Category: Lesson

sf (subito forte ) – PLAYING WITH INSPIRATION (beyond printed notations)

sf     (subito forte ): suddenly loud In the Baroque period, there were minimal dynamic markings in music scores.   Beethoven (Classical period) is credited to insert a wide variety of dynamic articulations (eg sf, sfz, fp, rfz) into his compositions.   I was teaching a masterclass at Shenzhen, China recently, at the invitation of a thoughtful[…]

Is there something wrong?!!!?

A friend exclaimed. She was rather shocked when I told her that I had re-edited all my video tutorials once again. I have been revising them, and recreated many of them from scratch many, many times within these two years’ period. In response to her question, I was actually taken aback, and felt stunned! I[…]