Getting those opening bars of Beethoven to land with both precision and fire is one of the trickiest moments in chamber music.

In this lesson segment, violinist Martin Beaver and pianist Kevin Fitz-Gerald break down the cueing, articulation, and dynamic shaping behind the first movement of the Sonata in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1.

One gem: try practicing double-dotted rhythms in straight sixteenth notes to feel exactly how late that short note should fall.

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