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Sibelius Violin Concerto

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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The Most Difficult Interval to Play in Tune in the Violin

Cebelius saves the most difficult music for the end. The violinist exhausted at this point from 14 minutes of difficult and dramatic writing, now has to play octaves. What is an octave and why is it hard to play in tune? Because an octave chord is playing two notes at the same time, except they are the same note, one octave apart.

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