Pedalling, Voicing & Learning Under Pressure
Piano Day Practice Clinic with Graham Fitch covering pedalling, voicing, balance, and preparing repertoire under pressure, with examples from Mendelssohn, Scarlatti and Ravel.
Tricky Tremolos & Legato Lines
In this practice clinic edition, Graham Fitch clinic tackles tricky tremolos and double notes, achieving legato and memorisation in works by composers including Mel Bonis, Brahms and Coleridge-Taylor.
Beethoven, MacDowell & Mozart
In this practice clinic Graham Fitch answers questions on edition discrepancies, coordinating chords, building speed and achieving the correct rhythmic feel in works by Beethoven, MacDowell and Mozart.
A Tarantella, Trills & Tricky Endings!
In this practice clinic Graham Fitch answers questions on polyrhythms, trills, avoiding tension and other topics in two Chopin Nocturnes, Burgmüller’s Tarantella and an arrangement of Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King.
Crossing Hands, Automatic Fingering & Practising Ornaments
Our first practice clinic of the year features questions on crossing hands, fingering, ornaments and more in Prokofiev, Bach, Grieg and Scarlatti!
Learning Pieces, Beethoven & Bach
Our last Practice Clinic recording for the year features answers to questions on ornaments, a tricky passage and avoiding over analysis in the early stages of learning works by Bach & Beethoven!
Ravel, Granados, Thumbs & Theory
Our last Practice Clinic before the summer break features answers to questions on a mazurka and nocturne by Chopin, ornaments in a Handel suite and mastering the jumps in Siloti’s beautiful arrangement of Glück’s Melody from Orfeo!
Chopin, Handel & Siloti
Our last Practice Clinic before the summer break features answers to questions on a mazurka and nocturne by Chopin, ornaments in a Handel suite and mastering the jumps in Siloti’s beautiful arrangement of Glück’s Melody from Orfeo!
