Today’s post is the second in a series of articles focusing on piano technique written by guest writer Rami Bar-Niv. Rami is an Israeli pianist, teacher, writer, and composer based in the US. Here, he discusses the importance of wrist circles. Wrist Circles is one of the important piano-playing techniques. It enhances legato, phrasing (also…
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Tricky Corners: Wrist Circles & Finger Articulation
Speed isn’t always synonymous with clarity. My work as an adjudicator can testify to the fact that’s it’s quite common to hear semiquaver (or demisemiquaver) passages played in a ‘garbled’, unstable, or just plain unrhythmical, manner; either too fast, with the tendency to rush through technically challenging sections resulting in the inevitable slips, errors and…