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Playing Scales from Legato to “Staccato,” (Think ping pong balls)

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

Scales have always gotten a bum rap. Most piano students, especially beginners, loathe them. They consider the exercises to be meaningless and time wasting. They’d rather cut to the chase and play their assigned pieces. If for a moment, students decided to consider scales in the same way a … Continue reading →

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