Tag Archive 'Chopin'

Sep 10 2010

Best Piano Technique for Playing Jumps Longer than an Octave

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Last night I practiced some Hanon exercises for about 20 minutes, then tackled a biggie I’ve been wanting to play for a while, Chopin’s “Prelude op. 28 No. 24 in D minor.” The left hand is going to be the trickiest because every measure has a sequence of stretches that go over an octave, and [...]

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May 13 2008

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

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…practice, practice, practice! The old joke couldn’t be more true, though.  Since I started taking piano lessons again last Thursday, I’ve realized that as much as I love to play, despite that love I can still fall into the pitfalls that only self-discipline can cure. I hear all these beautiful songs and I want to [...]

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May 04 2008

Van Cliburn Amateurs YouTube Competition – My Pick

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The Van Cliburn Foundation recently introduced a YouTube Competition for Amateurs in which the winner will win an automatic entry into the sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in 2011. You see, I have a keen interest in the competition because I have a fantasy of entering it.  And that’s why it was unsettling when I realized that [...]

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