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Tips for Better Piano Technique

Tips for Better Piano Technique

By Informance, 2023-09-14
Posted in: Technique

A common refrain amongst pianists is that they lack the technique required to tackle many of the pieces they yearn to play. In this blog post we provide some simple, often overlooked ways to build good foundations and make better progress with your playing.

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Tags: exercisesforearm rotationwarm-up sequencewrist
Tips for Better Piano Technique
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
Keyboard Conversations with Fred Karpoff

Keyboard Conversations with Fred Karpoff

By Informance, 2023-05-18
Posted in: Blog, Inspiration

Video conversation between Fred Karpoff and Graham Fitch discussing teachers who inspired them, their online projects and approaches to technique.

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Tags: ann scheinforearm rotationfred karpoffJulian Martinkeyboard conversationsLeon Fleishertechnique
Keyboard Conversations with Fred Karpoff
Debussy, Burgmüller, Finger Pedalling and Ornaments

Debussy, Burgmüller, Finger Pedalling and Ornaments

By Informance, 2021-10-26
Posted in: Practising

Our latest Practice Clinic recording features answers to questions on finger pedalling, ornaments, rotation and runs in works by Couperin, Burgmüller and Debussy.

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Tags: BurgmüllercouperinCouperin Les Baricades MistérieusesDebussyfinger pedallingforearm rotationornamentspassageworkpractice clinic
Debussy, Burgmüller, Finger Pedalling and Ornaments
Mastering Piano Technique

Mastering Piano Technique

By Informance, 2021-10-21
Posted in: Technique

The Online Academy’s technique resources present a variety of recognised approaches to mastering piano technique, enabling you to realise your musical and artistic intentions at the piano.

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Tags: Czerny Op 599exercisesforearm rotationHanonpiano techniquestudies
Mastering Piano Technique
Choreographing Bach’s D Minor Invention

Choreographing Bach’s D Minor Invention

By Graham Fitch, 2020-04-30
Posted in: Learning Pieces, Technique

I’m going to look at Bach’s Two-Part Invention in D minor, aiming to help you solve a couple of the issues that seem to bother some players in this piece. …

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Tags: Dorothy Taubmanfinger schoolforearm rotationinventionjs bachtechnique
Choreographing Bach’s D Minor Invention
A Practical Guide to Forearm Rotation

A Practical Guide to Forearm Rotation

By Graham Fitch, 2020-04-23
Posted in: Technique

In my work as a teacher, I regularly encounter pianists even at the advanced level who ask me for my special exercises to “strengthen” their fingers. Initially they react with…

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A Practical Guide to Forearm Rotation
Thoughts on Piano Technique

Thoughts on Piano Technique

By Graham Fitch, 2020-02-20
Posted in: Technique

After some initial trepidation regarding how to approach extending our resources on the complex subject of piano technique on the Online Academy, I am happy to say that we have…

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Thoughts on Piano Technique
Technique Library & Resources Preview

Technique Library & Resources Preview

By Graham Fitch, 2020-02-13
Posted in: Technique

Following our announcements last year regarding upcoming projects and content, we’ve been hard at work on a collection of modules on piano technique, the first of which is now available…

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Tags: forearm rotationpiano scales and arpeggiospiano techniquetechnique
Technique Library & Resources Preview
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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