Piano fingerS
Piano fingerS
Book with Exercises to Learn and Understand the Piano
in a Simple and Coherent Way
'Perfect tool for teachers!'
One should learn to play on all octaves and use the pedal from the very first time of touching the piano!
This book helps students develop a true familiarity to the piano and all its versatile capabilities while developing motor skills, musicianship and theoretical knowledge.
Studentss will become familiar with and learn to use the pedal, playing on all the octaves of the piano, learn the principals of hand positions, the basis of fingering, tips for reading a piano score with high and low notes, understand how to perform rhythm and time signatures, learn to apply articulation and dynamics, transpose to all keys, learn useful piano and general music terminology, and perform with all of these elements combined. All of this while using practical tips and accessible, friendly vocabulary.
This book is divided into five sections.
Each section covers different elements and progressively increasing in difficulty covering from the basics to intermediate standard.
Each section is titled and covers:
- Highs & Lows: Piano Range (all octaves)
- Pedal Master: Pedalling
- Finger Gym: Fingering
- Hand Position
- The Art of Articulation: Articulation
- Reading Ready: Reading
- Ornamentation
- Rhythm Master: Rhythm
- Chord Master: Chords & Arpeggios
- Theory
- Musical Terms
- Scales
- Transposition
- Performing Master: Performing
(Book is 120 pages)
About Piano Fingers
I've been teaching piano since I was a teenager. Throughout the years, I have used several piano method books for teaching. However, I never found a book that I didn't have to edit with extra annotations, specifically related to the piano range, pedalling, transposition and fingering to encourage hand and arm relaxation.
I always mention to students that the piano is a pedal instrument, and that everyone needs to be thinking of at least three things when playing the piano and reading piano music, Left Hand, Right Hand and Foot!
It is very motivating to see how much young and advanced pupils enjoy the use of the pedal(s) and how confident they become reading a score and transposing music very early on.
The goal is to develop pupils ability to understand the instrument and the theory behind the principals of fingering without using overly technical vocabulary. Thus the goal is to be able to independently learn a piece of music while working out notation, rhythm, terminology and performance markings.