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CHOPIN POLONAISE IN A OP 40 NO 1 ‘MILITARY’

This piece is one of those rare works by Chopin that sounds more difficult to master than it is. It contains many tricky passages, of course, and it requires a lot from the performer. However, compared with some of the other polonaises, it is a sure-fire winner to impress your audience!

Unlike the nocturnes and mazurkas, the rubato of a polonaise generally needs to be kept to a minimum

The good news is there’s a lot of repeated material, so it’s fairly quick to learn. And if you add all the written

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