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!
Clair de Lune, MacDowell & a Chopin Etude
In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answers questions on pedalling, arpeggios, use of forearm rotation and more in Debussy’s Clair de Lune, MacDowell’s To a Wild Rose and works by Chopin and Handel.
Mozart, Schumann & Using Arm Weight
In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answers questions pedalling, tricky arpeggios, using arm-weight and playing legato in works by Mozart, Schumann, Liszt.
Double Notes, de Falla and Dohnányi
In this month’s Practice Clinic, Graham Fitch answered questions on works by de Falla and Dohnányi. Topics discussed included achieving lightness, using rotation in arpeggios and double notes.
Fundamentals of Scale and Arpeggio Playing
Scales and arpeggios are part of the requirements of all examination boards, and every pianist will encounter them. The importance of knowing scales and arpeggios in every key cannot be…
Intermediate Scales Manual Now on the Online Academy!
I have some good news for those of you practising your scales! I have just published the first part of my new scale manual aimed at intermediate players on the…
Are Scales Fun?
The very mention of the word scales to a piano student is likely to conjure up associations with something they know is necessary but somehow unpalatable, like eating spinach or…
Q&A: How Can We Use Rotation in a Scale?
Q. You speak about forearm rotation in your eBook and in your YouTube video on scales and arpeggios, but I think of rotation as a large movement for things like…
An Arpeggio Practice Plan
If you're preparing your scales and arpeggios for an exam, or if you want to include some as part of your warm-up routine or technical regime, it is a good…
Managing Arpeggios
Scales and arpeggios are an important part of the developing pianist's technical regime, especially for those who go through graded examinations. Having looked at scale playing in recent posts, I…