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On Rhythm: How to Develop a Steady Pulse  

On Rhythm: How to Develop a Steady Pulse  

By Graham Fitch, 2018-09-20
Posted in: Practice tools, Practising, Rhythm, Teaching

I decided to put together an occasional series on rhythm, in response to readers who say they experience rhythmical issues when they play. There are many factors that may contribute…

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Tags: metronomepulserhythm
On Rhythm: How to Develop a Steady Pulse  
Flexibility in Pulse

Flexibility in Pulse

By Graham Fitch, 2018-06-28
Posted in: Rhythm

I heard Chopin’s beautiful Waltz in A minor in a class the other day. The basic feeling, tempo, balance between the hands and the pedalling were extremely good, and there…

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Tags: ChopinGlenn Gouldjs bachmetronomepreludeThe Well-Tempered Clavierwaltz
Flexibility in Pulse
Practising Polyrhythms

Practising Polyrhythms

By Graham Fitch, 2015-06-25
Posted in: Practising

Following a question on a Facebook page about coping with polyrhythms, I decided to republish this post from 2012. I hope it helps! I want to suggest some ways of solving…

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Tags: beethovenmetronomepolyrhythmrhythmSlowly
Practising Polyrhythms
Making Friends with Fiddly Fiorature

Making Friends with Fiddly Fiorature

By Graham Fitch, 2015-05-29
Posted in: General tips

Over the past couple of weeks I have had a few requests for advice on how to handle the flurries of little notes we find in the music of Chopin.…

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Tags: ann scheinartur rubinsteinChopin Nocturne in B flat minorChopin Nocturne in C sharp minorChopin Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minorconcentrationfioraturehands separatelymetronomeornamentsrhythmthe scoretheory
Making Friends with Fiddly Fiorature
Our Inner Conductor

Our Inner Conductor

By Graham Fitch, 2014-04-18
Posted in: General tips

In some Romantic music it may be appropriate to change tempo slightly when the musical idea changes, even if this is not specified in the score. This is just one…

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Tags: beatclassical sonataexpressionHerbert von Karajanimaginationinterpretationmetronomepulsequality of beatrhythmSectionstempotouchvisualisation
Our Inner Conductor
A Beautiful Process for Scales

A Beautiful Process for Scales

By Graham Fitch, 2013-09-27
Posted in: Practising

I was back at Steinway Hall in London recently, recording a new series of video demonstrations for Pianist Magazine. The first is on scales and arpeggios, and now that it…

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Tags: arpeggiosmetronomeNehama Patkinpianist magazinescalesscales generatorSteinway Hall
A Beautiful Process for Scales
The Other End of the Telescope

The Other End of the Telescope

By Graham Fitch, 2013-08-16
Posted in: Practising

A respected colleague teaching at the College level used to challenge his new students in their first lesson with him by getting them to play almost impossibly slowly with the…

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Tags: beethovenharmonyjs bachmetronomepartitaPathetique Sonatapulsereflexslow practiceteaching
The Other End of the Telescope
More on Rhythm

More on Rhythm

By Graham Fitch, 2013-03-22
Posted in: Practising

I have been working on a new chapter on the uses and abuses of the metronome for Volume 3 of my ebook series, due to be published after Easter. For…

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Tags: anacrusiscountingcrusismetacrusismetronomeMetronome Bounce by KatokichiSoftrhythmscat singingvocalising
More on Rhythm
Playing Rhythmically

Playing Rhythmically

By Graham Fitch, 2013-03-17
Posted in: Practising

When I was a postgraduate student at the Manhattan School of Music in New York back in the 1980s, I decided to make up some credits for my master’s degree…

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Tags: Dalcroze EurythmicsmetermetronomerhythmRobert AbramsonThe Dalcroze Society
Playing Rhythmically
Practising Fast

Practising Fast

By Graham Fitch, 2012-01-06
Posted in: Practising, Teaching

Common sense suggests that if we can play a fast piece faster than intended, it will be easier to manage at the proper tempo, since we will have gone the…

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Tags: beethovenconcertofast practicemetronomespeedteachingtempo
Practising Fast

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