II. Basic Procedures for Piano Practice¶
This sections contains the minimum set of instructions that you need before starting practice.
- 1. The Practice Routine
- 2. Finger Positions
- 3. Bench Height and Distance from Piano
- 4. Starting a Piece: Listening and Analysis (Für Elise)
- 5. Practice the Difficult Sections First
- 6. Shortening Difficult Passages: Segmental (Bar-by-Bar) Practice
- 7. Hands Separate Practice: Acquiring Technique
- 8. Continuity Rule
- 9. Chord Attack
- 10. Gravity Drop, Chord Practice, and Relaxation
- 11. Parallel Sets
- 12. Learning, Memorizing, and Mental Play
- 13. Velocity, Choice of Practice Speed
- 14. How to Relax
- 15. Post Practice Improvement (PPI)
- 16. Dangers of Slow Play - Pitfalls of the Intuitive Method
- 17. Importance of Slow Play
- 18. Fingering
- 19. Accurate Tempo and the Metronome
- 20. Weak Left Hand; Using One Hand to Teach the Other
- 21. Building Endurance, Breathing
- 22. Bad Habits: A Pianist’s Worst Enemy
- 23. Damper Pedal
- 24. Soft Pedal: Hammer Voicing, Physics of the Piano Sound
- 25. Hands Together and Mental Play
- 26. Summary