Most piano exercise books only include an obligatory section covering scales. However, the importance of scalar exercises is diminished by placing them in the back of the book and diverting the student's attention to the exercises deemed more important by the editor. Every credible piano instructor knows any student who is serious about becoming a professional pianist must learn to play every scale fluently. Non-scalar exercises are important, but a pianist who does not make scales the priority, or practices scales using a book dedicated to non-scalar exercises will impose an unnecessarily...