Teaches now to mentally practice playing the piano by using all four memories: visual, tactile, analytical, and aural. With this book you can: feel confident when performing in public; reduce the time spent in front of the piano trying to learn; get relative pitch; understand mu…
"Adaptive strategies for small-handed pianists" brings together information from biomechanics, ergonomics, physics, anatomy, medicine, and piano pedagogy to address the unique physical and musical needs of small-handed pianists. The first comprehensive study of its kind, it prov…
"Adaptive Strategies for Small-Handed Pianists brings together information from biomechanics, ergonomics, physics, anatomy, medicine, and piano pedagogy to focus on the subject of small-handedness. The first comprehensive study of its kind, the book opens with an overview of his…
This comprehensive study offers practical strategies for overcoming the unique challenges of practicing and performing as a small-handed pianist. Informed by established scientific and pedagogical principles and illustrated by hundreds of examples, it is an incomparable resource…
Inhalt: Introduction -- Literature review -- Research design -- An overview of the Taubman approach -- Embodying basic principles of the Taubman approach -- Applying Taubman principles to the musical context -- Teaching the Taubman approach -- Reflections -- Bibliography -- Appe…
Techniques on how to gain greater fluidity of movement while playing to improve the quality of the experience are offered in this manual for serious piano players. This book encourages musicians to develop a broader understanding of the involvement of the entire body in playing-…
Schenker was one of the most influential music theorists of the 20th century. In this essay, he turns his attention to the performer's role, arguing that the cult of the virtuoso has led to an overemphasis on technical display.
