Piano Exercises For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119873204 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str.

David Pearl

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Waking Up Your Fingers 7Chapter 1: Getting Ready to Practice 9Chapter 2: Isolating and Exercising Your Fingers 25Chapter 3: Music for Five Fingers 41Part 2: Developing a Strong, Supple, and Speedy Hand 55Chapter 4: Passing Under and Crossing Over 57Chapter 5: Playing Intervals 67Chapter 6: Playing Chords without Tension 87Part 3: Including Your Arms and Body 99Chapter 7: Extending Your Scales 101Chapter 8: Parallel and Contrary Motion 125Chapter 9: Footwork: Using the Damper Pedal 137Chapter 10: Jumping Across the Keyboard 149Part 4: Integration and Independence 165Chapter 11: Playing Arpeggios 167Chapter 12: Alternating Hands 181Chapter 13: Stretching Out with Octaves and Broken Octaves 201Chapter 14: Chord Progressions and Cadences 215Chapter 15: Trilling Thrills and Other Fancy Ornaments 231Chapter 16: Maximum Independence: Challenging Rhythms and Syncopations 245Part 5: The Part of Tens 261Chapter 17: Ten Dances for Your Hands 263Chapter 18: Ten Great Composers and Their Daily Workouts 279Appendix: How to Use the Website 283Index 287

O autorze

David Pearl is a freelance pianist, composer, and arranger. He is the author of Chord Theory Explained, Learn to Play Classic Rock Piano From the Masters; books of jazz transcriptions; arrangements of rock, jazz, and classical pieces; and opera arias for piano.