PIANO TECHNIQUE: TONE, TOUCH, PHRASING AND DYNAMICS
BY: LILLIE H. PHILIPP

DESCRIPTION:
-PRACTICE IS INDEED THE SOUL OF PIANO TECHNIQUE AND THIS CONCISE HANDBOOK — BY A NOTED PIANIST AND TEACHER — TELLS YOU HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT. IT IS A WORKING MANUAL, CONTAINING TECHNICAL STUDIES, EXCERPTS FROM THE WORKS OF THE GREAT PIANO MASTERS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS — ALL OF WHICH HELP THE STUDENTS DEVELOP A SOUND TECHNIQUE IN A COMPARATIVELY SHORT TIME.

-BEGINNING WITH SUCH ELEMENTAL TOPICS AS SEATING POSITION, HAND AND FINGER POSITIONS, AND SCALES, THE AUTHOR PROCEEDS TO TRILLING, EXERCISES, THUMB EXERCISES, FOUR-FINGER EXERCISES, ACCENT, TONE PRODUCTION, CHORDS, FINGERING, PEDALING, PHRASING, SIGHT-READING, AND OTHER ESSENTIALS OF KEYBOARD ART.

-MS. PHILIPP HAS DISTILLED THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME OF PLAYING AND TEACHING (SHE STUDIED WITH STUDENTS OF LISZT AND BUSONI) INTO A HIGHLY USEFUL GUIDE FOR ALL PIANO STUDENTS. THE TEXT IS REPLETE WITH HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING BETTER TECHNIQUE:
MELODY — IF YOU WANT A MELODY TO SING, KEEP THE ACCOMPANYING FIGURATION SOFTER AND YOU WILL GET THE DESIRED EFFECT.

-PRACTICE — PRACTICING PIANISSIMO, AS MANY GREAT PIANISTS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DO, WILL HELP FURTHER TECHNIQUE AND IMPROVE VELOCITY.

PEDALING — IF YOU WANT AN INDIVIDUAL TONE TO BE PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL, CATCH IT WITH THE PEDAL JUST AFTER YOU HAVE HIT IT.

-THESE HINTS, AND A HOST OF OTHERS, ARE COMPLEMENTED BY 63 MUSICAL EXCERPTS FROM THE MASTERS — BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, SCHUMANN, BARTÓK, MENDELSSOHN, LISZT — AND NUMEROUS EXERCISES ILLUSTRATING VARIOUS TECHNICAL, STYLISTIC, AND MUSICAL APPROACHES. CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHS INDICATE PROPER POSITIONING OF HANDS AND FINGERS TO ACHIEVE THE PROPER PLAYING SKILLS AND PRACTICING TECHNIQUES.

-PIANISTS AT ALL LEVELS CAN BENEFIT FROM CAREFUL STUDY OF THIS UNIQUE BOOK — BEGINNERS WILL FIND IT PARTICULARLY HELPFUL IN ACQUIRING A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE ESSENTIALS; INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED PIANISTS WILL APPRECIATE ITS REVIEW OF BASIC PRINCIPLES AND THE AUTHOR`S AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING TREATMENT OF PROBLEMS CONCERNED WITH THE STUDY OF THE PIANO.

-REPRINT OF PIANO STUDY: APPLICATION AND TECHNIQUE, MCA MUSIC, NEW YORK, 1969.
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