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Click to enlargePlaying the Harpsichord

Howard Schott
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Format: Book
ISBN: 0486422348
Page Count: 240
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
This concise volume is not only a practical manual for the performer but also an authoritative history of the instrument. In covering the essentials of performance practice and musical style for the classical repertoire, the text provides important suggestions for mastering basic touch, fingering, articulation and phrasing, rhythm and tempo, ornaments, ensemble playing, more.

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