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Topic: Chopin Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1  (Read 1647 times)

Offline lonelybird97

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Chopin Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1
on: January 04, 2014, 02:55:51 PM
Took some time practicing this piece
I would appreciate any comments or suggestions about it

Offline awesom_o

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Re: Chopin Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1
Reply #1 on: January 04, 2014, 06:58:27 PM
It wants to sound more graceful!

theholygideons

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Re: Chopin Minute Waltz Op. 64 No. 1
Reply #2 on: January 04, 2014, 11:36:46 PM
you need more convincing phrasing! it goes up, so you could use pedal and a slight crescendo with those runs followed by a slight decrescendo and a rubato or holding back to get a more graceful sound. Actually, just listen to lang lang play it. He hits you over the head with his demonstrative style, but you'll get the point.
 

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