Beethoven Piano Sonata in C Minor (Op.10 No.1)
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.
Beethoven Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major (Op. 7)
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.
Bach, Beethoven and Playing Fast!
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.
Beethoven Piano Sonata in A Major (Op. 2 No. 2)
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.
Beethoven Piano Sonata in F Minor (Op. 2 No. 1)
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.
Hold Me, I’m a Fermata!
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…
Q&A: Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata
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:…
Freshen it Up
Ideas for freshening up an interpretation of a piece by playing in different styles.
Freeing Up Space
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…
Memory Tips: Analyse
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…