Many of you will know that I like to differentiate between the three Ps of playing music (on any instrument). But in case you’ve forgotten them (surely not!) here they are: P is for Practice (= Progress) P is for Playing (= Pleasure) P is for Performance (= Plaudits) Look! Our three Ps just turned …
Many of you will know that I write novels – Medieval Fantasy Adventures. This is just one genre of fiction, and there are many others. We all have our favourites, but one of the on-trend genres right now is called “Enemies to Lovers”. The “enemies to lovers” trope describes a romantic narrative where two characters who …
Sight-reading means playing a piece of music for the first time. In an exam situation, your sight-reading test is meant to be a performance: don’t stop, don’t go back, get from start to finish in one go, and if you can, add dynamics and play musically! In real life, sight-reading isn’t a test at all. …