You've fallen for Chopin's Minute Waltz, opened the score, and felt fine until bar 12. Suddenly, that ornament feels impossible to fit in.

In this lesson segment, former tonebase Head of Piano Ben Laude breaks down how to play the trill without panic, simplifying the notes and breaking the ornament into three mental segments.

His takeaway? Sometimes adding just one grace note, with relaxed execution, sounds better than a frantic full trill.


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