Eliminating Tension(2): Braced Conditions Of The Hand And Wrist
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…
Practising Chords (Part Four): Odds and Ends
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…
Practising Chords (Part Three): The Difficult Chord
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…
Practising Chords (Part Two): An Extract from Rachmaninov
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,…