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Efficient Practising for Busy People

Efficient Practising for Busy People

By Graham Fitch, 2014-02-21
Posted in: Practising

This is the follow-up to last week's post, in which I outlined the first few stages for cleaning up a piece beset by errors, stumbles, approximations and other anomalies that…

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Tags: craftefficient practiceerrorsmaintenancemaking a chainquarantingroutineSectionssight readingSlowlyteaching
Efficient Practising for Busy People
Top Ten Tips to Maximise Your Practice

Top Ten Tips to Maximise Your Practice

By Graham Fitch, 2014-01-10
Posted in: General tips, Practising

At the start of the New Year, everyone is making resolutions. I have noticed that these usually have to do with self discipline - not eating or drinking so much…

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Tags: commitmentcraftEPTA UKerrorsfingeringgoalsorganisationpractice toolsteachingThe Three S'stop ten tipstrouble spots
Top Ten Tips to Maximise Your Practice
Inventing Exercises from Pieces

Inventing Exercises from Pieces

By Graham Fitch, 2013-03-07
Posted in: Practising, Teaching

There are pieces that contain passages of technical difficulty that require special attention, a type of practising over and above the routine use of the other practice tools. This could…

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Tags: alfred cortotChopincraftDebussyinventing exercisesinventiontechniquetrouble spots
Inventing Exercises from Pieces
Top Ten Tips to Maximise your Practising

Top Ten Tips to Maximise your Practising

By Graham Fitch, 2012-05-04
Posted in: General tips, Practising

I have had a lot of requests for this article, which first appeared in Pianist Magazine last year. Here it is! With the Olympics very much in the news at…

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Tags: crafteptafingeringgoalsorganisationpractice toolspracticing the pianopractising the pianoteachingThe Three S'sthre three s'stop ten tipstrouble spots
Top Ten Tips to Maximise your Practising
Craftsmanship

Craftsmanship

By Graham Fitch, 2011-08-13
Posted in: Practising, Teaching

This post is more philosophical than practical, but it has occurred to me as I have progressed with this blog over the past few weeks that the main underlying principle…

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Tags: craftpractice toolsSlowly
Craftsmanship

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