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January 2017

Focus Your Practice with Zigzag

Focus Your Practice with Zigzag

By Graham Fitch, 2017-01-26
Posted in: Practice tools, Practising

I use a form of practice for myself that I call zigzag practice. It helps test and strengthen my memory by keeping me incredibly focussed, but there's no way it…

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Tags: Handel Sonatina in Gzigzag
Focus Your Practice with Zigzag
Developing Sight Reading Skills

Developing Sight Reading Skills

By Graham Fitch, 2017-01-19
Posted in: General tips

I get a lot of questions about how to improve sight reading. Teachers don't seem to find the time to cover it in lessons, meaning students have little incentive to practise…

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Tags: sight reading
Developing Sight Reading Skills
Are Scales Fun?

Are Scales Fun?

By Graham Fitch, 2017-01-12
Posted in: Technique

The very mention of the word scales to a piano student is likely to conjure up associations with something they know is necessary but somehow unpalatable, like eating spinach or…

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Tags: arpeggiosscales
Are Scales Fun?
Most Popular Posts and Articles

Most Popular Posts and Articles

By Ryan Morison, 2017-01-05
Posted in: General

We hope all of our readers have had an enjoyable Festive Season and are being treated well by 2017 so far! We’re hard at work preparing new content and resources…

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