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Spring Has Sprung
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Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)
This descriptive piece from Grieg’s third volume of Lyric Pieces needs very little explanation: picture a cheeky little bird hopping around, who then becomes rather feisty in the central section! This piece is a good exercise for working on crisp, li
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Pedagogues, Pedants And Pedals
When I was starting French at school, one of the teachers told us to think of the difference between ‘tu’ and ‘vous’ as the same between ‘thou’ and ‘you’ in English. I still remember the confusion this caused. ‘Thou’ in English is archaic, rare and f

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