My latest article for Pianist Magazine’s newsletter focuses on hand alignment at the keyboard. One of the most noticeable aspects when learning to play the piano is wrist, hand and finger choreography. As soon as a student starts to play, it’s possible to determine any physical difficulties which they are experiencing, just from how they…
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Spot Finger Practice
Pianist Magazine is currently celebrating its twentieth year, and it has been a delight to write for the magazine since 2014. I write a ‘How-to-play’ article in every issue and a ‘5 Tips’ based article for the bi-monthly newsletter. The following piece first appeared in the magazine’s most recent newsletter. What do I mean by…
5 Top Tips for Keeping Time
My column for the latest bi-monthly newsletter for Pianist Magazine offers tips and suggestions for how to keep a rhythmic pulse. Keeping time (or playing rhythmically) can be a challenge for many, and particularly for pianists, as they are often playing alone and therefore have the opportunity to change the tempo as often as they…