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Technique Day with Graham Fitch

Technique Day with Graham Fitch

By Informance, 2023-08-24

Graham Fitch presents a set of online workshops showing you how to improve your technique to help you realise your artistic aspirations at the piano.

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Tags: technique
Technique Day with Graham Fitch
Keyboard Conversations with Fred Karpoff

Keyboard Conversations with Fred Karpoff

By Informance, 2023-05-18
Posted in: Blog, Inspiration

Video conversation between Fred Karpoff and Graham Fitch discussing teachers who inspired them, their online projects and approaches to technique.

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Tags: ann scheinforearm rotationfred karpoffJulian Martinkeyboard conversationsLeon Fleishertechnique
Keyboard Conversations with Fred Karpoff
Mozart, Schumann & Using Arm Weight

Mozart, Schumann & Using Arm Weight

By Informance, 2023-01-19
Posted in: Learning Pieces, Practising

In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answers questions pedalling, tricky arpeggios, using arm-weight and playing legato in works by Mozart, Schumann, Liszt.

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Tags: arpeggioslegatoLisztMozartpedallingpractice clinicSchumanntechniquewaldszenen
Mozart, Schumann & Using Arm Weight
Trinity Syllabus Grade 8

Trinity Syllabus Grade 8

By Informance, 2022-02-10
Posted in: Examinations, Learning Pieces, Trinity College London Syllabus

New video walk-throughs featuring selected repertoire from the 2021-23 Grade 8 Trinity Syllabus are now available!

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Tags: bartokczernyexaminationsjoplinjs bachlearning a piecepiano exampractisepractising the pianoteachingtechniquetrinitytrinity examinationstrinity grade 8trinity syllabus
Trinity Syllabus Grade 8
Brahms, Burgmüller and Baroque Touch

Brahms, Burgmüller and Baroque Touch

By Informance, 2022-01-27
Posted in: Practice tools, Practising

In this month’s Practice Clinic, Graham Fitch answered questions on works by Brahms, Chopin and Burgmüller. Topics discussed included playing rolled chords, practising grace notes, tackling demisemiquavers and Baroque style.

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Tags: baroqueBrahmsBurgmüllerChopinchordspractice toolstechnique
Brahms, Burgmüller and Baroque Touch
A Cello Suite for the Left Hand

A Cello Suite for the Left Hand

By Graham Fitch, 2021-09-09
Posted in: Learning Pieces, Technique

Develop your left hand technique while familiarising yourself with a great work of art with our new study edition for Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1.

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Tags: annotated study editionJS BachJS Bach Cello suiteleft handtechnique
A Cello Suite for the Left Hand
Teaching Healthy, Expressive Technique Preview

Teaching Healthy, Expressive Technique Preview

By Informance, 2021-08-12
Posted in: General, Teaching, Technique

This week we bring you a preview of a new online course on teaching healthy, expressive piano technique based on Penelope Roskell’s award-winning book The Complete Pianist.

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Tags: healthy playinghealthy practisingPenelope Roskellteachingtechnique
Teaching Healthy, Expressive Technique Preview
Improving Your Left Hand

Improving Your Left Hand

By Graham Fitch, 2021-05-20
Posted in: Technique

Do you feel that your left hand is weaker than your right hand and is holding you back in your piano playing? We all have a dominant hand, and for…

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Tags: berensexercisesleft handPaul Wittgensteinsymmetrical inversiontechnique
Improving Your Left Hand
A Balanced Approach to Exercises and Studies

A Balanced Approach to Exercises and Studies

By Graham Fitch, 2021-03-09
Posted in: Technique

A balanced approach to using exercises and studies to solve specific pianistic problems.

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Tags: exercisesfinger exercisesfive-finger exercisesHanonHanon exercisespolyrhythmstudiestechnique
A Balanced Approach to Exercises and Studies
The Hanon Debate (Part 2)

The Hanon Debate (Part 2)

By Graham Fitch, 2021-02-09
Posted in: Technique

This blog post features the views of pianist Peter Donohoe on the use of Hanon’s Virtuoso Pianist as part of our debate on the subject.

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Tags: HanonHanon exercisesHanon The Virtuoso PianistPeter Donohoepiano techniquetechnique
The Hanon Debate (Part 2)

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