Chopin, Schubert, Mendelssohn & Liszt
Our latest Practice Clinic recording features answers to questions on balancing chords, pedalling, mastering double notes and playing legato in works by Chopin, Schubert, Mendelssohn and 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.
Playing Double Notes at the Advanced Level
When I was a student, I was struck by the two opposing camps that seemed to exist among my peers. There were those whose teachers expected them to be practising…
Double Trouble
This week, the latest issue of Pianist Magazine arrived through the post with my article Confidence with Double Notes inside. Those of you who have seen the magazine will have…
On Double Notes (Part Two)
This post deals with the "how" of double notes. Because double notes appear to be very finger-based, making demands on the weaker fingers on the outside of the hand, they…
On Double Notes (Part One)
Technikos: "of, or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful" But there is no difference between interpretation and technique. Every dynamic and nuance must be produced simultaneously by a technical means (Walter…