Piano Practice Clinic with Graham Fitch (June 2024)

Recording of our monthly "Practice Clinic" for June 2024 in which Graham Fitch responds to practising-related queries submitted in advance by Online Academy subscribers. Works and topics featured in this session include:
00:34 Sibelius Etude, Op. 76 No. 2 - My hands are on the smaller side so they get tired halfway through the piece. Do you have any suggestions to play the right-hand melody in a relaxed manner? Secondly, how much should I pedal for this piece? Some recordings online play the left hand very shortly, while some pedal heavily throughout. Lastly, how do I make this piece sound interesting given that there’s so much repetition?
05:58 Schubert Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 90 No. 4 / D899 - How can I best achieve a singing line in the upper voice of the right hand in the middle section (trio)?
13:03 Billy Mayerl Marigold - I finally have a fingering for the arpeggio figure in bar 5 on pg 7 that seems to work and it feels comfortable under the hand. However, despite practising it every way I can think of, it 'sticks' or comes out bumpily. I'm at the point where I'm dreading it, knowing that SOMETHING's going to go wrong, it's just a matter of what!
15:21 Correcting a cocking wrist - I have a young student who cocks her wrist up when playing. I tried adjusting the height of the bench and keeping a distance from the keyboard, but she still has this habit.
18:04 Piazzola Milonga Del Angel - Can you advise me on how to practise the big chords in bars 33 to 44? Furthermore, do we need to pedal throughout this section and if so, how?
24:45 Beethoven Sonata in G, Op 14 No. 2 (1st mvt) - My question is how to approach the polyrhythms in the first movement, e.g., bars 81-98. Would you do a similar practice to your suggestion for the Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu which was a miracle fix?
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