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  • Preface
  • Chapter One: Piano Technique
    • I. Introduction
    • II. Basic Procedures for Piano 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
    • III. Selected Topics in Piano Practice
    • IV. Music, Mathematics, and Research
    • V. Jazz, Fake Books, and Improvisation
  • Chapter Two: Tuning Your Piano
  • Terms and Abbreviations
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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
    • Beethoven’s Moonlight, 1st Movement, Op. 27, No. 2
    • Mozart’s Rondo Alla Turca, from Sonata K300 (K331).
    • Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66, Fast Play Degradation (FPD)
  • 26. Summary
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