Getting the most from this great hobby!
What do I mean by practising problem passages in context? Let me start with this hilarious image I came across on Twitter a long time ago. I think it describes the practice habit of many of us. In fact, I have seen this very same picture used in other contexts since and I hope that...
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Playing at speed is probably the one thing that I’ve always found the most difficult to do. Short bursts of notes (such as in mordents, turns and the like) aren’t so difficult to pull off, however, anything that involves longer passages is something I’ve always found both difficult to manage and extremely prone to tension....
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It’s about the speed A friend of mine told me that his piano teacher had recommended he try staccato practice when needing to build speed with something. I didn’t think about it too much at the time, but as I have a couple of projects at the moment that are requiring me to get up...
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