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Schumann, Schubert, Arpeggios & Rubato!

Schumann, Schubert, Arpeggios & Rubato!

By Informance, 2025-05-08
Posted in: Practising

This bumper practice clinic edition features questions on voicing, fingering, trills, and rubato in works by Schumann, Krebs, Lasko, Schubert, Chopin and Mozart!

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Tags: arpeggiosfingeringlaskoMozartornamentspractice clinicrubatoSchubertSchumannvoicing
Schumann, Schubert, Arpeggios & Rubato!
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
The Principles of Scale Fingering

The Principles of Scale Fingering

By Informance, 2024-04-04
Posted in: Technique

This article gives an overview of the main principles of scale fingering with tips for starting out and some ideas for alternatives!

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The Principles of Scale Fingering
Clair de Lune, MacDowell & a Chopin Etude

Clair de Lune, MacDowell & a Chopin Etude

By Informance, 2023-05-25
Posted in: Learning Pieces, Practising

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.

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Tags: arpeggiosChopinChopin Etudesclair deluneDebussyEdward MacDowellforearm rotationHandelpedallingpractice clinic
Clair de Lune, MacDowell & a Chopin Etude
Mozart, Schumann & Using Arm Weight

Mozart, Schumann & Using Arm Weight

By Informance, 2023-01-19
Posted in: Learning Pieces, Practising

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.

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Tags: arpeggioslegatoLisztMozartpedallingpractice clinicSchumanntechniquewaldszenen
Mozart, Schumann & Using Arm Weight
Double Notes, de Falla and Dohnányi

Double Notes, de Falla and Dohnányi

By Informance, 2022-04-21
Posted in: Practising

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.

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Double Notes, de Falla and Dohnányi
Fundamentals of Scale and Arpeggio Playing

Fundamentals of Scale and Arpeggio Playing

By Graham Fitch, 2020-03-12
Posted in: Technique

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…

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Tags: arpeggiospiano techniquescalesscales and arpeggiostechniquethumb
Fundamentals of Scale and Arpeggio Playing
Intermediate Scales Manual Now on the Online Academy!

Intermediate Scales Manual Now on the Online Academy!

By Graham Fitch, 2017-11-09
Posted in: Technique

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…

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Tags: arpeggiosscalesShura Cherkassky
Intermediate Scales Manual Now on the Online Academy!
Are Scales Fun?

Are Scales Fun?

By Graham Fitch, 2017-01-12
Posted in: Technique

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…

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Are Scales Fun?
Q&A: How Can We Use Rotation in a Scale?

Q&A: How Can We Use Rotation in a Scale?

By Graham Fitch, 2014-05-23
Posted in: General tips

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…

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Tags: arpeggiosbeethovenDorothy Taubmanforearmforearm rotationJulian Martinjumpsrotary motionrotationscalessonatastrengthtension
Q&A: How Can We Use Rotation in a Scale?

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