The Art Of Teaching Piano

This comprehensive guide to piano pedagogy is a must-read for any aspiring piano teacher or serious student. The author, a leading educator and pianist, presents a step-by-step approach to teaching technique, musicianship, and artistry. The book is filled with practical tips, exercises, and repertoire suggestions, making it an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to master the art of playing the piano. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The teaching of beginning piano students, especially young piano students, takes the utmost skill and expertise. To be successful at this most basic level of instruction, teachers must make music lessons fun and exciting while giving students the sense that learning to play piano is truly achievable. This is no easy task! The Art of Effective Piano Teaching is unlike any book in its field. It combines an eclectic array of tried and true teaching principles with some of the most innovative thinking to come along in years. Novice teachers as well as experienced instructors will glean much from this clear, concise, and accessible text. For additional information, visit effectivepianoteaching.com.

Just as musical etudes focus on the development of skills and address the technical problems encountered in keyboard literature, the "etudes" in Stewart Gordon's new book also focus on ideas which prepare piano teachers for meeting the problems encountered in piano performing and teaching. This major new collection on the piano teacher's art opens with an assessment of the role of the piano teacher, and goes on to explore various types of students and the challenge each presents: the moderately talented, but ambitious, student; the late beginner; the unusually gifted. Drawing on thirty years of teaching and performing, Gordon then bring fresh ideas to bear on the often-discussed areas of inner-hearing, pulse regulation, improvisation, sight-reading, and collaborative music making. There are sections on performance procedures, memorizing, pedalling, and historical performance practices; a carefully-balanced consideration of the role of the piano student and teacher; and realistic looks at the problems facing the profession today, the dynamics of a performing career, and the stages through which musicians' careers often pass. Designed to open up new avenues of inquiry, to provoke discussion and creative thinking, and to challenge and motivate students, these essays will be vital reading for all serious piano students and teachers.

So many of the great pianists and teachers have come out of Poland and Russia (Rubinstein, Anton as well as Arthur, Leschetizky, Paderewski, the Lhevinnes, Gilels, Richter, and others), yet we know little about their methods of learning and teaching. George Kochevitsky in The Art of Piano Playing supplies some important sources of information previously unavailable in the United States. From these sources, tempered by this own thinking, Kochevitsky formulated a scientific approach that can solve most problems of piano playing and teaching. George Kochevitsky graduated in 1930 from Leningrad Conservatory and did post-graduate work at Moscow Conservatory. After coming to the U.S., he taught privately in New York City, gave a number of lectures, and wrote for various music periodicals.

"This classic was written by a student of Godowsky and legendary piano teacher whose practical advice on tone, technique, teaching, and other subjects is seasoned with personal experiences and leavened with humor"--