Music A-Level
Virtuosity and expressive technique
What Virtuosity and expressive technique means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The piano became an instrument of immense expressive range, with Chopin's rubato and ornamented bel canto-style melodies showing expressive technique.
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