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Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Rachmaninoff!

Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Rachmaninoff!

By Informance, 2021-06-24
Posted in: Practising

In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answered questions on trills, fingering, legato octaves and gave practising tips for tackling a difficult passage in works by Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff.

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Tags: HandelMendelssohnMozartMozart Sonata in A major K331practice clinicRachmaninovRachmaninov Etudes Tableaux op. 33
Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Rachmaninoff!
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
Hold Me, I’m a Fermata!

Hold Me, I’m a Fermata!

By Graham Fitch, 2017-11-02
Posted in: General tips

Following on from last week's post on rests, I'm going to move on to the fermata - or the pause. We find this marked on rests as well as on…

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Tags: beethovenClaudio ArrauDaniel BarenboimEdwin FischerLisztpreludeRachmaninovScriabinsonataSonata-FantasieUn sospiro
Hold Me, I’m a Fermata!
Pedalling and Rests

Pedalling and Rests

By Graham Fitch, 2014-09-19
Posted in: Blog

Rests in piano music can be confusing. Some rests we have to treat very literally - this means a noticeable silence - whereas others may simply mean don't play anything on…

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Tags: beethovenChopinconcertoEtudes TableauxGriegnocturneRachmaninovsonata
Pedalling and Rests
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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Tags: chordsconcentrationfeedback loopLisztmeasuring distanceMendelssohnMendelssohn Variations serieuses op 54perforamncepsychologyquick coverRachmaninovrachmaninov prelude in c sharp minorsilencevisualisation
Don’t Play!
The Pot-Bellied Monster

The Pot-Bellied Monster

By Graham Fitch, 2013-05-24
Posted in: Practising

Heinrich Neuhaus spoke of the pot-bellied monster, a fault in piano playing where the harmony swallows both bass and melody. I find myself discussing the layering of sound all the…

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Tags: ChopinChopin Nocturne in D flatfurther readingharmonyHeinrich Neuhaus The Art of Piano PlayingPractising The Piano eBook SeriesRachmaninovRachmaninov ElegieSchubertSchubert Impromptu in G flattexturetouch
The Pot-Bellied Monster
Taking Ownership

Taking Ownership

By Graham Fitch, 2011-10-15
Posted in: General tips, Performing

Some years ago, Dame Fanny Waterman gave a masterclass for the BBC (Beethoven Sonata, op. 2 no. 2 , I think it was) and had made some suggestions to the student…

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Tags: analysisbeethovenChopinDame Fanny WatermanexpressioninterpretationJorge BoletMozart Turkish RondoPeter KivyRachmaninovShura Cherkasskytheory
Taking Ownership
A Ghost Story

A Ghost Story

By Graham Fitch, 2011-08-05
Posted in: Teaching

There are certain places in the repertoire where I can predict that a student is going to hurry. They will usually tend to rob long notes of their value by…

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Tags: armbeethovenChopinmovementMozartRachmaninovrepertoirerhythmteaching
A Ghost Story
Practising Chords (Part Two): An Extract from Rachmaninov

Practising Chords (Part Two): An Extract from Rachmaninov

By Graham Fitch, 2011-07-19
Posted in: Practising

In this post, I aim to give a thorough approach to practising an extract, the return of the "A" section from Rachmaninov's famous warhorse, the Prelude in C sharp minor,…

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Tags: chordsgripmeasuring distanceRachmaninovtapping
Practising Chords (Part Two): An Extract from Rachmaninov

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