Taking Your Practising to the Next Level!
On Saturday 7th June, Graham Fitch presented the fourth and last workshop in his interactive Practice Tools series. This set of workshops serve as a hands-on complement to his Practice Tools…
A Practice Toy Box
Creative ideas to fill your “practice toy box” with a variety of toys that you can bring out and play with to make your piano practice more engaging, effective and rewarding!
Festive Greetings & a Happy New Year
Wishing all of our readers a happy, peaceful holiday season and all the best for 2025!
Playing Piano Music from the Classical Period
Graham Fitch discusses how to approach playing piano music from the Classical Period, starting with an exploration of touch and articulation.
Keyboard Conversations with Fred Karpoff
Video conversation between Fred Karpoff and Graham Fitch discussing teachers who inspired them, their online projects and approaches to technique.
Playing Baroque Music Pianistically
A write-up of our Baroque Day event which took place on the 22nd October featuring workshops & presentations on playing Baroque music on the piano.
Bach, Byrd and Maintaining Focus
In this month’s Practice Clinic, Graham Fitch answers questions on maintaining focus and concentration when practising, fingering and fatigue in a Chopin Nocturne and several topics in works by Bach and Byrd.
Online Workshops Update
We’ve expanded our increasingly popular online workshops programme further this month by adding sessions on several new topics. The first of these were on developing sight-reading skills and healthy piano…
Q-Spots Series: Beethoven’s Für Elise
This is the third in my series on Q-Spots, and I'm going to feature one short excerpt from Beethoven’s Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, WoO 59 – otherwise known…