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11. Swaying Branches in G major

Thomas Dunhill

What's this piece like?

This album has many beautiful pieces for elementary-level students. Each piece focuses on one specific musical or technical challenge that will help you develop artistry and a wide palette of colors in your playing.

Swaying Branches is an excellent study for beginners that explores broken chords and, most importantly, gentle wrist movements and smooth musical lines.

Who's this piece for?

Ideal for beginners who like inspiring, relaxing and dreamy pieces.

1-2 pages

Romantic

G major

MOOD: Dreamy, relaxing and delicate.

TECHNIQUE: Broken chords and alternating hands.

Ranking

Equivalent to RCM level 1

Equivalent to ABRSM level 1

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1929

Edwin Hubble proposes theory of expanding universe.

1929

The Great Depression starts in the U.S.

1931

“The Star Spangled Banner” officially becomes the U.S. national anthem.

1933

Hitler is appointed German chancellor.

1935

Swaying Branches was first published when T. Dunhill was 58 years old.

1936

Spanish civil war begins.

1939

Gone with the Wind premieres.

1939

The World War II begins with German invasion of Poland.

1943

Sergey Rachmaninoff died.

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