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Beethoven Piano Sonata in C Minor (Op.10 No.1)

Beethoven Piano Sonata in C Minor (Op.10 No.1)

By Informance, 2022-05-12
Posted in: Learning Pieces

Pianist and captain of The Piano Boat, Masayuki Tayama, gives a guided tour of Beethoven’s fifth piano sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1.

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Beethoven Piano Sonata in C Minor (Op.10 No.1)
Beethoven Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major (Op. 7)

Beethoven Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major (Op. 7)

By Informance, 2022-02-24
Posted in: Learning Pieces

Pianist and captain of The Piano Boat, Masayuki Tayama, gives a guided tour of Beethoven’s fourth piano sonata in E-Flat major, Op. 7.

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Beethoven Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major (Op. 7)
Bach, Beethoven and Playing Fast!

Bach, Beethoven and Playing Fast!

By Informance, 2022-02-17
Posted in: Practice tools, Practising

In this month’s Practice Clinic, Graham Fitch answers questions on how to practise specific passages, legato octaves, retaining musicality when playing fast, problems with the 5th finger, polyrhythms and more in works by Bach, Beethoven, Debussy and Mozart.

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Tags: bagatellebeethovenDebussyinventionsjs bachlegatoMozartoctavesreveriesonata
Bach, Beethoven and Playing Fast!
Beethoven Piano Sonata in A Major (Op. 2 No. 2)

Beethoven Piano Sonata in A Major (Op. 2 No. 2)

By Informance, 2021-10-12
Posted in: Learning Pieces

Pianist and captain of The Piano Boat, Masayuki Tayama, gives a guided tour of Beethoven’s first piano sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2.

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Beethoven Piano Sonata in A Major (Op. 2 No. 2)
Beethoven Piano Sonata in F Minor (Op. 2 No. 1)

Beethoven Piano Sonata in F Minor (Op. 2 No. 1)

By Informance, 2021-07-15
Posted in: Learning Pieces

Pianist and captain of The Piano Boat, Masayuki Tayama, gives a guided tour of Beethoven’s first piano sonata in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1.

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Beethoven Piano Sonata in F Minor (Op. 2 No. 1)
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!
Q&A: Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata

Q&A: Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata

By Graham Fitch, 2016-10-13
Posted in: Learning Pieces

I had a question from a reader this week who requested some suggestions for the tremolos in Beethoven's Sonata op. 31 no. 2, often referred to as the "Tempest Sonata". Q:…

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Q&A: Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata
Freshen it Up

Freshen it Up

By Graham Fitch, 2015-10-30
Posted in: Inspiration

Ideas for freshening up an interpretation of a piece by playing in different styles.

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Tags: Chopinjs bachLisztnocturnepreludeSchubertsonataThe Well-Tempered Clavier
Freshen it Up
Freeing Up Space

Freeing Up Space

By Graham Fitch, 2015-05-08
Posted in: Blog

I have had quite a lot of feedback from last week's post on the benefits of speaking aloud to ourself as we practise - it seems that many of us…

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Tags: beethovenChopinLeon FleisherminuetMozartsonatawaltz
Freeing Up Space
Memory Tips: Analyse

Memory Tips: Analyse

By Graham Fitch, 2015-01-16
Posted in: eBooks, Practising

We can trace the tradition of playing solo piano music from memory back to Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann. Before that, it was inappropriate to play without a score in…

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Tags: analysisAppassionatabeethovenClara SchumannGilbert KalishLeon FleisherLisztmemorisationsonataSusan Tomes
Memory Tips: Analyse

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