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From Legato to Staccato: staying connected at the piano (Video)

Posted on June 19, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

The universal chant among my adult students is, “I can’t play those darn staccato scales and arpeggios. They’re impossible!” And the reason for all the moans and groans is, they feel DISCONNECTED, and not safely secure in the keys. It’s … Continue reading →

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Piano Technique: Focusing on Rotation in arpeggios, and building up a scale (Videos)

Posted on May 27, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

These are two supplementary videos that I created for adult students between lessons. As previously mentioned, they clarify and reinforce the content of our class, and map out ways to practice. I. ROTATION at the turnaround of a B minor … Continue reading →

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Piano Technique: Practicing the C# minor Arpeggio in a myriad of ways (Video)

Posted on April 26, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

You can imagine any number of approaches to an arpeggio that will nudge it along to fluidity. One, is thinking that the elbows, arms, and wrists are playing the fingers. In a sense the fingers are the end of a … Continue reading →

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Domenico Scarlatti Toccata in D Minor, K. 141: How to play rapid repeated notes, and make hand cross-overs easier (Videos)

Posted on September 5, 2011 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I always return to a composition that never quite ripened into a desired tempo when I first learned it, with the intention of devising new strategies to improve my technique the second time around. In this endeavor I’ll often study … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: improving piano technique

From Legato to Staccato: staying connected at the piano (Video)

Piano Technique: Focusing on Rotation in arpeggios, and building up a scale (Videos)

Piano Technique: Practicing the C# minor Arpeggio in a myriad of ways (Video)

Domenico Scarlatti Toccata in D Minor, K. 141: How to play rapid repeated notes, and make hand cross-overs easier (Videos)

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