PIANO TECHNIQUE BOOK 1
HAL LEONARD STUDENT PIANO LIBRARY
COMPOSERS: PHILLIP KEVEREN, MONA REJINO, BARBARA KREADER, FRED KERN

SERIES: EDUCATIONAL PIANO LIBRARY
FORMAT: SOFTCOVER
PIANO LEVEL: BOOK 1

DESCRIPTION:
-THIS FIRST BOOK IN A SERIES OF FIVE PIANO TECHNIQUE BOOKS PRESENTS SHORT, 4-MEASURE EXERCISES WITH HELPFUL TEXT IMAGERY (WARM-UPS), AND BRIEF ETUDES. THE SKILLS EMPHASIZED IN THE WARM-UPS ARE GIVEN A MUSICAL CONTEXT IN THE ETUDES THAT FOLLOW THEM. EACH WARM-UP AND ETUDE IN THE BOOK HAS ITS OWN ORIGINAL ACCOMPANIMENT, AVAILABLE ON A SEPARATE CD OR GM DISK. PIANO TECHNIQUE BOOK 1 FOCUSES ON BASIC SKILLS AT THE PIANO: GOOD POSTURE & HAND POSITION; CREATING A BEAUTIFUL TONE; ATTENTION TO SILENCE; PLAYING FORTE AND PIANO; PLAYING DETACHED TONES; AND PLAYING CONNECTED NOTES.