Introduction This post is essential for the efficient practising of all harmonic minor scales. When practising, please ensure you use the correct fingering, keep your fingers curved, and play one note at a time. As well as this, make sure your wrist is higher than the white keys, do not Read more…
Introduction This post is essential for the efficient practising of all major scales. When practising, please ensure you use the correct fingering, keep your fingers curved, and play one note at a time. As well as this, make sure your wrist is higher than the white keys, do not overlap Read more…
The right pedal is used most often. When pressing the pedal we should keep our heels on the ground and press with our big toe onto the widest part of the pedal.
Tankard’s book has fully written out exercises. It deals with just about all the problems a pupil is likely to encounter when playing piano.
There are 60 exercises in Hanon’s ‘The Virtuoso Pianist’ book. These exercises train pianists in speed, precision, agility, strength and flexibility
The Crab Crawl is an exercise we use to improve our scales. As it’s name suggests, this exercise is reminiscent of a crab crawling up and down our piano.
Adding a simple wrist movement is great for adding depth and color into your playing. This also relieves any tension you may have in your wrists.
To play staccato in the most efficient way we should pull our fingers away from the keys. This way we get more powerful staccatos and more control
Having the proper piano technique is essential. Bad piano technique can slow you down and cause pains. It’s best to start right; bad habits die hard.
Together with scales, arpeggios can greatly enhance your playing. They are the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 8th note of every scale. Chords are a condensed arpeggio