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Eliminating Tension(2): Braced Conditions Of The Hand And Wrist

Eliminating Tension(2): Braced Conditions Of The Hand And Wrist

By Graham Fitch, 2012-07-12
Posted in: Practising, Teaching

Yes, I know I was going to talk about forearm rotation this week, but inspiration took me elsewhere. I'll get to that soon, I promise! This post deals with how…

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Tags: armfingersgriphandstrengthtensionwrist
Eliminating Tension(2): Braced Conditions Of The Hand And Wrist
Practising Chords (Part Four): Odds and Ends

Practising Chords (Part Four): Odds and Ends

By Graham Fitch, 2011-07-30
Posted in: Practising

Unless anyone cares to contact me with further suggestions, this will be the last of my posts on chords. It's a selection of a few unrelated odds and ends which…

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Tags: beethovenchordsflexibilitygrabbinggripSchumanntappingtremolo
Practising Chords (Part Four): Odds and Ends
Practising Chords (Part Three): The Difficult Chord

Practising Chords (Part Three): The Difficult Chord

By Graham Fitch, 2011-07-26
Posted in: Practising

I am sure we can all identify a particular chord in a piece that causes us to stumble or fumble (and, under our breath, mumble). This could be because the…

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Tags: chordsgripMuczynskitrouble spots
Practising Chords (Part Three): The Difficult Chord
Practising Chords (Part Two): An Extract from Rachmaninov

Practising Chords (Part Two): An Extract from Rachmaninov

By Graham Fitch, 2011-07-19
Posted in: Practising

In this post, I aim to give a thorough approach to practising an extract, the return of the "A" section from Rachmaninov's famous warhorse, the Prelude in C sharp minor,…

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Tags: chordsgripmeasuring distanceRachmaninovtapping
Practising Chords (Part Two): An Extract from Rachmaninov

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