Arpeggiation in Piano Playing
I first published this post in July of 2016. Here it is again with one or two updates - including a link to the Online Academy's series on spread chords,…
Mind the Gap!
There is a problem with certain performance directions composers write in the score - or the lack of them. Especially articulation marks. Some of the markings we find can easily…
John Broadwood and the Evolution of the Piano
When I was a student I was ignorant about early pianos, dismissing the sound as honky-tonk. This was until I attended lectures by my harpsichord teacher-to-be, Ruth Dyson, who opened…