Skills · Making it music
Legato, staccato & accents
The hands use different touches while the tempo stays the same.
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Practised in these lessons
- Lesson 11
R legato – L staccato
Same notes and rhythm, different note lengths.
In Course 03 · Colours of sound
Open → - Lesson 12
R staccato – L legato
Swap the touches.
In Course 03 · Colours of sound
Open → - Lesson 15
Offset accents
R accents beat 1; L accents beat 3.
In Course 03 · Colours of sound
Open → - Lesson 81
Four steps of volume
Make four levels, pp, p, mf, f, through the speed of the key stroke.
Open → - Lesson 82
Mary: two touches
Two bars legato, two bars staccato, with the tempo unchanged.
Open → - Lesson 186
Complete piece: Evening waltz
A 16-bar waltz: a legato melody over bass–chord–chord with short chords, with dynamics shaping each phrase.
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