Turkish March: Gesture Chord Study

Prepare the Dominant Before Speeding Up

This Turkish March exercise uses original A-minor chord-control targets in Mozart's keyboard context. It does not reproduce Rondo alla Turca's melody, ornaments, score or recorded performance. Start with Am: degree I, minor world and one finger. Keep the shape compact; large marching gestures are not part of the input language.

E/G-sharp moves to degree V, major world and two fingers. G-sharp is the bass created by the inversion, not a separate root selection. E7 keeps V and major while opening four fingers. This fixed-degree pair is the main preparation drill: the left hand should remain completely unchanged as two fingers become four.

Return to Am with I, minor and one finger. The full reset is deliberately more demanding than E/G-sharp to E7. Prepare the root, then the wrist, then the quality; hold all three until the card advances. Moving quickly through an incorrect intermediate state is not the same as a readable final state.

• Target 1: Am — degree 1, minor world, 1 right-hand finger, normal octave.
• Target 2: E/G♯ — degree 5, major world, 2 right-hand fingers, normal octave.
• Target 3: E7 — degree 5, major world, 4 right-hand fingers, normal octave.
• Target 4: Am — degree 1, minor world, 1 right-hand finger, normal octave.
• Target 5: Dm — degree 4, minor world, 1 right-hand finger, normal octave.
• Target 6: Bdim7 — degree 2, minor world, 4 right-hand fingers, normal octave.
• Target 7: E7 — degree 5, major world, 4 right-hand fingers, normal octave.
• Target 8: Am — degree 1, minor world, 1 right-hand finger, normal octave.

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Read the Diminished Checkpoint Correctly

The second half begins on Dm: degree IV, minor world and one finger. B diminished seventh follows on degree II, minor world and four fingers. In this engine, four fingers plus a minor wrist means diminished seventh, not a minor seventh. The expected pitch classes are B–D–F–A-flat, with A-flat displayed enharmonically as G-sharp.

The next E7 keeps four fingers but moves to degree V and major world. It produces E–G-sharp–B–D. The two chords share three pitch classes while their root and wrist inputs differ. This is a useful ear-versus-controls test: a similar sound must not persuade you to leave the wrist in the wrong world.

Finish on the same Am as the first card. All targets remain at normal octave. The final return therefore tests repeatability rather than a new register feature: recreate I, minor and one finger exactly, with the right thumb folded.

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Three Small Loops Before the Complete Route

Loop one is E/G-sharp to E7: left fixed, right two to four. Loop two is Am to Dm: right fixed at one, left I to IV while staying minor. Loop three is Bdim7 to E7: right fixed at four, left II minor to V major. These loops expose different input dependencies instead of treating every chord change as a whole-body movement.

Begin with the click off. Once a loop repeats without flicker, restore the 104 BPM reference and use it to plan the next pose. It does not score march rhythm or staccato articulation. The synth sustains a recognized state, so short detached piano attacks are not a feature of this guided exercise.

If Bdim7 stalls, look at the world chip before spreading the fingers further. Four visible fingers in major world is a dominant seventh and cannot match the diminished target. If the world is correct but the quality is not, turn the palm slightly toward the camera while maintaining the wrist orientation.

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Test the Return Without a Hidden Thumb

Run the complete two-section exercise without Skip. At the pause, preview Dm before pressing Next section. On the last Am, deliberately extend the right thumb once; normal Am should remain unmatched while the lower octave is active. Fold the thumb and confirm that no other property has changed.

Repeat and compare the three Am arrivals: opening, end of section one and final return. Each uses the identical target state, but the preceding motion differs. Stable arrival from both E7 positions is stronger evidence of control than finding Am once and never leaving it.

Stop when the camera labels become inconsistent or the hand position is uncomfortable. Better lighting and a smaller movement range are preferable to forcing a faster run. Completing this exercise demonstrates dominant preparation and wrist-world reset, not a performance of Mozart's Turkish March or mastery of its original piano technique.

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