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Top Ten Tips to Maximise Your Practice

Top Ten Tips to Maximise Your Practice

By Graham Fitch, 2014-01-10
Posted in: General tips, Practising

At the start of the New Year, everyone is making resolutions. I have noticed that these usually have to do with self discipline - not eating or drinking so much…

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Top Ten Tips to Maximise Your Practice
Practising Chopin’s “Ocean” Etude

Practising Chopin’s “Ocean” Etude

By Graham Fitch, 2013-09-20
Posted in: Practising

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…

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Practising Chopin’s “Ocean” Etude
Transposing the Difficult Spot

Transposing the Difficult Spot

By Graham Fitch, 2013-04-26
Posted in: Practising

Vocal accompanists and repetiteurs need to develop the skills to transpose virtually at sight in order to accommodate the different voice types and the vocal ranges of the singers they…

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Transposing the Difficult Spot
Inventing Exercises from Pieces

Inventing Exercises from Pieces

By Graham Fitch, 2013-03-07
Posted in: Practising, Teaching

There are pieces that contain passages of technical difficulty that require special attention, a type of practising over and above the routine use of the other practice tools. This could…

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Inventing Exercises from Pieces
Snakes And Ladders

Snakes And Ladders

By Graham Fitch, 2012-08-29
Posted in: Teaching

In life, we repeat certain ways of doing things until they become habits - until we become unconscious of them and do them without thinking (and without the need to…

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Snakes And Ladders
Top Ten Tips to Maximise your Practising

Top Ten Tips to Maximise your Practising

By Graham Fitch, 2012-05-04
Posted in: General tips, Practising

I have had a lot of requests for this article, which first appeared in Pianist Magazine last year. Here it is! With the Olympics very much in the news at…

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Top Ten Tips to Maximise your Practising
An Obstacle Course

An Obstacle Course

By Graham Fitch, 2012-02-18
Posted in: Performing, Teaching

I have spoken before about the negative effects of playing pieces through prematurely, before the foundations have been laid. However, once the piece has been thoroughly learned, we will need…

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An Obstacle Course
Practising Chords (Part Three): The Difficult Chord

Practising Chords (Part Three): The Difficult Chord

By Graham Fitch, 2011-07-26
Posted in: Practising

I am sure we can all identify a particular chord in a piece that causes us to stumble or fumble (and, under our breath, mumble). This could be because the…

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Practising Chords (Part Three): The Difficult Chord
Top Ten Tips for Trouble Spots

Top Ten Tips for Trouble Spots

By Graham Fitch, 2011-07-03
Posted in: General tips

It is possible to hack away at a trouble spot for several minutes, constantly repeating it and beating it into submission, and then be able to manage it, more or…

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Top Ten Tips for Trouble Spots

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