Alfred Publishing Exploring Piano Classics Technique, Level 3 - Bachus - Piano - Book

A Masterwork Method for the Developing Pianist

Author: Nancy Bachus
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Early Intermediate

The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with CD and a Technique book, both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together, the books give students a deep understanding of the art of music, performance practices, and the necessary skills to play the piano with technical ease. The Technique books are designed to give students a highly structured program of technical development. They include basic keyboard patterns (five-finger patterns, scales, chords, cadences, and arpeggios in the major and minor keys found in the Repertoire books), exercises and etudes, and other necessary technical drills for mastering each piece in the Repertoire books. Suggestions for efficient practice are also included.

Internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an M.M. in Piano Performance and Literature. She has performed solo recitals across the U. S., Canada, and Italy, and appeared in the original "Monster Concerts" in venues such as Lincoln Center and the White House. Nancy owns an independent teaching studio in Ohio.

Contents:

• Balancing Focused Fingertips on the Keyboard
• Black Key Exercise
• Warm-Up Patterns in C
• Exercise No. 1 in C Major - Hanon
• C Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Contrary Motion Scale Pattern
• Inversion Hurdles
• Cadences (Three Positions)
• Arpeggio Exercise
• Slurs of Five or More Notes
• Fall---Feel---Transfer---Pull
• A Variety of Slurs
• Motive and Sequence
• Allegro - Biehl
• Pedal Marks
• Legato Pedal Exercise - Bertini
• Building Music: Motive---Phrase---Sentence
• Play Song - Bartok
• Singing on the Piano
• In the Garden - Gurlitt
• Warm-Up Patterns in F
• Exercise No. 1 in F Major - Hanon
• F Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Contrary Motion Scale Pattern
• Inversion Hurdles
• Cadences (Three Positions)
• Arpeggio Exercise
• Articulations According to Bela Bartok
• Slur Groups with Staccato
• Smiles - Handrock
• Warm-Up Patterns in G
• G Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Contrary Motion Scale Pattern
• Inversion Hurdles
• Cadences (Three Positions)
• Arpeggio Exercise
• Important and Less Important Notes
• Detached Notes
• Gavotte - Telemann
• Warm-Up Patterns in D
• D Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Contrary Motion Scale Pattern
• Inversion Hurdles
• Cadences (Three Positions)
• Arpeggio Exercise
• Balancing on Fingers 5 and 4
• Allegretto, Op. 599, No. 16 - Czerny
• Grouping by Motion
• Gavotte, Op. 210, No. 9 - Gurlitt
• Warm-Up Patterns in A
• A Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Contrary Motion Scale Pattern
• Inversion Hurdles
• Cadences (Three Positions)
• Arpeggio Exercise
• Rotation
• Dynamic Shaping of Two-Measure Phrases
• Rotating in A Major - Beyer
• Playing a Minuet
• Minuet in G Major - Handel
• Speeding
• Grouping - Le Carpentier
• Reading Broken Chords
• Blocked Chord Patterns
• Broken Chord Patterns
• Repeated Notes
• Repeated Note Exercise
• Warm-Up Patterns in E
• E Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Contrary Motion Scale Pattern
• Inversion Hurdles
• Cadences (Three Positions)
• Arpeggio Exercise
• Repeated Notes and Chords
• Throw and Bounce
• Left Hand Study - Bartok
• Warm-Up Patterns in B-flat
• B-flat Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Contrary Motion Scale Pattern
• Inversion Hurdles
• Cadences (Three Positions)
• Arpeggio Exercise
• Continuous Two-Note Slurs
• Alla Tedesca - Vanhal
• Waltz Patterns
• Waltz in C Major - Gurlitt
• Crossing Hand Over Hand
• Prelude in A Minor, Op. 37, No. 2 - Concone