Contents
Chapter One Basic Practice Methods
(1) Practice Routines, the Intuitive Method
(2) Bench Height, Distance from Piano, Posture
(4) Curled and Flat Finger Positions, Curl Paralysis
(6) Hands Separate (HS) Practice
(7) Difficult Sections First, Segmental Practice, Continuity Rule
(9) Parallel Sets (PSs), Conjunctions, Cycling
(11) Basic Key Stroke; Legato, Staccato
(14) Memorizing, Close Your Eyes and Play
(17) Absolute & Relative Pitch
(18) Play by Ear (PBE), Composing
(23) Post Practice Improvement (PPI), Sleep
(24) Quiet Hands, Fingers, Body
(25) Staccato Practice, Soft Practice
(27) Fast Play Degradation, Eliminating Bad Habits
(28) Jumps, PP, FF, Feeling the Keys
(29) Scales: Nomenclature and Fingerings
- Tables 1.1-2
(30) Thumb Under, Thumb Over, Glissando Motion, Pivoting
(31) Thumb, Most Versatile Finger, Power Thumb
(32) Arpeggio, Cartwheel Motion, Finger Splits
(34) Fast Octaves, Small/Big Hands
(38) Outlining, Beethoven's Sonata #1, Op. 2-1
(39) Damper (Sustain) Pedal, Physics of the piano sound
(40) Soft Pedal: Hammer Voicing
(41) Playing Cold, Warming Up, Conditioning
(42) Musicality, Touch, Tone, Color
(43) Problems with Hanon Exercises
(44) Fake Books, Jazz, Improvisation
(45) Sight Reading, Sight Singing, Composing
(46) Stretching and Other Exercises
(47) Performance Preparation, Videotaping
(48) Origin and Control of Nervousness
(49) During, After the Performance
EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS
(52) Practice Routines: Bach Inventions, Sinfonia
(53) Bach Used Parallel Sets to Compose His Inventions
(54) Mozart's Rondo in Sonata No. 11, A major, K331(300i)
(55) Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu, Op. 66, Polyrhythms
(56) Beethoven's Moonlight: First, Third, Movements
(57) Beethoven's Pathetique, Op. 13, First Movement
(58) Beethoven's Appassionata, Op. 57, First Movement
Chapter Two Piano Topics
(63) The Myth of Franz Listz's Teaching Methods
(64) Why the Greatest Pianists Could Not Teach
(66) Scientific Approach to Piano Practice
(67) Mozart's Formula, Beethoven and Group Theory
(69) Disadvantages of Learning Piano
(70) Grand, Electronic, Upright Pianos
(72) Using the Subconscious Brain
(73) New Discoveries of this Book
(74) Topics for Future Research
Chapter Three Tuning Your Piano
- Tables 3.1-2
(77) Circle of Fifths, Temperaments
(78) Polishing Capstans, Hammer Voicing
(80) Grand Piano Action Diagram
(81) Kirnberger II, Equal Temperaments
(83) Book Reviews: General Comments
(84) Beyer #47, 48, 49, 58, 59
Beyer 47-49
Beyer 58-59