| Description |
xix, 396 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
13. Is piano teacher training necessary? / Richard Chronister : Traditions ; Measuring successful teaching ; Building new traditions ; Piano teacher training is necessary -- 14. Memorization techniques -- 15. A guide to piano fingering / Robert Roux : Topography ; Special uses of the fingers ; Physical versus mental convenience ; The relationship of fingering to musical content ; Facilitations -- 16. Keeping abreast of new publications -- 17. How to prepare students for competitions : Pros ; Cons ; Preparation of students for competitions ; Selecting qualified judges ; The role of the teacher at competitions ; A sonatina contest : Contest rules. Competition organizations -- 18. The advantages of the computer in the studio / Sharon Lohse Kunitz : Computer systems: hardware/software ; Capabilities of the computer ; Educational software ; Administrative software ; Economics -- 19. Editions of keyboard music / Maurice Hinson : General discussion of editions by periods ; Printed mistakes ; Recommended editions of standard composers' work ; More composers -- 20. Ornaments & embellishments in 18th-century keyboard music / George Lucktenberg : Introduction & background ; Ornaments & embellishments ; Adding improvised ornamentation & embellishment ; The technique of ornamentation -- IV. Interviews : 21. Nelita True -- 22. Rosina Lhevinne -- 23. Adele Marcus -- 24. James Dick -- 25. Irl Allision |
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3. Business procedures : Lessons fees :Background & capability of the teacher ; Income of the community ; Lesson fee structures. Increasing the income : Raising tuition ; Teaching in the summer. Bookkeeping procedures ; Tax deductions : Annual expenditures -- 4. Survey of methods & beginners : Teaching goals of method books : Education philosophies ; The middle C method ; Landmark reading ; Multiple key method ; Gradual multiple key method ; Comparison of middle C & gradual multiple key methods. Criteria for the evaluation of piano methods : Design & format ; Fundamental features. The teacher's attitude toward new approaches ; Method books : James & Jane Smisor Bastien : Bastien piano basics ; Bastien piano library ; Intermediate piano course ; Older beginner piano course ; Piano: 2nd time around. Frances Clark : Frances Clark library for piano students ; Keyboard musician. David Carr Glover : Piano library ; Adult piano student. James Lyke & Denise Edwards : Keyboard fundamentals. Walter & Carol Noona : The young pianist series ; Mainstreams in music ; The gifted pianist. Lynn Freeman Olson, Louise Bianchi, & Marvin Blickenstaff : Music pathways. Robert Pace : Music for piano. Willard Palmer, Morton Manus, & Amanda Vick Lethco : Alfred's basic piano library ; Alfred's basic adult piano course. Shinichi Suzuki : Suzuki piano school. John Thompson : Modern piano course -- II. Pedagogical techniques : 5. The advantages of early instruction : When is a child ready for lessons ; Practice assistance required. Private or group instruction? : Class size ; General activities. Equipment : Homemade equipment ; Purchased equipment. Music readiness program ; Basic technique for the preschool child : Sitting at the piano ; Posture & hand positions. Incentives & rewards |
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6. Average age beginners : Parental supervision ; Private or group instruction? ; A sample first lesson ; First year music program : Pre-staff reading ; Reading by direction ; Reading by intervals ; Individual note recognition ; Beginning technique ; Beginning theory. First year materials -- 7. Second year students : Second year repertoire : Practice suggestions ; ontemporary collections. Second year technique : Phrasing ; Legato & staccato touches combined ; Balance between hands ; Dynamic shading ; Part-playing ; Scales ; Triads & inversions ; Alberti Bass ; Suggested technique books. Second year theory : Primary chords ; Chord inversions ; The order of sharps & flats ; Major scale pattern ; Minor key signatures ; Minor scales ; Theory books. Second year sight-reading ; Second year materials -- 8. Third year students : Third year music program : Repertoire collections ; Popular collections ; Contemporary collections ; Sonatinas. Third year technique : Finger patterns ; Hand position shifts ; Finger crossings ; Broken chord patterns ; Legato double note patterns ; Arpeggio preparation ; Finger independence studies ; Forearm rotation ; Pedaling ; Technique books. Third year theory : Altered intervals ; Augmented triads ; Diminished triads ; Scale degree names ; Primary & secondary trials. Third year sight-reading |
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9. Intermediate students : Intermediate repertoire : Collections ; Editions ; Sonatina collections ; Contemporary collections ; Jazz & popular collections. Intermediate technique : Scales ; Arpeggios ; Chords ; Parallel passages ; Trills ; Technique studies. Intermediate theory : Triads of minor scales ; Figured bass for triads & inversions ; Seventh chords ; Figured bass for dominant seventh chords ; Modulation ; Cadence patterns -- III. Special subjects : 10. The piano preparatory department / E. Gregory Nagode : Instructional offerings : Older beginners ; Music theory ; Recitals. Personnel administration ; Curriculum & the pedagogy internship -- 11. The college group piano program for music majors / E. Gregory Nagode : Course offerings ; Faculty/teacher training ; Faculties/equipment ; Course content : First semester ; Second semester ; Third semester ; Fourth semester. Lesson planning ; Instructional materials -- 12. The college piano major / Joseph Banowetz : Precollege training ; Degrees for the piano major ; Courses for the piano major : Applied study ; Keyboard literature & performance practices ; Piano pedagogy ; Accompanying & ensemble playing ; Functional piano. The artist-teacher ; Teaching the applied piano major in groups ; Is a solo concert career a realistic goal? ; Professional accompanying ; Rewards of independent teaching |
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I. Pedagogical considerations : 1. An overview of teaching : The teacher's concept of teaching ; Precollege training : Ideal precollege training. College training for the piano pedagogy major : Course offerings for the pedagogy major ; Accomplishments during the college years. Opportunities for the teacher : Independent piano teaching ; College piano teaching. The teacher's personality -- 2. Aspects of independent teaching : The students : Young beginners ; Adult beginners ; Intermediate students ; Advanced students. Private or group lessons ; Learning how to teach ; The teacher's studio : Studio location ; Studio size. Studio equipment ; How to obtain students : Locate in an area of children ; Join music teacher organizations ; Give student recitals ; Utilize direct mail ; Consider advertising in print. How to interview prospective students : Questions for beginners, age 7-10 ; Questions for parents ; Questions for transfer students. How to schedule lessons : Private lessons ; Combination private & group lessons ; Small & large group lessons |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Piano music -- Bibliography -- Graded lists.
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Piano -- Instruction and study.
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliographies.
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| Author |
Nagode, E. Gregory.
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| LC no. |
88080602 |
| ISBN |
0849761689 |
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