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tonebase Piano Course

Schumann

Kleine Studie

Taught by renowned instructor

Daniela Bracchi

Faculty at Manhattan School of Music Precollege Daniela Bracchi breaks down the basic technical and musical challenges of Schumann's Kleine Studie (Little Study), No. 14 from Album for the Young. It is a graceful piece that trades arpeggios between the hands and makes an excellent introduction to Romantic music.<br><br>This lesson is suitable for different levels of beginners. Ample overhead views allow absolute beginners to study the piece without reading music notation, but the lesson is also a good opportunity to improve note-reading abilities. After defining the basic rhythmic, tonal, and formal aspects of the piece, Bracchi guides your through the work, bar-by-bar, one hand at a time, so you may methodically build the piece into your ear and fingers and, with some practice, deliver a tasteful performance.

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    Duration: 
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Kleine Studie

Faculty at Manhattan School of Music Precollege Daniela Bracchi breaks down the basic technical and musical challenges of Schumann's Kleine Studie (Little Study), No. 14 from Album for the Young. It is a graceful piece that trades arpeggios between the hands and makes an excellent introduction to Romantic music.

This lesson is suitable for different levels of beginners. Ample overhead views allow absolute beginners to study the piece without reading music notation, but the lesson is also a good opportunity to improve note-reading abilities. After defining the basic rhythmic, tonal, and formal aspects of the piece, Bracchi guides your through the work, bar-by-bar, one hand at a time, so you may methodically build the piece into your ear and fingers and, with some practice, deliver a tasteful performance.

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Daniela Bracchi

Daniela Bracchi leads a vibrant career as a Manhattan-based pianist and pedagogue, with sold-out appearances at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, a faculty position at the Manhattan School of Music, and concert tours in France and Spain.

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