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Trinity Syllabus Grade 8

Trinity Syllabus Grade 8

By Informance, 2022-02-10
Posted in: Examinations, Learning Pieces, Trinity College London Syllabus

New video walk-throughs featuring selected repertoire from the 2021-23 Grade 8 Trinity Syllabus are now available!

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Trinity Syllabus Grade 8
Remembering my Studies with Peter Wallfisch

Remembering my Studies with Peter Wallfisch

By Graham Fitch, 2015-07-10
Posted in: Teaching

I had the great privilege to embark on my postgraduate studies with Peter Wallfisch, studying with him from 1980 for two years (but returning on occasion thereafter). During my time…

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Remembering my Studies with Peter Wallfisch
Slaying the Dragon

Slaying the Dragon

By Graham Fitch, 2014-05-16
Posted in: Performing

Piano playing can never be an exact science. We will not always be able to say with absolute precision or certainty how we arrived at a particular result in our…

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Slaying the Dragon
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 Short Essay on the Life of a Pianist

A Short Essay on the Life of a Pianist

By Graham Fitch, 2012-05-12
Posted in: General tips

After a recent post, I received a request in the form of a comment from a reader, suggesting I might expand on my last paragraph. The last paragraph was as…

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A Short Essay on the Life of a Pianist
Top Ten Tips to Maximise your Practising

Top Ten Tips to Maximise your Practising

By Graham Fitch, 2012-05-04
Posted in: General tips, Practising

I have had a lot of requests for this article, which first appeared in Pianist Magazine last year. Here it is! With the Olympics very much in the news at…

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Top Ten Tips to Maximise your Practising
Using The Feedback Loop

Using The Feedback Loop

By Graham Fitch, 2012-04-26
Posted in: Practising, Teaching

Have you ever sat at the piano in your practice time, not feeling really sure about what you are supposed to be doing? Your mind wanders, you end up doodling…

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Using The Feedback Loop
Five-a-Side Team Events: Some Thoughts on Chord Playing

Five-a-Side Team Events: Some Thoughts on Chord Playing

By Graham Fitch, 2012-03-23
Posted in: Practising

In my youth I was fortunate enough to have some lessons with Philip Fowke, the first one was on Rachmaninov's rather overplayed Prelude in C sharp minor. I recall the…

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Five-a-Side Team Events: Some Thoughts on Chord Playing
A Prima Vista: Some Thoughts on Sight Reading

A Prima Vista: Some Thoughts on Sight Reading

By Graham Fitch, 2012-03-17
Posted in: Practising, Teaching

Sight reading is included in every graded examination. Few seem to excel at it, and many actively dread it. Even the best players are likely to drop marks in this…

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A Prima Vista: Some Thoughts on Sight Reading
Once Upon a Time…

Once Upon a Time…

By Graham Fitch, 2012-03-09
Posted in: Practising

We have all heard student performances where the beginning was good - secure, well-known, confident - then after a page or two we notice a decline as skill levels start…

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Once Upon a Time…

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