The Practice Sleuths Episode #3
Our sleuths Graham Fitch and Adina Mornell explore the benefits, drawbacks and modern applications of Hanon’s exercises, looking at how they fit into today’s understanding of piano technique and pedagogy.
Fast-Track Your Piano Progress
Discover how to build strong technical foundations to accelerate your progress, achieve ease and comfort in your playing and avoid injury!
Introducing Penelope Roskell’s Essential Piano Technique
Introducing Penelope Roskell’s Essential Piano Technique publications for developing a strong foundation of healthy technique, helping young pianists to progress rapidly and confidently through the early stages of piano playing.
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.
The Principles of Scale Fingering
This article gives an overview of the main principles of scale fingering with tips for starting out and some ideas for alternatives!
Why Good Piano Technique is Important
Penelope Roskell discusses the importance of developing good piano technique from the outset and how this lays the foundation for faster progress and greater confidence.
Piano Technique for Beginners & Returners
We're pleased to be launching Penelope Roskell’s new online course Foundations in Piano Technique for adult beginners, adult returners and teachers this week. Penelope is Professor of Piano and Piano…
Preparing to Play Octaves
Insights on how to start building octave technique from Graham Fitch’s new module on the Online Academy.
Tips for Better Piano Technique
A common refrain amongst pianists is that they lack the technique required to tackle many of the pieces they yearn to play. In this blog post we provide some simple, often overlooked ways to build good foundations and make better progress with your playing.