A very common mistake in students is that they play too loudly, especially for pieces that are very explicitly marked piano. But why is this the case? A huge part of the reason can be the lack of either understanding or the proper execution of the overall musical context. Chopin's Nocturne op. 9 no. 2 is a great example of one common trajectory for a lot of music, particularly and especially music in the classical or romantic style, where individual phrases and musical sentences have their own d

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