<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Arioso7&#039;s Blog (Shirley Kirsten)]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://arioso7.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[arioso7: Shirley Kirsten]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://arioso7.wordpress.com/author/arioso7/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Piano lesson: Chopin B minor Waltz, Op. 69, no 2. (bouncing phrases back and&nbsp;forth)]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Teaching affords the greatest opportunity to listen objectively to students serving up their menu of pieces. It allows ideas to spring forward and bounce back.</p>
<p>Today, my Greek student resurrected his Chopin B Minor Waltz in preparation for a forthcoming concert, and he sorted through some of my epiphanies that were born of his playing.</p>
<p>In truth, my verbal prompts helped both of us crystallize phrasing and nuance.</p>
<p>&#8220;sighing,&#8221;&#8221; streams of notes,&#8221; &#8220;rubato,&#8221; &#8220;expand,&#8221; &#8220;resolve,&#8221; &#8220;sequence down&#8221; gave a frame of reference.</p>
<p>And conducting gestures, even over cyber communicated through an abyss of failed words.</p>
<p>The opening Waltz section ignited a two-way growth process that will surely ripen with time.</p>
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<p>An older SKYPED lesson video:</p>
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SKYPE SUPPLEMENT: </strong>B MINOR WALTZ</p>
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