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Welcome to this video on Weissenborn #12. This study tests the students' control over
breathing, dynamics, and slow finger motions. I spoke earlier in lesson 9 about where to
breathe. If you have not yet viewed that video I encourage you to do so. That video provides
information on breathing choices that enhance musical phrases.
This study contains the first of many uses of rinsforzando by Weissenborn in his 50 studies.
Despite its ample examples in the studies, I have yet to find a student who knows the
meaning of the marking. "rFp,""rF," or "rFz" are special stresses, literally reinforcings
of the notes. Weissenborn provides a key to understanding
the use of this marking in study 35. Study 35 demonstrates that rinsforzando in the quieter
dynamics is similar to sforzando in the louder dynamics. In study 12 the "p" or piano after
the "rF" means that the volume should go back to piano (quiet dynamic) after the rinsforzando.
"Garbage in, garbage out (GIGO)"
This is an old saying in computer programming. It meant that the quality of information given
by a computer program (an app) was only as good as the quality of information given to
it. If you give a computer program poor or nonsensical information, it will give out
the same poor quality of information.
Your output—your musical performances, your health, your conversations with other, the
sum total of your life—is directly dependent upon what you are putting in your body, mind,
and soul. Be sure to consider carefully what you
are viewing, eating, and learning.