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Technique: Velocity studies with Hans Jørgen Jensen

2019-03-27T11:45:00

Hans Jørgen Jensen

Some musicians love playing fast. Others struggle with it, both psychologically and physically: they can’t control their tempo, they play too loudly, their fingers collapse and lose their natural curvature, they have unnecessary tension in different parts of the body, they make facial grimaces, or they lift their fingers too ...

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