Phrasing – The Hidden Language of Musical Expression

In this lesson, I’ll show you:

  • How to recognize any phrase
  • The 3 core types (and how they combine)
  • A structure you can apply to any piece
  • My personal secrets of dynamics and coloring phrases

All of this, packed into one 40-minute lesson. Years of insight, distilled into a single session.

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The lesson is very concentrated and rich in content — we’ll explore how to find phrasing in music and why it’s so important.

I’ll show you three main phrase structures and how to combine them. We’ll also talk about why certain structures work better in specific pieces. On top of that, we’ll learn how to see the bigger structure of a composition and, based on that, build your own musical expression.

Here is the beautiful piece I’ll use to show you the topic of phrasing: Pour une Nymphe en Allée by Claude Gagnon

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With this lesson, you get 90% off your first Patreon month, to unlock past and upcoming Guitar Challenges.