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Author Whiteside, Abby.

Title Indispensables of piano playing / Abby Whiteside
Edition Second edition
Published New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1961]
©1961

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 MELB  786.3 WHI  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 155 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm
Contents Author's premise -- Rhythm -- Difficulties peculiar to the piano -- A simple statement of activity in torso and arms, an explanation of terms used in relation to a specific action -- Techniques other than with fingers -- Some questions and answers dealing with traditional teaching methods -- Imagery-memorizing-pedaling-phrasing-channeling of emotion -- Analysis of the playing mechanism as related to the use of distance: horizontal-vertical-in-and-out -- Analyzing the playing mechanism as related to the use of power plus distance: repeated action-trills-double notes-octaves-arpeggios-scales -- Learning with a rhythm
Analysis Piano Instruction and study
Notes First ed. pub. 1955
Includes index
Subject Piano -- Instruction and study.
LC no. ln2000003773
ISBN 0684106531