Young Pianist : A New Approach for Teachers and Students

Name: Young Pianist : A New Approach for Teachers and Students
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ISBN: 9780193184206

ISBN-10: 0193184206

ISBN-13: 9780193184206

Edition: 2nd 1972

Authors: Joan Last

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This book is concerned primarily with the first few years of piano playing. It is intended to serve as a guide to those gaining their first experience of teaching and also contains suggestions which may be helpful to teachers of longer standing. Book jacket.

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List price: $11.75
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1972
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English

Author's Foreword	p. viii
The Beginner
Introduction	p. 3
Age to begin	p. 3
Parents	p. 4
Home conditions	p. 4
The First Lesson	p. 6
The teacher's approach	p. 7
Very young beginners	p. 7
Sitting posture	p. 8
Position of hand and arm	p. 8
Note locality	p. 9
First exercises	p. 10
Aural work	p. 12
Sight-reading	p. 13
A piece	p. 15
Early difficulties	p. 16
Practising	p. 17
From Beginner to Student
Introduction	p. 21
Early technique	p. 21
Arm freedom	p. 21
Legato and finger activity	p. 22
Arm-weight and chords	p. 26
Staccato	p. 28
The slur	p. 30
Part playing	p. 31
Recommended books of technique	p. 32
First Pieces	p. 32
Suitable and unsuitable	p. 33
A short list of recommended publications	p. 36
The Scale and Key	p. 40
Technical aspect	p. 40
Scale building	p. 43
Simple transposition	p. 44
The chord	p. 45
The minor key	p. 45
Triads	p. 48
Recognizing the key	p. 48
Broken chords	p. 48
Arpeggios	p. 50
The chromatic scale	p. 51
Methods of practice	p. 51
Aural Work	p. 52
The critical faculty	p. 53
Time and rhythm tests	p. 55
Pitch tests	p. 57
Chords	p. 60
Time and Rhythm	p. 62
The difference between them	p. 62
The learning of note values and time signatures	p. 63
The dotted crotchet	p. 65
The dotted quaver	p. 68
Table of simple time signatures	p. 68
Compound time	p. 69
Triplets	p. 69
Two against three	p. 70
Syncopation	p. 72
Rhythm as applied to life	p. 73
Rhythm as applied to music	p. 73
Recognition by the child	p. 74
Natural accent	p. 75
The forward impulse	p. 76
Phrasing and structure	p. 77
Sight-Reading	p. 78
Necessity for practice	p. 78
First stages of time and note learning	p. 79
Recognition of intervals	p. 80
Lines and spaces	p. 81
Rhythmic clapping	p. 82
Practice without looking at the keyboard	p. 82
A sight-reading library for the teacher	p. 82
Rests	p. 83
Tied notes	p. 83
Phrasing	p. 83
Fingering	p. 84
Key	p. 84
Fluency	p. 84
Quick Study Test	p. 85
Recommended books of sight-reading pieces	p. 85
Fingering	p. 86
Five-finger groups	p. 86
Extended groups	p. 88
Scale passages	p. 88
Broken chords	p. 89
Legato chords	p. 90
Spread chords	p. 90
The thumb	p. 91
Sequences	p. 91
Finger changes	p. 92
The finger slide	p. 92
Staccato and repeated notes	p. 93
Technique and Fingering	p. 93
Preparation of new pieces	p. 94
Pedalling	p. 94
The effect on the sound	p. 94
Sympathetic vibration	p. 95
Position of foot and control of the pedal	p. 96
Preliminary pedalling exercise	p. 97
Examples of easy pieces in which the pedal can be introduced	p. 98
Legato pedalling with chords	p. 100
Pedalling broken chords	p. 101
General remarks on pedalling	p. 101
Composers' signs	p. 102
Editors' signs	p. 102
Sympathetic vibration	p. 102
The soft pedal	p. 102
Practising	p. 103
Repetition	p. 103
Muscular habit	p. 104
Practising in the lesson	p. 104
Selective practising	p. 105
Best use of time	p. 105
Technical practice	p. 105
The amount of work to be set	p. 107
Unsatisfactory practising and possible reasons	p. 108
The lazy pupil	p. 108
Ensemble playing	p. 109
The teacher's attitude towards the work done	p. 110
From Student to Artist
Introduction	p. 113
Common Faults -- Their Anticipation and Prevention	p. 114
Inability to synchronize the hands	p. 114
Breaking up the legato line	p. 115
The phrase	p. 120
Staccato, failure to observe it and faulty anticipation	p. 120
The difficulties of the slur	p. 123
Awkward hand position, and lack of anticipation	p. 125
The broken line in legato chords	p. 126
The new pupil who has been badly taught	p. 128
The Pathway to Interpretation	p. 129
Definition of interpretation	p. 129
Choice of Tempo	p. 129
A feeling for mood	p. 132
Quality, variety, and control of tone	p. 134
Rhythmic impulse	p. 136
The Alberti bass	p. 137
Marks of expression	p. 138
Pedalling	p. 141
Special Occasions	p. 142
The child's repertoire	p. 142
Concerts	p. 142
Choice of piece	p. 143
Platform deportment	p. 143
Mothers	p. 144
The older child	p. 144
Rehearsals	p. 145
Memory	p. 145
Examinations	p. 147
Suitable candidates	p. 147
A musical performance	p. 148
Scales, broken chords, and arpeggios	p. 149
Sight-reading and aural tests	p. 149
Length of time for preparation	p. 149
The backward candidate	p. 150
The day of the examination	p. 151
Festivals	p. 151
The standard required	p. 151
The bad performance	p. 152
The talented competitor	p. 152
Parents again	p. 153
The good average pupil	p. 153
Preparation	p. 153
Platform deportment	p. 154
On the day	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 155
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