My newsletter article for Pianist Magazine this month focuses on playing octaves smoothly. It follows on from the last article, which offered a few exercises to loosen the hand so that octaves feel comfortable to play. You can read the previous article here. My last ‘5 Tips’ article focused on keeping the hand relaxed as…
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Top Tips for Practising Octaves
I wrote the following article for the EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) magazine, Piano Professional, and I hope it may shed some light on this important technical topic. There’s a downloadable PDF with nine suggested practice tips and you can also click the link at the bottom of the article to view the original feature….