Piano Accompanists Accompanying choirs, singers, violinists, and many other instruments for exams, recitals and competitions.
Brighton Piano Accompanist
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I’ve been accompanying almost as long as I’ve being playing the piano (30+ years!), and ever since high school, that’s been the musical role that has brought me the greatest amount of joy (and still does!)
Over the years, in South Africa and the UK, I’ve accompanied soloists for exams, auditions and concerts; played continuo in Baroque ensembles; played the pipe organ for hundreds of church services, weddings and funerals; worked with innumerable singers in the fields of lieder, cabaret, musicals, pop and EDM; and also collaborated with many professionals in a broad range of musical styles and genres.
I am available to accompany local ABRSM, Trinity and Rock School exams, auditions, concerts, and for the Springboard Festival in March. My main aim is to provide a professional, positive and fun experience for ALL musicians needing accompaniment, irrespective of age, level or background. With many years of performing experience behind me, I also have many positive techniques to share on how to prepare for exams and concerts, deal with performance anxiety and nerves, and how to present an authentic and stylish performance!
Rehearsals can happen at my studio in Saltdean or in the Brighton area (if I am able to travel there easily by public transport).
Please email or call me for more information and my rates.
Disclosure and Barring Service: Yes
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
18-06-2022 12:30PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
11-12-2021 01:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
08-01-2022 01:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
12-02-2022 01:00PM
Tuning Temperaments
How many piano tuning temperaments are there?
There are countless variations, but most fall within three major categories;
1. Meantone, which generally concentrated the dissonance into a few unusable intervals (often called "wolf" intervals), so that the others could be Just. These are often called "restrictive" tunings, since there are certain intervals that are not usable. Good intervals are really good, bad ones are really bad. The Meantone era was approx. 1400-1700
2. Well-Temperament, which gives more consonance to the most often used keys, and more dissonance to the lesser used ones. Though not equal, these tunings are "non-restrictive" because all intervals can be used. The intervals range from Just to barely acceptable. Well-temperament refers to a genre, not a specific tuning. The Well-Tempered era is approx. 1700-1880.
3. Equal Temperament, which spreads the dissonance equally among all intervals.
There is no difference in consonance or dissonance between any keys, thus, there are no good ones or bad ones. Equal temperament represents a complete average. Dates of its acceptance are debated, but there is ample evidence that it was widely available by 1900 and is the predominate tuning on keyboards, today.
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