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Paul McCartney was asked to name his favourite song of the year. He chose The Logical Song by Supertramp. For Roger Hodgson, ...

Cho attracted international notice when he won the Chopin Piano Competition in 2015 ... as a stepwise intensification of the big chords, with the low notes following suit. Lim, whose left hand ...

Adding or.replacing just one note in any chord (on piano or guitar or any instrument that can play 3 notes at a time) can present new possibilities for your ears to hear - for your mind to open up to; ...

As the piece intensified in speed and tempo, it grew into a series of increasingly more percussive chords and more abrupt stops, reaching some of the highest and lowest notes of a piano.