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Q&A: How Can We Use Rotation in a Scale?

Q&A: How Can We Use Rotation in a Scale?

By Graham Fitch, 2014-05-23
Posted in: General tips

Q. You speak about forearm rotation in your eBook and in your YouTube video on scales and arpeggios, but I think of rotation as a large movement for things like…

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Tags: arpeggiosbeethovenDorothy Taubmanforearmforearm rotationJulian Martinjumpsrotary motionrotationscalessonatastrengthtension
Q&A: How Can We Use Rotation in a Scale?
The History of Piano Technique (Part 1)

The History of Piano Technique (Part 1)

By Graham Fitch, 2013-11-22
Posted in: General tips

Writing about the history of piano technique for my new eBook I recalled vividly my harpsichord studies with Ruth Dyson at the RCM, and her insistence that the fingers play from…

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Tags: arm schoolblended activityfinger schoolfingersharpsichordhistoryJory VinikourMartha Beth LewisPractising The Piano eBook SeriesRuth Dysonstrengthtechnique
The History of Piano Technique (Part 1)
Eliminating Tension(2): Braced Conditions Of The Hand And Wrist

Eliminating Tension(2): Braced Conditions Of The Hand And Wrist

By Graham Fitch, 2012-07-12
Posted in: Practising, Teaching

Yes, I know I was going to talk about forearm rotation this week, but inspiration took me elsewhere. I'll get to that soon, I promise! This post deals with how…

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Tags: armfingersgriphandstrengthtensionwrist
Eliminating Tension(2): Braced Conditions Of The Hand And Wrist
More on Passagework

More on Passagework

By Graham Fitch, 2011-12-02
Posted in: Practising

Last week's post on passagework dealt with a fair amount of mechanics. Here, I would like to outline a process which strengthens everything - the ear, the memory and the…

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Tags: listeningmemoryMozartpassageworkreflexreflex arcstrength
More on Passagework
Practising Softly

Practising Softly

By Graham Fitch, 2011-08-19
Posted in: Practising

One of the most skillful and useful ways to practise is softly, especially loud passages. Let me start with an anecdote. In the early 80s I had the great good…

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Tags: expressioninjurylisteningsoftlystrengthtensiontonetouch
Practising Softly
Voicing Chords

Voicing Chords

By Graham Fitch, 2011-07-10
Posted in: General tips, Practising

A chord is officially two or more notes played simultaneously, but there are probably as many species of chords as there are of spiders. There is so much to say…

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Tags: chordsfingersSchumannstrengthtouch
Voicing Chords

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