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More than Just the Notes

More than Just the Notes

By Informance, 2025-01-09
Posted in: Inspiration, Learning Pieces

Learning a new piece is a challenging and painstaking undertaking. Processing the significant amount of information on the page and then converting this into physical movements and refining these for…

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Tags: analysisinterpretation
More than Just the Notes
Learning Pieces, Beethoven & Bach

Learning Pieces, Beethoven & Bach

By Informance, 2024-12-05
Posted in: Practising

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!

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Tags: analysisbachbeethovenornamentspractice clinicpractice tools
Learning Pieces, Beethoven & Bach
Ravel, Granados, Thumbs & Theory

Ravel, Granados, Thumbs & Theory

By Informance, 2024-10-24
Posted in: Practising

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!

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Tags: analysisarpeggiosgranadospractice clinicRavelSchenkerian analysistechniquethumb
Ravel, Granados, Thumbs & Theory
How to Practise when Learning New Pieces

How to Practise when Learning New Pieces

By Informance, 2020-09-17
Posted in: Learning Pieces

When learning a new piece, not all practice makes perfect. We’ve all had occasion to stumble at the same learned-in mistakes that originated when we first started learning the notes,…

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Tags: analysisfeedback loopinventing exerciseslearning a piece
How to Practise when Learning New Pieces
A Fantasy Analysis of Brahms Op. 118 No. 2

A Fantasy Analysis of Brahms Op. 118 No. 2

By Graham Fitch, 2020-05-21
Posted in: Inspiration, Learning Pieces

This post provides some background to Johannes Brahms’ Intermezzo in A, op. 118 no. 2, one of the most beloved short piano pieces.

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Tags: analysisBrahmsBrahms IntermezzoBrahms Intermezzo in A op. 118Clara Schumanninterpretation
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A Fantasy Analysis of Brahms Op. 118 No. 2
The Practice Tools Lecture Series

The Practice Tools Lecture Series

By Graham Fitch, 2019-05-30
Posted in: Practice tools

I am very pleased to announce a new video lecture series on the practice tools available now on the Online Academy. The Practice Tools What are the practice tools? There…

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Tags: analysisOnline Academypractice toolspractisingPractising The Piano eBook Series
The Practice Tools Lecture Series
How to Analyse Music – Part 1

How to Analyse Music – Part 1

By Graham Fitch, 2017-04-27
Posted in: Learning Pieces

Analysing music helps pianists learn pieces deeply, appreciate them more, and memorize securely, enhancing both practice and performance.

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How to Analyse Music – Part 1
Memory Tips: Analyse

Memory Tips: Analyse

By Graham Fitch, 2015-01-16
Posted in: eBooks, Practising

We can trace the tradition of playing solo piano music from memory back to Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann. Before that, it was inappropriate to play without a score in…

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Tags: analysisAppassionatabeethovenClara SchumannGilbert KalishLeon FleisherLisztmemorisationsonataSusan Tomes
Memory Tips: Analyse
The History of Piano Technique: Studies and Exercises

The History of Piano Technique: Studies and Exercises

By Graham Fitch, 2013-12-13
Posted in: General tips

There has been much feedback and lively debate on last week's post about Czerny and his legacy of studies and exercises. It seems some piano teachers firmly believe in assigning…

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Tags: alfred cortotanalysisCarl CzernyCortotexercisesHanonHanon The Virtuoso PianisthistoryimaginationJohn Thompsonlisteningpeter feuchtwangerstudiesTaubmanGoldandsky YouTube Channeltechnique
The History of Piano Technique: Studies and Exercises
Taking Ownership

Taking Ownership

By Graham Fitch, 2011-10-15
Posted in: General tips, Performing

Some years ago, Dame Fanny Waterman gave a masterclass for the BBC (Beethoven Sonata, op. 2 no. 2 , I think it was) and had made some suggestions to the student…

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Tags: analysisbeethovenChopinDame Fanny WatermanexpressioninterpretationJorge BoletMozart Turkish RondoPeter KivyRachmaninovShura Cherkasskytheory
Taking Ownership

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