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Sister and brother piano lessons in the Hills

Posted on June 8, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I enjoy my weekly journey to a home way up in the Hills of El Cerrito (neighbor to Berkeley) There, I teach Lucy and Fritz who play a lovely, resonant Baldwin Acrosonic that I advised mom to purchase (over at … Continue reading →

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Development of Piano Technique all bundled into one collection

Posted on March 11, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Instead of pumping out Hanon and Czerny exercises to build so-called finger dexterity, try Burgmuller’s Op. 100, Twenty-five Progressive Pieces. Here’s a sample of the challenges posed by the composer in each of these showcased Romantic era tableaux: Harmony of … Continue reading →

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Piano Technique: Burgmuller’s Tarentelle, Op. 100-Fueling and shaping fast passages with a dipping, supple wrist (Videos)

Posted on March 9, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Most piano students will have been assigned a Burgmuller selection or two during their formative years of study. And most likely, these would have been snatched from the composer’s Twenty-Five Progressive Pieces, Op. 100 that advance by steps in difficulty, … Continue reading →

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Piano Instruction: Flexible wrist, rolling forward motion for shaping groups of notes in Burgmuller’s “Inquietude” (VIDEO)

Posted on April 15, 2011 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I’ve chosen Burgmuller’s E minor “Inquietude” (Restlessness) from the composer’s Twenty-Five Progressive Pieces, to demonstrate a spring forward movement of the wrist used with groupings of three slurred 16th notes that permeate the selection. I also enlist syllables, “da-lee-dle” to … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: Burgmuller Inquietude

Sister and brother piano lessons in the Hills

Development of Piano Technique all bundled into one collection

Piano Technique: Burgmuller’s Tarentelle, Op. 100-Fueling and shaping fast passages with a dipping, supple wrist (Videos)

Piano Instruction: Flexible wrist, rolling forward motion for shaping groups of notes in Burgmuller’s “Inquietude” (VIDEO)

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