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Playing Legato
Basic Legato Technique Parlando Touch and Legato Slurs Legato Fingering Shaping a Legato Melody The Illusion of Legato Overholding "Above all, avoid all thought of the piano as a percussive instrument. Think of the strings creating the sound, not the hammers hitting the string, or even the fingers touching the keys." - From Chopin: pianist...Sign in to view if you have purchased access to this content or see purchase options below.
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Penelope Roskell
Penelope Roskell is equally renowned as a performer of international calibre and as an inspirational teacher and professor of piano at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She is the author of The Complete Pianist: From Healthy Technique to Natural Artistry and is the leading UK specialist in healthy piano playing. She holds a clinic at the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine for pianists with injuries and her guide to preventing and recovering from injury is available here.
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