rhythms and suspensions, with a lively fugal second section.
The toccata style often found in this works was originally a piece that displays manual dexterity, always for solo keyboard instrument. Regardless the fact that Bach only wrote few sets of dance suites for the keyboard - the six French Suites , six English Suites , the six Partitas and the French Overtures - other works were heavily influenced by dance styles even when not given dance titles.
The Prelude in Eb major from Book 1 is sarabande-like. Often, there are streams of notes coming out of a chord evoking a lute accompaniment.
In a typical sarabande, the accentuation often happens on the second beat but can also happen on the first. In this case, the emphasis on the first beat is given through ornamentation in measure 4, arpeggiation in measures and a combination of both in measure 8. This prelude presents characteristics of a sarabande. It is important to mention that the dotted quarter notes could be played as double dotted notes, giving a more dramatic character to the piece, which would be very appropriate here.
Besides the performance practice approach to double dots and the importance of the dance element to this piece, this prelude would be also a helpful tool for students who need to improve on listening and matching the sound, especially in this case. Here, the long notes require careful listening through the sound as it decays, in order to match the sound of the following notes.
A good preparatory piece for this prelude would be the Sarabande in G minor from the English Suite No. Besides, this sarabande has the same type of chordal texture of the Prelude in Eb minor , which would also help to clarify the concept of the dance.
In this case, emphasis on beats are achieved through longer note values on the second beat of most measures as well as ornamentation - trills and arpeggios. Similar to the previous prelude is the one in E minor from Book 1. A great way to practice this prelude, after learning hands separate, would be to play the left hand part with only the chords in the right hand beats one and three.
Presents characteristics of an aria. The Prelude in C major, Book 1 , is like a gigue. It requires great independence in both hands since its material exchange between hands. Fast and light, there are no chordal passages in this piece, but a continuous stream of sixteenth notes.
This prelude is giga II-like. Rotation is essential in this prelude and exercises could be done by isolating measures and to work with hands separate on rotation in intervals of fourths, fifths, and sixths; these intervals are found throughout this entire prelude in both hands.
The first measure of each phrase mm. Blocking these measures and then using rotation to play the notes as written will help the student to achieve a comfortable and secure approach to these passages. In addition, blocking the hand with the easier part left hand in mm. Another gigue is the Prelude in A major, Book 2. This one fits in the category of giga I, with consistent triple groupings throughout the piece and imitative counterpoint as texture.
Accessed November 30, This prelude is giga I-like. This prelude is a great piece to work on contrapuntal textures. Despite its three voices, it is not very complex since the counterpoint is imitative, not presenting many different subjects as in a typical Bach fugue. Furthermore, its slower tempo makes it easier for the student to hear through the different voices.
Practicing each voice separately is a good strategy for shaping the phrases and especially listening to the sound as it continues through after long note values. The famous Prelude No. The arpeggiated chords in figure 6 all fit comfortably in the hand and the same type of articulation legato is kept throughout the whole piece. It would be a very good piece for beginner or early intermediate students to improve their touch and sound by practicing legato and evenness.
Wrist flexibility and rotation should also be addressed to help with the smoothness of legato along with alignment of the forearm and fingers to improve tone quality.
This prelude presents a free and improvisatory style. Another important aspect that would be very useful when working with intermediate students is the choice of dynamics. Because there are no dynamic marks in this piece and, overall, in any of J.
Bach's works , the student could be challenged to choose how to shape phrases based on the harmony. When working on phrasing, students can practice blocking the chords to develop a more clear sense of the chord progression. The teacher can help by asking questions such as "where do you feel tension? The Prelude in C major from Book 2 is also written in the same free-improvisatory style, almost like an unmeasured prelude.
The rhythms Bach writes right in the opening, measures of figure 7 , not repeated in patterns, suggest an attempt to notate, with measures, a free and improvisatory piece of music. This prelude is much more complex than the C major from Book 1, with contrapuntal writing that needs to be carefully addressed and practiced with each hand separately and with a clear idea of where the many overlapping phrases begin and end.
It presents free contrapuntal style. The Prelude in Bb major, Book 1 , is toccata-like. It is a great piece for working on evenness. So I pulled codes and got a p and p Well I replaced the egr valve, which was "faulty" by the code definition p which also showed vtec soleniod problem. When i replaced the egr I reset the ecu and everything was going fine, no sputtering etc.. Well omw home from work I was wanting to see if the vtec showed up as a possible problem got fixed by replacing the egr since the obd light still hadnt came on.
Any Ideas? Could this be caused by a bad vtec solenoid since they usually open at around ? Or would my Catalytic converter or something else be the more reasonable culprit? I'm stuck. Btw when it sputtered and stalled the obd light started flashing till i let off of the gas.
I pulled over and cut the car off. So I'm a little stumped. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike Would you be able to put a h22a4 motor in my prelude that supposed to have a h23a1 motor in it. Jonathon answered 2 years ago. David answered about a year ago.
If you want fast buy a Mustang.. However since this thread was written 10 yrs ago you probably know this by now. Glad to help! Not the fastest, but perfect for what it is. Stiffer feel. These cars are one of the funnest to drive ever. Chris answered 8 months ago. I was just challenged about a craigslist listing- I'm selling a prelude si, and a person responded that it couldn't be a due to the color. Whats up guys ok i bought a honda prelude i was just wondering do they all take forever to shift?
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