Arpeggiation in Piano Playing
I first published this post in July of 2016. Here it is again with one or two updates - including a link to the Online Academy's series on spread chords,…
Burgmüller’s Op. 100
Burgmüller’s charming set of 25 studies, the Easy and Progressive Études (Op 100) still manages to sound fresh after all these years, and continues to inspire intermediate pianists. Each étude…
Top Tips #1: Start Anywhere!
I first published this post on top tips in October, 2015. I am republishing it now, with a couple of updates. *** *** *** The first of an occasional…
Vandalising Mozart’s K. 331?
In 2014, an amazing discovery was made in the National Széchényi Library in Budapest – a four-page fragment of part of Mozart’s Sonata in A major, K. 331, in the…
An Elizabethan Gem
When Trinity College London commissioned me to write the teaching notes for the advanced grades of the current syllabus, I was delighted to discover a little gem by William Byrd…
Silent Movie
Republish of a post on the importance of imagination in preparing for performance.
The Myth of Evenness
This week’s guest blog post features an article on evenness and rhythmic groupings by Ken Johansen with an example from his From the Ground Up edition for Bach's Prelude in…
Top Tips: Bar by Bar Practice
I would like to share a very helpful tip for when you need to begin somewhere other than the start of a section or phrase during practice. You’ve identified the…
The Trinity College London Series
Good news! The Online Academy Trinity Series is now complete, and in this post I shall be looking at a representative selection of pieces from some of the grades. In…
