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Introducing Our YouTube Video Channel

Introducing Our YouTube Video Channel

By Informance, 2019-08-22
Posted in: General

Over the past few months we’ve been making a number of our videos from the Online Academy available on our YouTube channel. This channel now features a growing collection of…

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Tags: bruchChopinfinger pedallingjumpspedalpedalling
Introducing Our YouTube Video Channel
Senza Pedale

Senza Pedale

By Graham Fitch, 2018-01-18
Posted in: Pedalling

I wonder how many of you have embarked on Dry January, perhaps as a New Year's resolution? The idea is that by abstaining from alcohol for a month you reset…

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Tags: pedalRavel Sonatine
Senza Pedale
Pedalling Problems and Possibilities

Pedalling Problems and Possibilities

By Graham Fitch, 2017-11-16
Posted in: Pedalling

I often find I have quibbles with pedal markings printed in the score. Chief among them is that these markings do not - nor can they ever expect to -…

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Tags: pedalRachmaninov
Pedalling Problems and Possibilities
Look, No Feet!

Look, No Feet!

By Graham Fitch, 2014-05-30
Posted in: Practising

People think in terms of pianists' fingers - not their feet - but a direct line of communication from our ear to our right foot is an absolute necessity and…

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Tags: feetinterpretationpedalperformanceprofessionalSchumannshift pedal
Look, No Feet!
John Broadwood and the Evolution of the Piano

John Broadwood and the Evolution of the Piano

By Graham Fitch, 2014-01-17
Posted in: General tips

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…

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Tags: Cobbe CollectionFranz LisztFrederic ChopinhistoryJean-Yves ThibaudetJohn BroadwoodJohn Broadwood and Sons LtdJosef HaydnLudwig van BeethovenMalcolm BilsonpedalRuth Dysonthe pianoVladimir Pleshakov
John Broadwood and the Evolution of the Piano
The Dance of the Dampers

The Dance of the Dampers

By Graham Fitch, 2013-10-05
Posted in: Practising

The subtleties of the right pedal are extremely hard to pin down. I can show a student what I am doing with my hands, fingers and arm to produce a…

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Tags: Claude DebussyDebussyFantasie-ImpromptuGrieg NocturnepedalRachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minortextureTheodore Lettvintouch
The Dance of the Dampers
On Touch (Part Two)

On Touch (Part Two)

By Graham Fitch, 2012-11-29
Posted in: Performing

My second article on touch has just been published by Pianist Magazine. When I was first commissioned to write a series of three articles on touch, dealing with legato and staccato in the…

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Tags: non-legato touchespedalpianist magazineportamentoportatotouch
On Touch (Part Two)
The Fantasie-Impromptu: Some Ideas (Part Three)

The Fantasie-Impromptu: Some Ideas (Part Three)

By Graham Fitch, 2012-11-08
Posted in: Learning Pieces

Further to my first two posts, a reader has written in asking how to avoid the problem of fatigue in the RH in the forte passages from bar 13, and at the…

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Tags: Chopinchopin fantasie-impromptuforearm rotationornamentspedalrotary motion
The Fantasie-Impromptu: Some Ideas (Part Three)
On Touch (Part One)

On Touch (Part One)

By Graham Fitch, 2012-10-18
Posted in: Performing

I was recently asked by Pianist Magazine to write a series of three articles on touch, which turned out to be more challenging than I had anticipated. The second article…

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Tags: alberti bassfinger pedallingjs bachpartitapedalSebastian Erardsteinwaytouch
On Touch (Part One)
Practising on Tour

Practising on Tour

By Graham Fitch, 2012-04-20
Posted in: Performing, Practising

I have been away for the past three weeks on a concert and teaching tour of Singapore and Australia, the focus of my work there was three performances of Bach's…

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Tags: goldberg variationsjs bachmemorypedalperformancepreparationprofessionalshigeru kawaisviatoslav richtertouchyong siew toh conservatory of music
Practising on Tour

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