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The flowers that bloomed in April and May provide renewed hope and fresh delights. And the butterflies are here to sample the sweets! It’s tempting to chase them in order to admire their own special beauty. Just as a butterfly flits among flowers to “choose” a preferred nectar, students working in Piano Adventures Level 4 Technique & Artistry learn to choose how much arm weight to use, to create particular sounds and colors. A weighted touch on the down beats in Chasing Butterflies is how the left hand defines the meter and provides sonority at the climax. Weightless “empty” fingers in the right hand give an airy fleetness that, combined with delicate articulations shaped by wrist circles, suggests the movements of exploring butterflies. As you listen to Dr. Faber playing this graceful piece, you will agree with American poet James Russell Lowell, “What is so rare as a day in June?”

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