Top Tips for Choosing Piano Fingering
Top tips for finding and choosing the best piano fingering for your hand!
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!
Resources for Improving Piano Technique
Discover resources for improving your piano technique for beginners, teachers and pianists seeking a technical “refresher”!
Playing Chords, Legato, Brahms & Handel
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
Bach, Trills & Creating a Singing Tone
In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answers questions on fingering and executing trills, a Beethoven Sonata and creating a singing tone in Calme du soir by Moszkowski.
Finding and Choosing Piano Fingering
The only correct fingering is the one that works for your hand! This blog post provides some tips and suggestions for finding and choosing piano fingering.
Secrets of Beautiful Trills
Blog post on the secrets of producing beautiful trills at the piano.
Spring Cleaning a Repertoire Piece
Do you have a favourite piece you just love to play, but end up feeling disappointed that you're just not doing the piece (or yourself) justice each time you drag…
Top Ten Tips to Maximise Your Practice
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…
Take a Rest
Following on from last week's post on the floating fermata, I would like to share another practice idea involving the planning of deliberate stops. Instead of an arbitrary length of…