Burgmuller Op.100 No.4 "La Petite Reunion (The Little Party)": Parallel 3rds and 6ths

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Your tips on hand position on the descending staccato thirds and the fingering for the legato sixths had an immediate impact on my ability to play this piece. Thank you! I’m very much enjoying your videos.

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Thank you! This was helpful. My former piano teacher suggested that I not follow the fingering in the book, but just use 1-3 for every third. Because of this I’ve not known what to do, so now that I’m having to teach myself, I’ve skipped this one and I’m working on #5, which is very pretty. But after watching your video, I think I will try this one again.

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I'm glad you found a new perspective through my video. I don't agree with 1-3 all the way, because they are not even fingers. It's not impossible, but 2-4 adds more stability and let you transit easily to the main theme. Good luck!

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I find it sooooo hard to legato those sixtgs, it's so much harder than it looks. And I noticed that the thirds slurs in your edition are less than mine, which makes it a bit easier, I definitely prefer yours. Also my fingerings for the sixths is so weird because it makes legato for all possible, your way to play it looks so much more comfortable! ❤

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That's a very BIG topic. I may make a video on it when I figure out how to concisely explain it.

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It's the Schirmer edition. You can get it from here: amzn.to/3kA4EFc All the material used in my videos are linked in the description :)

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