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Piano Technique: chord playing with a supple wrist and natural, infused long breaths (Burgmuller’s “Ave Maria” as example)

Ilyana, 9, explored the supple wrist entry into chords at Forte (Big) and piano (soft) dynamic levels as the warm-up segment of her lesson. In addition she did some breathing exercises to give life and lift to her sonorities.

More about chord playing and the singing tone:

Playing through Burgmuller’s “Ave Maria” (from the Op. 100 Twenty-Five Progressive Pieces) on the singing nightingale Haddorff:

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