Contents
Front Cover
Inside Cover 1
Chapter Page 2
Contents 3
Abbreviations 6
Preface 7
Chapter One Basic Practice Methods 11
(1) Practice Routines, the Intuitive Method 11
(2) Bench Height, Distance from Piano, Posture 12
(3) Starting a Piece 13
(4) Curled and Flat Finger Positions, Curl Paralysis 14
(5) Reading, Fingering 17
(6) Hands Separate (HS) Practice 18
(7) Difficult Sections First, Segmental Practice, Continuity Rule 19
(8) Relaxation, Gravity 20
(9) Parallel Sets (PSs), Conjunctions, Cycling 21
(10) Parallel Sets Catalogue 24
(11) Basic Key Stroke; Legato, Staccato 26
(12) Speed Walls 29
(13) Metronome 30
(14) Memorizing, Close Your Eyes and Play 30
(15) Mental Play (MP) 37
(16) Human Memory Function 39
(17) Absolute & Relative Pitch 42
(18) Play by Ear (PBE), Composing 46
(19) Breathing, Swallowing 47
(20) Endurance, Brain Stamina 48
(21) Forearm Rotation 50
(22) Slow Play 50
(23) Post Practice Improvement (PPI), Sleep 51
(24) Quiet Hands, Fingers, Body 56
(25) Staccato Practice, Soft Practice 58
(26) Speed, Rhythm, Dynamics 60
(27) Fast Play Degradation, Eliminating Bad Habits 64
(28) Jumps, PP, FF, Feeling the Keys 66
(29) Scales: Nomenclature and Fingerings 69
Tables 1.1-2 71
(30) Thumb Under, Thumb Over, Glissando Motion, Pivoting 72
(31) Thumb, Most Versatile Finger, Power Thumb 77
(32) Arpeggio, Cartwheel Motion, Finger Splits 78
(33) Fast Chromatic Scales 80
(34) Fast Octaves, Small/Big Hands 81
(35) Trills and Tremolos 83
(36) Hand Motions 84
(37) Hands Together 86
(38) Outlining, Beethoven's Sonata #1, Op. 2-1 87
(39) Damper (Sustain) Pedal, Physics of the piano sound 88
(40) Soft Pedal: Hammer Voicing 90
(41) Playing Cold, Warming Up, Conditioning 93
(42) Musicality, Touch, Tone, Color 94
(43) Problems with Hanon Exercises 97
(44) Fake Books, Jazz, Improvisation 100
(45) Sight Reading, Sight Singing, Composing 101
(46) Stretching and Other Exercises 103
(47) Performance Preparation, Videotaping 106
(48) Origin and Control of Nervousness 112
(49) During, After the Performance 117
(50) Summary of Method 119
EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS 120
(51) Für Elise 120
(52) Practice Routines: Bach Inventions, Sinfonia 120
(53) Bach Used Parallel Sets to Compose His Inventions 125
(54) Mozart's Rondo in Sonata No. 11, A major, K331(300i) 127
(55) Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu, Op. 66, Polyrhythms 130
(56) Beethoven's Moonlight: First, Third, Movements 135
(57) Beethoven's Pathetique, Op. 13, First Movement 141
(58) Beethoven's Appassionata, Op. 57, First Movement 145
Chapter Two Piano Topics 148
(59) Project Management 148
(60) Injury, Health 149
(61) Hearing Loss 152
(62) Teaching 155
(63) The Myth of Franz Listz's Teaching Methods 165
(64) Why the Greatest Pianists Could Not Teach 166
(65) Creating Geniuses 168
(66) Scientific Approach to Piano Practice 171
(67) Mozart's Formula, Beethoven and Group Theory 173
(68) Theory, Solfege 180
(69) Disadvantages of Learning Piano 183
(70) Grand, Electronic, Upright Pianos 184
(71) Purchasing & Piano Care 191
(72) Using the Subconscious Brain 195
(73) New Discoveries of this Book 197
(74) Topics for Future Research 198
Chapter Three Tuning Your Piano 202
(75) Introduction to Tuning 202
(76) Chromatic Scale 203
Tables 3.1-2 207
(77) Circle of Fifths, Temperaments 208
(78) Polishing Capstans, Hammer Voicing 211
(79) Tuning Tools and Skills 214
(80) Grand Piano Action Diagram 226
(81) Kirnberger II, Equal Temperaments 227
(82) References 230
(83) Book Reviews: General Comments 232
(84) Beyer #47, 48, 49, 58, 59 259
Beyer 47-49 260
Beyer 58-59 261
(85) About the Author 262
(86) Back Cover 265 图片 先买来试试。
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