Matthew Mills

In my previous post, I looked at the advantages of slow practice. Here, I examine how to build on that foundation, and how practising fast… Read More »Unleashing Velocity: A Scientific Approach to Playing Fast

The Pianist’s Paradox: Why the Path to Speed is Paved with Slowness In the world of piano pedagogy, there is a central, counter-intuitive truth that… Read More »The Slow Practice Manifesto: Building an Unshakeable Foundation at the Keyboard

Playing sequences of chords, particularly when they’re faster, can often be a stumbling block for younger or less advanced pianists. In this post, I’m going… Read More »Chord-playing: ‘shape’ and ‘position’

It is commonly supposed among us pianists that the ring finger—our ‘fourth’ finger, ever since the ‘English’ fingering system was by and large superseded by… Read More »The Myth of Weak Fingers