Introducing the Practice Sleuths
In our new blog series, our Practice Sleuths Graham Fitch and Adina Mornell investigate practising mysteries in detail and discuss ideas and insights on how to solve them! Episode 1…
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!
A Better Way to Play Faster
Pianists often find that a piece falls apart beyond a certain speed. This article offers a more effective method than using a metronome to play faster.
Etudes, Studies & Chopin’s First Ballade
In our latest practice clinic, Graham Fitch answers questions on memorisation, building speed in new pieces, pedalling and more in works by Heller, Burgmüller and Chopin.
Strauss, Scriabin & a Funeral March
Our latest Practice Clinic recording features practice suggestions and exercises for Strauss’s Blue Danube Waltz, Liszt’s Romance in E Minor, a Scriabin Prelude and the Funeral March From Chopin’s second Sonata.