How to Learn a New Piece


Examples - Advanced (3)

In these next videos I show how the learning and practising techniques introduced in the previous videos can be applied to pieces of varying levels. The examples use pieces from the ABRSM 2021 & 2022 piano examination syllabus but the ideas can of course be applied to any other piece.

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