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Making Quick Progress with Scales and Arpeggios (3)
Video notes Scales Group 3 (two octaves) B flat major: E flat major: A flat major and G sharp harmonic minor: C sharp harmonic minor: F sharp harmonic minor: G sharp melodic minor (ascending): G sharp melodic minor (descending): C sharp melodic minor (ascending): C sharp melodic minor (descending): F sharp melodic minor (ascending): F sharp melodic minor (descending): ...Sign in to view if you have purchased access to this content or see purchase options below.
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Ilga Pitkevica
Ilga Pitkevica-Baldwin graduated from Jazepa Vitola Latvian Music Academy in Riga with honours and a Master’s degree in Solo Piano Performance, Piano Teaching, Accompaniment and Chamber Music. Ilga is a successful piano teacher with the private practice in Cambridge. Since 2014 Ilga has taught as a Principal Tutor of the internationally-acclaimed Piano Teachers’ Course UK. She also lectures in the UK and in Latvia on piano teaching, and on the history and teaching methods of the Russian Piano School.
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