Paul Richards - listen to all songs

One

To Play Pianissimo

Staccato

Dropping into the Keys

Accidentals

Octave

Grace Notes

Two

The Prodigy

Sasha

Musicians Debate Embellishment

The Task of the Accompanist

Why Performers Wear Black

Three

Fortissimo

Pedalpoint

True Legato

Mordent

The Rest

Arpeggiation

Glissando

Adagio

Allegrissimo

Ritardando

Four

Technique

Overtones

Sight-Reading

The Uses of the Metronome

The Power of the Right Foot

Pull Down Release

Performance Anxiety

Five

Some Members of the Chord Family 1. The Major

2. Minor, His Wife

3. Diminished, Their Daughter

Modulation

Fermata

1. as Accent

2. as Diminuendo

Values

Six

Where Music Comes From

Gymnopedie

Ten Minutes, a Weather for Piano - Sehr Massig

Sehr Schnell

Ruhig Fliessend

Fugue