Today’s post continues renowned composer Christopher Norton’s series here on my blog. Christopher suggests helpful practice tips and advice for one of his pieces, which can be downloaded for free; ‘In The Spirit’ comes from the highly successful series, Connections For Piano. Connections for Piano has been very popular since its launch in 2007. It…
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Chord Playing and Improvising 5: Christopher Norton
Christopher Norton’s Connections for Piano has been very popular since its launch in 2007. It forms a major part of the new Royal Conservatory syllabus in Canada, as well as being a feature of many other syllabuses, festival programmes and competitions around the world. Here’s a recent quote from a teacher: Connections: this series is…
Chord Playing and Improvising 4: Christopher Norton
This is the fourth article in renowned composer Christopher Norton’s series for my blog. In this post, he offers tips and suggestions for practising chords and improvisation, and the article includes a free download of ‘Positively Swinging’, a piece which hails from the fourth volume of Chris’ ever-popular piano series, Connections. Connections for Piano has…
Chord Playing and Improvising 3: Christopher Norton
I welcome back world-renowned composer Christopher Norton to my blog. Chris is contributing a series of guest articles, each one offering a free download of one of his piano pieces, as well as plenty of practice tips, suggestions and advice. ‘A Gentle Touch’, an early intermediate level piece, is number three in the series and…
Chord Playing and Improvising 2: Christopher Norton
Today’s post is the second in a series of five by renowned composer Christopher Norton. In each post, he is offering a free copy of one of his piano pieces, each one hailing from his popular series, Connections. ‘Open Window’ can be found in Book 4 and, in this article, Chris imparts a few valuable…