Crossing Hands, Automatic Fingering & Practising Ornaments
Our first practice clinic of the year features questions on crossing hands, fingering, ornaments and more in Prokofiev, Bach, Grieg and Scarlatti!
Two Preludes, a Pavane & Grieg
In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answers questions on answers to questions on co-ordination, building speed, use of expression in early keyboard music and more in preludes by Heller and Alan Bullard, one of Grieg’s most famous Lyric Pieces and Byrd’s Earl of Salisbury.
Clair de Lune, Grieg & Leggiero Touch
In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answers questions on Debussy’s Clair de Lune and achieving a graceful, light touch in works by Grieg and Chopin.
Chopin, Left Hand Evenness, Runs and Trills
In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answered questions on various topics in works by Mozart, Chopin, Clementi and Grieg.
Mozart, Mendelssohn, Grieg and Ravel!
In this month’s practice clinic Graham Fitch answered questions on coordinating the hands, using wrist rotation, trills and other topics in works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Grieg and Ravel.
Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg & Debussy
This week’s blog post features our most recent Practice Clinic in which Graham Fitch responds to questions submitted by Online academy subscribers. In this recording, Graham discusses topics such as legato playing, fingering, building speed and quarantining in works by Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg and Debussy.
Edvard Grieg’s Arietta
Edvard Grieg’s collection of 66 short Lyric Pieces includes some of his best known music. They were published in 10 volumes between 1867 and 1901 and because most are accessible…
Pedalling and Rests
Rests in piano music can be confusing. Some rests we have to treat very literally - this means a noticeable silence - whereas others may simply mean don't play anything on…