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Walkthrough (3)

The Right Hand

The main difficulty with the right hand is keeping the melody on a separate plane from the accompaniment notes. The heavy thumb of the accompaniment can easily insinuate itself into the melody, giving a false impression of the tune: The A in measure 2, in particular, sounds in many performances like part of the melody. Again, a good way to practise such difficulties is to divide the parts between the hands, exaggerating slightly the difference in dynamic levels between the two layers. Having heard what good balance between the parts sounds like, it is...

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