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89.25Level 14 — melody busy, accompaniment sparse
Melody:
eighth-note phrase.
Bass:
quarters.
RH chords:
perhaps only one or two per bar.
Do not “shadow” every melodic rhythm with chord attacks.
That is one of the fastest ways to make piano sound heavy.