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Some pieces you’ll just never get right
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  • July 30, 2007 at 12:43 pm #164351
    Kari T
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    Hi everyone,

    Does anyone else have a piece of music they can never get to sound right? I mean, I can play many different pieces and eventually with the right amount of practice depending on the difficulty level it works out. But, I have one song ,an easy one too; Scarborough Fair, that I have never been able to get right. The melody is easy enough but as soon as I try to add the left hand it all goes out the window from there. I have even tried many different renditions of the song, many new ways to practice it

    July 30, 2007 at 2:36 pm #164352
    Audrey Nickel
    Participant

    Have you tried writing your own arrangement of it.

    July 30, 2007 at 2:40 pm #164353
    barbara-brundage
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    As my teacher, Eileen Malone, used to say, some pieces just have to “marinate” a while. If you leave it alone for a few months, you’ll probably find you have no trouble with it anymore when you go back to it.

    July 31, 2007 at 3:49 pm #164354
    Kari T
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    July 31, 2007 at 4:39 pm #164355
    Jerusha Amado
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    Barbara’s advice is spot on.

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