Stephen Smith

Vancouver pianist, composer/arranger, choral conductor, teacher, and writer on music

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19 Jan 2023

Difficulties Deconstructed: The Coda of Mendelssohn's "Rondo Capriccioso"

As a teacher, I try to do more than teach people how to play the piano... I try to teach people how to *learn* to play the piano! This article explains in some detail how I break down one famously difficult passage such that any student of moderate ability can master it.