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A step by step approach to learning one of the composer's masterpieces.
The opening movement has long been associated with an image of the Moonlight, but in truth, Beethoven likened it to a fantasy. ("quasi una fantasia")
While most students play the composition rather slowly, it was actually written in alla breve, or cut time, which suggested a moving along motion in TWO.
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The discussion continues with playing examples.
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