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    JOHANN STRAUSS II Pizzicato Polka Op. 234

    May 04, 2022 4 minutes

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    Key C

    Tempo 60-200bpm

    Moderate

    Will improve your…

    ✓ Pizzicato technique

    ✓ Two-part melodic independence

    ✓ Open -chord fretting and shifting

    he 19th-century composer Johann Strauss II (aka Johann Jr) hailed from a family of prolific composers who were central figures in the popularisation of the Viennese waltz. Together, the Strauss family elevated the Viennese waltz from a simple peasant dance into something everyone all the way through to high society could enjoy. The Strauss ‘power family’ consisted of Johann Strauss Sr and his three sons: Josef, Eduard, and their eldest brother Johann Jr. Today Strauss Sr is perhaps most famous for ‘the Radetzky March’ which he was commissioned

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