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Sibelius, Schubert, Beethoven & More!

Sibelius, Schubert, Beethoven & More!

By Informance, 2024-06-13
Posted in: Practising

Our bumper Practice Clinic this month features answers to questions on pedalling, playing cantabile, practising chords, arpeggio fingering and pesky polyrhythms in works by Sibelius, Schubert, Mayerl, Piazzzola and Beethoven!

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Sibelius, Schubert, Beethoven & More!
Playing Chords, Legato, Brahms & Handel

Playing Chords, Legato, Brahms & Handel

By Informance, 2023-04-20
Posted in: Learning Pieces, Practising

In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answers two questions on playing chords followed by questions on achieving legato in a Rhapsody by Brahms and a Allemande by Handel

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Playing Chords, Legato, Brahms & Handel
Brahms, Burgmüller and Baroque Touch

Brahms, Burgmüller and Baroque Touch

By Informance, 2022-01-27
Posted in: Practice tools, Practising

In this month’s Practice Clinic, Graham Fitch answered questions on works by Brahms, Chopin and Burgmüller. Topics discussed included playing rolled chords, practising grace notes, tackling demisemiquavers and Baroque style.

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Brahms, Burgmüller and Baroque Touch
Don’t Play!

Don’t Play!

By Graham Fitch, 2014-03-14
Posted in: Practising

We tend to think of sitting at the piano and practising totally in terms of making sounds. If we’re not moving our fingers up and down, we’re not really practising,…

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Don’t Play!
Chopin’s First Ballade – a Practice Suggestion

Chopin’s First Ballade – a Practice Suggestion

By Graham Fitch, 2013-06-07
Posted in: General tips

Chopin's evergreen First Ballade has never been more popular, thanks in part to Alan Rusbridger's book about his personal quest with the piece, Play It Again. It is a piece that…

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Chopin’s First Ballade – a Practice Suggestion
Managing Leaps: Selective Landing

Managing Leaps: Selective Landing

By Graham Fitch, 2013-04-12
Posted in: Practising

I use a three-part process for measuring distances at the keyboard, to make sure all jumps are precise, secure and foolproof. We build in the precise measurements in our practising…

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Managing Leaps: Selective Landing
More On Octave Displacements

More On Octave Displacements

By Graham Fitch, 2012-06-29
Posted in: Practising

Annoyingly, last week's post on eliminating tension (which was to be the first of two or three on the subject) has itself been eliminated. It disappeared into the ether when…

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More On Octave Displacements
Five-a-Side Team Events: Some Thoughts on Chord Playing

Five-a-Side Team Events: Some Thoughts on Chord Playing

By Graham Fitch, 2012-03-23
Posted in: Practising

In my youth I was fortunate enough to have some lessons with Philip Fowke, the first one was on Rachmaninov's rather overplayed Prelude in C sharp minor. I recall the…

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Five-a-Side Team Events: Some Thoughts on Chord Playing
Leaps of Faith: On Practising Waltzes

Leaps of Faith: On Practising Waltzes

By Graham Fitch, 2012-02-25
Posted in: Practising

Waltzes demand a fair amount of left hand agility from the pianist - all that hopping back and forth can be quite dizzying. A pre-requisite for mobility across the keyboard…

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Leaps of Faith: On Practising Waltzes
Practising Chords (Part Four): Odds and Ends

Practising Chords (Part Four): Odds and Ends

By Graham Fitch, 2011-07-30
Posted in: Practising

Unless anyone cares to contact me with further suggestions, this will be the last of my posts on chords. It's a selection of a few unrelated odds and ends which…

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Practising Chords (Part Four): Odds and Ends

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