Choreographing Bach’s D Minor Invention
I’m going to look at Bach’s Two-Part Invention in D minor, aiming to help you solve a couple of the issues that seem to bother some players in this piece. …
A Practical Guide to Forearm Rotation
In my work as a teacher, I regularly encounter pianists even at the advanced level who ask me for my special exercises to “strengthen” their fingers. Initially they react with…
Chopin’s Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor
Chopin wrote the Nocturne in C-sharp minor (op. posth.) in 1830, but it was only published 40 years later in 1870. Dedicated to his sister, Ludwika "as an exercise before…
A Free Online Course on Piano Practising!
With many of us confined to our homes due to current circumstances, it does potentially make for a great opportunity to make the most of the situation by practising the…
