Today’s article is the third in a series written for Piano Professional Magazine (published by EPTA) and is the final article in the series. This technique article was featured in their recent winter edition. It focuses on painless piano playing, a subject about which I am passionate. I hope you find it of interest. You…
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Painless Piano Playing Part 2
This blog post has been recently published in EPTA’s Piano Professional. EPTA is the European Piano Teachers Association. I currently write a feature technique article for this flagship UK publication. It’s the second article focusing on developing a pain free, relaxed piano technique. You can read Painless Piano Playing Part 1, here. In my previous…
Painless Piano Playing Part 1
This post was initially printed in Issue 50 of Piano Professional. This magazine is for piano teachers and is published by EPTA (or the European Piano Teachers Association). My article focuses on an aspect of playing which I feel is extremely important: flexibility. In it, I concentrate on simple exercises which students find helpful as…
Hand Flexibility: Piano Professional Article
I’ve written about hand flexibility before here on my blog. It’s an important topic for piano students and teachers. So, I thought I’d publish a more in-depth post on this subject. The following article was first published in the most recent edition of Piano Professional, which is the UK piano teachers magazine published by EPTA…
Approaches to Staccato Playing
I am a regular contributor to Piano Professional, the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA) magazine. I really enjoy writing for this publication which focuses on providing piano teachers with helpful information. The following article was written for Issue 43 (published earlier this year), and examines various approaches to staccato. When it comes to tackling articulation,…
15 Top Tips for Successful Sight-reading
Last weekend’s blog post featured the first article I wrote for the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA), which appeared in the Piano Professional Magazine (Autumn 2013 edition). Continuing with this theme, the following article was published in the Autumn 2014 Piano Professional (pages 20-22). It focuses on Sight-reading. We all know how important it is to be…