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| December 01, 2006 | Magrath, Jane | COPYRIGHT 2006 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Q. How do you help students learn to play "into the keys," particularly in passages with soft dynamics? I find that this problem affects students' ability to play legato when soft, and I would like some strategies or images to use when working on this.

A. For piano students to be able to play "into the keys" with some finesse, they should have developed some skill controlling nuance. I often suggest teaching this to beginning and elementary students within the five-finger patterns, with a goal to play each five-finger pattern beautifully as a phrase, with a slight crescendo going up and decrescendo coming down. Found here is the beginning of isolation of the ...

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