Natural Fingering A Topographical Approach to Pianism

Name: Natural Fingering A Topographical Approach to Pianism
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ISBN: 9780199781638

ISBN-10: 019978163X

ISBN-13: 9780199781638

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Jon Verbalis

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Though incomplete at the time of his death in 1849, Chopin's Projet de méthode was nonetheless revolutionary in many respects. But with his Fundamental Pattern, Chopin announced the recognition, if not discovery, of the keyboard's extraordinary topographical symmetry and postulated a core formulation for a new "pianistic" pedagogy. More than a hundred years later the now-legendary Heinrich Neuhaus would passionately plead for this pedagogy and a pianism rooted in it.Natural Fingeringexplores this remarkable symmetry, significantly as it sheds light on fingering matters for the now vast catalogue of repertoire. It also examines the revolutionary impact of equal temperament on compositional…

Book details

List price: $51.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 11.20" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



About the Companion Website


Introduction



Fundamental Forms as Foundation



The Major Scales



The Major Connection and Minor Scales



Chords, Arpeggios and Extended Harmonies



Other Scale Fingerings; Chromatic-Diatonic Compounds



Core Topographies and Rational Solutions



The Double Note Challenge



Double Thirds: An Overview in an Evolutionary Context



Toward a More Rational Fingering for Double Notes



Double Sixths and Other Double Notes



Topography, Strategy and Symmetry



Fundamental Strategies



Fundamental Principles for a Natural Fingering



Topography, Symmetry and Lines of Action



The Topographical Advantage: Explorations in Keyboard Space



Topography and Pedagogy


From the Beginning



Topography and Tonality


Early Repertoire



Intimations of Symmetry


Chopin's Pattern as Fundamental Tool


Retooling and Repertoire


Epilogue


Endnotes


Glossary


Bibliography


Subject Index


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Excerpts from the Repertoire for Chapters 1-8, 11 and 14



Single Note Diatonic Scales: the Major Forms



Single Note Diatonic Scales: the Minor Forms



The Arpeggios



Historical Fingerings for the Chromatic Scale



Diatonic Double Third Fingerings: An Evolution



The Chromatic Scale in Double Notes



Double Third Diatonic Scales: The Major and Minor Forms



Double Sixth Diatonic Scales: The Major and Minor Forms



E. Robert Schmitz: Six Fundamental Principles of Training



Technical Aspects of a Natural Pianism