Playing with "Vocal Inflection" | feat. Mendelssohn Op. 19 No. 4

I've mentioned before the importance of learning to sing. Today we cover that topic in even more depth with this excerpt from my Mendelssohn Op. 19 No 4 course. Learning to play with "vocal inflection" and phrase as a vocalist would is key to transforming your playing from rhythmic monotony into beautiful, lyric performance.
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[@JoeLinux2000]

I'm working on lyricism with strict rhythm.

[@PianistAcademy1]

@@JoeLinux2000 That was a topic in one of my private lessons this past week! I have a student learning Schumann's Traumerei and we needed to work on creating phrase without taking time, because the time taken was too much and too out of context.

[@bethanywakim6175]

It really does make such a difference, “singing” the line. The first playthrough sounded like a boringly played hymn; the second - with the inflection - I didn’t even realize I’d paused what I was doing until it was over! It’s the expression that makes one stop and listen.

[@PianistAcademy1]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching, Bethany!

[@JoeLinux2000]

I'm a big fan of Shirley Kirsten who uses this approach. www.youtube.com/@ShirleyKirsten/videos Unfortunately she needs to replace the hammers on her piano which have become way too hard.

[@JoeLinux2000]

Elizabeth Sombart | J.-S. Bach | choral "Ich ruf zu Dir, Jesus" | BWV 639 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ7bh4qojJyJjLc Also: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5uXm62oh96rmKc

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I know you saw a bit of this same topic on the latest livestream, but ironically, I had already filmed this and the entire course before doing that stream!