Most Popular Posts and Articles for 2018
We hope all of our readers are having an enjoyable Festive Season! We’ll be resuming regular posts and content updates in the New Year and have a number of exciting…
Festive Good Wishes!
This is my final post for 2018, just in time to wish you all very happy holidays and a joyous festive season. I look forward to bringing you new content…
On Rhythm: Classical v Romantic
Have you considered there might be a different way of playing rhythmically depending on the style period? I’m not talking about rhythmic conventions (such as double dotting, rhythmic assimilation, etc.),…
Change Your Technique by Changing Your Mind
This week’s guest blog post features an article on using mental practise techniques when learning new pieces by Ken Johansen. In this post, Ken uses an example from his From the Ground Up edition featuring…
Burgmüller’s Op 100 Studies on the Online Academy
One of the most popular series on the Online Academy is my exploration of Burgmüller's set of studies, the Easy and Progressive Études, op 100. What makes these little pieces so…
Done and Dusted?
I have noticed a lot of players seem to think that, once they have learned a piece they should be able to play it from then on in, whenever they…
Trinity Syllabus – More Videos!
As part of the Online Academy's series on Trinity College London's current syllabus, I am happy to announce that three more video walkthroughs have been added - with plenty more…
How Slow is Slow?
How much notice should we take of a composer's metronome markings, and how do we decide the tempo of a work that contains neither a metronome mark nor a tempo…
Launching the 2018-2020 Trinity Syllabus
I am very happy to announce a brand new series featuring the current Trinity College London Piano Syllabus on the Online Academy. Having been commissioned by Trinity to write the…
On Rhythm: Some Resources
A number of pianists report having issues with rhythm. To help solve the problem we need to be able to set a steady pulse and to internalise this as we…