A Simple Mapping Tool for Performance
When we perform, we aim to take our listener on a musical journey. As custodians of the score, we illuminate the salient features of the composition as we have come…
Slow Practice: The Sequel
I am very glad last week's post on enjoying slow practice seemed to have interested quite a lot of readers. While practising a fast or fast-ish piece very slowly is…
Improve Your Sight Reading – Away From the Piano!
According to his memoirs, Artur Rubinstein learned César Franck’s Symphonic Variations on a train on his way to the concert. As there was obviously no piano on the train, he made…
Fixing Mistakes
There have been two interesting blog posts this week that have caught my attention, one by Dr. Noa Kageyama - 8 Things Top Practicers Do Differently - and the other by…