Adaptive Strategies for Small-Handed Pianists

ISBN-13: 9780190616854 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 304 str.

Lora Deahl; Brenda Wristen

Opis

This comprehensive study offers practical strategies for overcoming the unique challenges of practicing and performing as a small-handed pianist. Informed by established scientific and pedagogical principles and illustrated by hundreds of examples, it is an incomparable resource for pianists and teachers.

Recenzje

This book is a very welcome addition to the literature on piano playing as applied to the small-handed pianist. Co-authors Lora Deahl and Brenda Wristen, both small-handed pianists themselves, are experts in this field in terms of research and personal experience. They bring their wealth of understanding to the forefront in this seminal study ... All pianists and piano teachers will want to keep this book on their bookshelf!

O autorze

Lora Deahl is Professor of Piano and Keyboard Literature and Associate Dean of Curricular and Undergraduate Issues at the Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts at Texas Tech University. She is recognized for her solo and chamber performances throughout the U.S., Asia, and Latin America as well as pedagogical and scholarly articles in international and national journals of music. Recipient of the Chancellor's Council Teaching Award from Texas Tech University and the Outstanding Collegiate Teacher Award from the Texas Music Teachers Association, her students hold teaching positions around the world. Brenda Wristen is Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is recognized for her research on the biomechanics of piano technique and varied aspects of musician health, and has published in numerous journals in the fields of piano pedagogy, music education, and performing arts medicine. She is a frequent presenter at international and national professional meetings.