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RUBATO EXAMPLE 🎵
Graham Fitch demonstrates rubato in practice! He takes the 'Träumerei' from Schumann's Kinderszenen and shows how you can seamlessly incorporate rubato into your playing.
BREATHTAKING 😭♥ Dr Samantha Ege brings Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's 'Three-Fours' to life! You can watch her full performance over on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rddUZfeuNk
Coleridge-Taylor was once hailed by 20th-century critics as a ‘musical genius’. But his popularity seemed to wane – not helped by the fact that he died at the young age of 37.
In the last few years, his music has re-entered the classical concert hall thanks to brilliant new recordings from the likes of the Chineke! Orchestra, the Kanneh-Mason family and Samantha Ege. This lush Andante is the second piece from the six-movement suite.
What on earth is the 'Floating Fermata' technique?! Graham explains his handy approach to tackling tricky passages using Mendelssohn's 1st 'Song Without Words' in E Major as an example 👇🏽
New issue of Pianist featuring Jeneba Kanneh-Mason out this Friday! Pre-order your copy here: https://i.mtr.cool/viwwtcbfsm
Inside this issue:
✔ Jeneba chats about her new recording contract with @sonyclassical
✔ Masterclasses on the three 'S's' and breaking out of your comfort zone
✔ 40+ pages of scores including a must-try duet from Amy Beach
✔ Wise ways to warm up
& loads more!
Lang Lang - 郎朗 and Jimmy Fallon talk about the story of Lang Lang’s insured hands! 😆 How much do you think Lang Lang’s hands are worth? 👀✋🏼🤚🏼 #repost #piano #langlang #jimmyfallon #insurance
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Your #MondayMotivation this morning is on the topic of trills, in particular mastering the well-known group of trills in Chopin's C Sharp Minor Nocturne! 🔥
These trills are rather tricky to perfect given the fact that Chopin has written them in groups of three against the on-beat notes in the left hand.
It requires plenty of concentration, hand co-ordination and practice to get these trills right. But teacher Graham Fitch is on hand to guide you through it.
Try out Graham's tips, and let us know how you get on in the comments 👇🏽
WOW! Watch 6-year-old pianist Ethan Xie play the winning piece from last year's Pianist 2023 Composing Competition, 'Fairytale' by Steve Langford! 'Fairytale' took first prize last year, and the piece was subsequently printed inside Pianist. Keep it up, Ethan 👏🏻
You can check the full performance of this video here: https://i.mtr.cool/yedswdnblv
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Defying Hanon's instructions?
Sure, why not?
If it works for you, why not?
If it helps you work on a particular aspect of your playing, why not?
Watch Graham Fitch take a well-known Hanon exercise and use it to develop his wrist circles 👆🏽
Quick-fire tip 🔥 Why drag your way through dull exercise books when you can create your OWN exercises from your pieces? Graham walks us through an exercise he made using part of Debussy's famous 2nd Arabesque in order to work on his finger dexterity. Why not give it a go?
Check out his full video lesson on creating exercises from our pieces here: https://i.mtr.cool/zozoompqct
Season 2 is coming soon! 👀
How to desynchronise your hands when playing rubato 🎹 Graham dishes out his quick little tip to help you better understand the effects of rubato in his brand-new lesson! You can check out his full video lesson here: https://i.mtr.cool/octzaebpeu
LIVE piano webinar with Graham Fitch coming up on 23 January! Sign up here: https://i.mtr.cool/mypxpvnnxq
Graham joins us this coming Tuesday 23 January for a live 1-hour Zoom piano masterclass to share his solutions to the technical challenges posed by scale and arpeggio playing, as well as suggesting some novel ways to learn and practise them.
He will also demonstrate fun and educational ways to use scales as vehicles to solve problems we come across in our pieces. The session is designed for pianists of all levels.
Can't make the live session? Don't worry. The webinar will be recorded in full, and all ticket holders will receive the recording and any relevant resources the following day. See you there!
Try out this piano arpeggio practice hack from Graham Fitch 😎🎹
Do you use the thumb under approach when it comes to arpeggios? 🤔
Mozart's Morning Wake-Up Call 😴💤 I'm sure a lot of us can relate to young Mozart's love of sleep... and also his dislike of an unresolved scale!
