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Offline jonathandodd

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A Recommendation
on: May 20, 2003, 09:34:45 PM
Wow - my teacher has just introduced me to the Godowsky etudes on the Chopin etudes. After the post from about a week ago, I'm just posting a recommendation of number two, the chromatic scaley one. It's *really* helpful in strengthening left hand 4th/5th fingers! Same goes, of course, for the Chopin number 2 for the right hand.

JD