Tips for Tackling Trills
In our guest post this week, Penelope Roskell provides some tips for practising and playing trills.
Chopin, Left Hand Evenness, Runs and Trills
In this month’s practice clinic, Graham Fitch answered questions on various topics in works by Mozart, Chopin, Clementi and Grieg.
Q-Spots Series: Bach Invention in D Minor
For my first piece in the Q-Spots Series I have chosen Bach's Two-Part Invention in D minor, and identified two Q-spots that very often cause players to falter (click here…
Secrets of Beautiful Trills
Blog post on the secrets of producing beautiful trills at the piano.
Practising Chopin’s “Ocean” Etude
In last week's post on ties and repeated notes, I referred to Chopin's Ocean Etude (more properly known as op. 25 no. 12). A reader contacted me asking if I…
The Trouble With Ornaments (Part Two)
Thank you for all your feedback from the first part of this post. Your comments are most appreciated, and I will respond to them all (please click here if you'd…
The Trouble With Ornaments (Part One)
The year was 1978 and I had been assigned the G major French Suite of J. S. Bach by my piano professor at the RCM. I duly went off to…