<?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 Instruction: Learning a Mozart Minuet is never simple (K. 6 in C&nbsp;Major)]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The charming Mozart Minuet in C Major, K. 6, requires a baby-step, layered learning approach. What makes it challenging are the variety of shapes within phrases&#8212;groupings of two notes, then longer ones, and a sloping effect in some places, and a tapering in others. To play Mozart with beauty is to <em>sing</em> the separate lines and interweave them with nuance.</p>
<p>The video elaborates, beginning with a C Major scale warm-up that preps for two-note slurs that permeate the composition. (A wrist forward motion is demonstrated)</p>
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<p><strong>Play through in tempo:</strong></p>
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