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The Importance of Teaching Healthy Technique

The Importance of Teaching Healthy Technique

By Informance, 2021-11-04
Posted in: Teaching, Technique

In this week’s blog post, Penelope discusses the importance of teaching healthy technique and shares a few tips and suggestions for doing so!

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The Importance of Teaching Healthy Technique
Developing a Balanced Technique

Developing a Balanced Technique

By Informance, 2020-10-15
Posted in: Technique

Mastering core piano techniques is essential in order to have the freedom to successfully express musical ideas at the keyboard. Like a ballet dancer is required to do physical training…

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Developing a Balanced Technique
Teaching Bach’s Musette in D without the Score

Teaching Bach’s Musette in D without the Score

By Graham Fitch, 2020-04-02
Posted in: Teaching

At the start of my teaching career I taught a number of child beginners who I soon discovered were capable of playing more difficult and interesting pieces than they were…

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Teaching Bach’s Musette in D without the Score
New Piano Pedagogy Course at Morley College

New Piano Pedagogy Course at Morley College

By Graham Fitch, 2019-09-17
Posted in: News

I am delighted to announce that the PTC (Piano Teachers’ Course) UK is going to teach a new Piano Pedagogy course at Morley College in London. This course is specifically…

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New Piano Pedagogy Course at Morley College
Free Practising & Technique eBook

Free Practising & Technique eBook

By Informance, 2019-06-27
Posted in: eBooks, News

We’re delighted to announce our collaboration with Casio Music UK to make various resources on practising available to pianists and piano teachers alongside their Grand Hybrid Teacher Network. Initiatives arising…

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Free Practising & Technique eBook
The Piano Teachers’ Course Online

The Piano Teachers’ Course Online

By Informance, 2019-06-20
Posted in: News

We're delighted to announce the launch of a brand-new initiative on the Online Academy, PTC Online. Developed in partnership with the The Piano Teachers’ Course UK, this series features in-depth…

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The Piano Teachers’ Course Online
Thinking Aloud

Thinking Aloud

By Graham Fitch, 2015-05-01
Posted in: Blog

The first time I listened to a recording of Glenn Gould it was late evening and I was alone in the house. I swore I could hear someone singing along…

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Thinking Aloud
A Tool for Memory Work: Tracking

A Tool for Memory Work: Tracking

By Graham Fitch, 2013-08-29
Posted in: Practising, Teaching

Memorising a piece takes plenty of time and energy, and requires a strategy more sophisticated than simply closing the score after several weeks of reading it. Some memory work is…

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A Tool for Memory Work: Tracking
Cavaliers and Roundheads: Developing Performance Skills

Cavaliers and Roundheads: Developing Performance Skills

By Graham Fitch, 2012-05-18
Posted in: Performing, Teaching

Last night I watched a fascinating documentary on the BBC about how English history was forever changed by the civil war. The characteristics of the two opposing forces (the puritanical,…

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Cavaliers and Roundheads: Developing Performance Skills
A Supplement to Slow Practice

A Supplement to Slow Practice

By Graham Fitch, 2012-01-27
Posted in: Practising, Teaching

A few weeks ago, I gave some suggestions for practising Mozart's Rondo alla turca and I would like to apply this principle to another piece, which really couldn't be more contrasting in…

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A Supplement to Slow Practice

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