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Those enharmonic passages which my dear uncle has made such a fuss about, there's not all that much to it. We'll get a handle on it." THOSE ENHARMONIC PASSAGES WHICH MY DEAR UNCLE HAS MADE SUCH A FUSS ABOUT THERE'S NOT ALL THAT MUCH TO IT WE'LL GET A HANDLE ON IT
i or Galuppi, I don't know which of the two. His voice went like the wind, and his fingers flew across the keys, sometimes abandoning the upper part to play the bass, sometimes abandoning the accompaniment to return to the upper register. A series of emotions went in succession across his face. You could see there tenderness, anger, pleasure, sadness. You could feel the soft notes and the loud ones. I'm sure that someone more astute than myself would have recognized the piece from the movement and style, from his expressions, and from some snatches of melody coming out of him now and then. But what was really strange was that from time to time he groped around and started again, as if he had made a mistake and was upset at himself for not having the piece at his finger tips. Finally he straightened up, wiped the beads of sweat running down his cheeks, and said, "You see that we also know how to play a tritone or an augmented fifth, and that we're familiar with transitions of dominants. OUGH A PIECE BY ALBERTI OR GALUPPI I DON'T KNOW WHICH OF THE TWO HIS VOICE WENT LIKE THE WIND AND HIS FINGERS FLEW ACROSS THE KEYS SOMETIMES ABANDONING THE UPPER PART TO PLAY THE BASS SOMETIMES ABANDONING THE ACCOMPANIMENT TO RETURN TO THE UPPER REGISTER A SERIES OF EMOTIONS WENT IN SUCCESSION ACROSS HIS FACE YOU COULD SEE THEIR TENDERNESS ANGER PLEASURE SADNESS YOU COULD FEEL THE SOFT NOTES AND THE LOUD ONES I'M SURE THAT SOME ONE MORE ASTUTE THAN MYSELF WOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THE PIECE FROM THE MOVEMENT AND STYLE FROM HIS EXPRESSIONS AND FROM SOME SNATCHES OF MELODY COMING OUT OF HIM NOW AND THEN BUT WHAT WAS REALLY STRANGE WAS THAT FROM TIME TO TIME HE GROPED AROUND AND STARTED AGAIN AS IF HE HAD MADE A MISTAKE AND WAS UPSET AT HIMSELF FOR NOT HAVING THE PIECE AT HIS FINGER TIPS FINALLY HE STRAIGHTENED UP WIPED THE BEADS OF SWEAT RUNNING DOWN HIS CHEEKS AND SAID YOU SEE THAT WE ALSO KNOW HOW TO PLAY A TRITONE OR AN AUGMENTED FIFTH AND THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH TRANSITIONS OF DOMINANCE
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