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Pedalling for Resonance

Pedalling for Resonance

By Graham Fitch, 2018-10-11
Posted in: General tips, Pedalling, Performing

In the days before the piano was invented, harpsichordists did not have any sort of sustaining device and so created resonance using the technique of overholding (or finger pedalling). On…

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Pedalling for Resonance
Improve Your Thumb Technique

Improve Your Thumb Technique

By Graham Fitch, 2016-06-16
Posted in: Technique

Wouldn't it be great if Nature had designed our hands with the fingers in reverse order? If the "strong" thumb were on the outside of the hand and the "weak" pinky on…

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Improve Your Thumb Technique
Don’t Play!

Don’t Play!

By Graham Fitch, 2014-03-14
Posted in: Practising

We tend to think of sitting at the piano and practising totally in terms of making sounds. If we’re not moving our fingers up and down, we’re not really practising,…

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Don’t Play!
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

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