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Gershwin, Schumann and Balancing Voices

Gershwin, Schumann and Balancing Voices

By Informance, 2022-03-17
Posted in: Practising

Our latest Practice Clinic recording features answers to questions on balancing voices, reducing tension, articulation, shaping and achieving rhythmic fluency in works by Bach, Scarlatti, Liszt, Debussy, Schumann and Gershwin.

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Tags: arabesqueDebussydouble thirdsgershwinjs bachkinderszenenpartitapractice clinicRobert SchumannScarlattivoicing
Gershwin, Schumann and Balancing Voices
Going Beyond the Notes

Going Beyond the Notes

By Graham Fitch, 2022-03-03
Posted in: Inspiration, Performing

In this week’s blog post, Graham Fitch explores how imagination and narrative can be used to go beyond a literal rendition of notes to deliver performances that captivate and inspire listeners.

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Tags: Debussydes abendsgoldberg variationsinterpretationL'isle joyeusenarrativeperformingRobert Schumann
Going Beyond the Notes
Schumann’s Romance in F Sharp

Schumann’s Romance in F Sharp

By Graham Fitch, 2019-10-03
Posted in: Inspiration, Learning Pieces

In 1839, Clara Wieck received a Christmas present from her fiancé, Robert Schumann - a set of three Romances (published with some slight alterations the following year as opus 28).…

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Tags: Clara SchumannEmil GilelsHarold BauerRobert SchumannRomance in F sharp major
Schumann’s Romance in F Sharp
Arpeggiation in Piano Playing

Arpeggiation in Piano Playing

By Graham Fitch, 2019-05-23
Posted in: Performing

I first published this post in July of 2016. Here it is again with one or two updates - including a link to the Online Academy's series on spread chords,…

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Tags: Carl Reineckecoronation concertoDebussyitalian concertojs bachMalcolm BilsonMozartRobert Schumannspread chordsträumerei
Arpeggiation in Piano Playing
Where Do We Find Musical Expression?

Where Do We Find Musical Expression?

By Informance, 2018-07-02
Posted in: From the Ground Up, Inspiration

This week’s guest blog post features an article on finding musical expression when learning new pieces by Ken Johansen. In this post, Ken suggests practise methods using examples from various pieces featured within his…

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Tags: expressionFrom the Ground Upinterpretationlearning a pieceRobert SchumannSchumann Album for the Young
Where Do We Find Musical Expression?
Czerny Says You Can!

Czerny Says You Can!

By Graham Fitch, 2016-06-30
Posted in: Inspiration, Learning Pieces

Have you ever pondered how many teaching hours in the course of piano teaching history have been devoted to certain famous passages from the repertoire? How much time, how much…

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Tags: beethovenChopinChristopher HogwoodczernyRobert Schumannromanticstephen lubinWilhelm Backhaus
Czerny Says You Can!
Top Tip: Voicing Chords

Top Tip: Voicing Chords

By Graham Fitch, 2016-01-14
Posted in: General tips

Down the years, I have been passing on a tip for voicing chords that was given to me by Philip Fowke. No doubt Philip inherited this from his teacher, Gordon Green, who had…

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Tags: anton rubinsteinCarl ReineckeFelix MendelssohnFerruccio BusoniFranz LisztFrederic ChopinGordon GreenJohn BlakelyPhilip fowkeRobert SchumannStephen HoughTeresa Carreño
Top Tip: Voicing Chords
Playing by Ear

Playing by Ear

By Graham Fitch, 2013-05-10
Posted in: General tips

I had an email from a reader asking how he could learn to play by ear, so here are some random thoughts on the subject. When we play by ear…

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Tags: album for the youngchildrenexaminationsimprovisationjs bachlisteninglittle preludeLucinda Mackworth-YoungMozartRobert Schumanntransposition
Playing by Ear

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