First Make Friends With the Notes!
William Westney introduces his new video series which gives a powerful, proven strategy that is easy to implement and frees us to play ANY piece of music freely, expressively and spontaneously.
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.
Chopin, Schubert, Mendelssohn & Liszt
Our latest Practice Clinic recording features answers to questions on balancing chords, pedalling, mastering double notes and playing legato in works by Chopin, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Liszt.
Key Skills for Excellent Sight Reading
In this article, Lona Kozik shares a few key skills she discovered which helped her go from being hopeless at sight reading to earning a living as an accompanist and working in theatre!
Pedalling, Fluency and Playing Legato
Our latest Practice Clinic recording features answers to questions on rhythm, fluency in fast passages, playing legato double notes and pedalling in works by Schubert, Mozart, Liszt & Sciarra.
