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Piano Warm-ups, Chopin, and the Art of Breathing (Videos)

Posted on November 11, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

An adult student and I worked on relaxation techniques that applied to her warm-ups. We practiced preparation for starting notes of broken chords and scales.

I recommended a slow and deep ingestion of air before the release of a stream, that has a perfect moment to create an opening sound or tone. Music and the synchronized breath are at ONE.

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Private piano teacher, recording artist, composer, piano finder, freelance writer, film maker, story teller: Grad of the NYC HS of Performing Arts, Oberlin Conservatory, NYU (Master of Arts) Studies with Lillian Freundlich and Ena Bronstein; Master classes with Murray Perahia and Oxana Yablonskaya. Studios in BERKELEY and EL CERRITO, California; Member, Music Teachers Assoc. of California, MTAC; Distance learning at POWHOW: http://www.powhow.com/classes/shirley-kirsten and Skyped instruction available plus exchange videos: SKYPE ID, shirleypiano1 Contact me at: shirley_kirsten@yahoo.com OR http://www.youtube.com/arioso7 or at FACEBOOK: Shirley Smith Kirsten, http://facebook.com /shirley.kirsten TWITTER: http://twitter.com/arioso7 Private fund-raising for non-profits as pianist--Public Speaking re: piano teaching and creative approaches

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2 Responses to Piano Warm-ups, Chopin, and the Art of Breathing (Videos)

Deborah Freeman says:

November 11, 2012 at 12:08 pm

Shirley, thank you for the demonstration on breathing in regard to the melodic line and phrasing. I enjoyed your demonstrations using the contrary motion scale, then moving to the repertoire
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- arioso7: Shirley Kirsten says:
  
  November 11, 2012 at 12:55 pm
  
  Thanks, Deborah. I’m glad the demonstrations were of value. I appreciated your feedback. SK
  
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