Effortless Trills and Tremolos

16 Mar 2024 @ 16:00 GMT

Saturday 16th March (14:00 - 15:30 GMT)

Trills and tremolos are an outstanding gauge of optimal coordination at the piano. These elements challenge students, teachers and professionals alike. In this online workshop, Fred Karpoff will draw upon repertoire examples of all levels to demonstrate how to achieve effortless, continuous trills and tremolos.

The presentation opens with a demonstration of characteristic elements from the standard teaching and performing repertoire. Instruction will continue through live demonstration and a detailed handout covering technical components and repertoire excerpts will further guide the audience.

Examples from repertoire will progress from trills in beginning repertoire such as the Mozart Minuet, K. 4 and the Bach Short Prelude in C, to elegant shorter trills such as the opening of Mozart’s Sonata in C, K. 545 and then onto longer trills in Beethoven, Chopin, and Debussy. Emerging tremolo figures in early Beethoven and Clementi progress to Mendelssohn and the famous tremolos in Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata, culminating in advanced figures and double tremolos such as those found in the Beethoven Sonata Op. 111, Brahms concerti and Rachmaninoff’s Etudes-Tableaux.

Excellent coordination of trills and tremolos frees up pianists to master other technical challenges of all varieties, at all levels, and in any style. Therefore, this session is appropriate for all pianists and teachers!

How it works

Participants will have the opportunity to try out each of the concepts presented at their keyboards in break-out sessions and gain feedback from Fred (this is entirely optional!). The workshop will also be recorded and worksheets with various exercises and repertoire examples will be sent to you in advance of the event.

These workshops are being recorded in our studios and all ticket holders will receive a link to view high-definition recordings after each of them. Therefore, if you are unable to join us live or missed some of the events, you will still be able to watch the workshop recordings and access the resources at your convenience.

Ticket options & prices

Tickets for this session cost £35 (£21 for Online Academy subscribers) and can be purchased using the "Buy" button below. Alternatively you can purchase a combined ticket for both sessions taking place on the day here for £55 (£33 for Online Academy subscribers)!

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Other ticket options

Arpeggios, Trills & Tremolos (Combined Ticket)

16 Mar 2024 @ 16:00 GMT

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