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Piano Street Magazine:
Beatrice Rana’s “Classiche Forme”

This upcoming summer marks the highly anticipated 10th edition of the Classiche Forme chamber music festival, run by acclaimed pianist Beatrice Rana. As preparations for the milestone anniversary get underway, we now get a fascinating look back at the last edition by guest writer Laurence Vittes from Bachtrack. Read more

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Topic: exercises at school (Read 1967 times)

Sekoul

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exercises at school

on: July 10, 2004, 10:27:43 PM

Hi, can someone please suggest any exercises i could do to improve my technique but without a piano. I mean sumthing i could do in the bus, at school, at a restaurant... basically whenever i'm bored and my hands are available.

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Snappy Joe

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Re: exercises at school

Reply #1 on: July 10, 2004, 10:44:11 PM

You can always tap your fingers, move them around, trill with different fingers, do some rhythms on your legs or.. compose music in your mind!

(or whistle a tune whilst imagining playing it and visualise it through your fingers!)

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bernhard

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Re: exercises at school

Reply #2 on: July 10, 2004, 11:11:21 PM

Mental practice.

Have a look here:

https://www.pianoforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=stud;action=display;num=1078506136
(mental practice)

https://www.pianoforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=stud;action=display;num=1072079622
(Glenn Gould on mental practice thread)

Best wishes.
Bernhard.

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donjuan

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Re: exercises at school

Reply #3 on: July 11, 2004, 07:03:40 AM

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Hi, can someone please suggest any exercises i could do to improve my technique but without a piano. I mean sumthing i could do in the bus, at school, at a restaurant... basically whenever i'm bored and my hands are available.

I know how you feel...take a look at this thread I started to get some help on what to do during my boring summer school program..
https://www.pianoforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=stud;action=display;num=1089253491

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Topic: exercises at school (Read 1967 times)

Piano Street Magazine:
Beatrice Rana’s “Classiche Forme”