Legato and staccato work like punctuation in a Classical-era piece...but the contrast between them is what makes a phrase clear. See how to find as much variety as the score allows, plus a clean way to stop short notes with your right hand, even on open strings.
In this video, Emmanuel Sowicz uses Fernando Sor’s Exercise no. 2 from his 24 Very Easy Exercises op. 35 to model his approach to making musical and technical decisions. In addition to providing his solutions for the exercise, Emmanuel explains how harmony, melody, and gestures guide his implementation of dynamics, articulations, and overall phrasing to any piece of music.
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