Author: Neil Miller
Publisher: THE PIANO LESSONS BOOK
ISBN: 1434818535
Category : Piano
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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THE PIANO LESSONS BOOK by Neil Miller provides the essential information required to excel at playing the piano: what you should be learning in piano lessons so you can play to your full potential.It is the piano student's guide for getting the most out of practicing, lessons, your teacher and yourself. Whether your preferences are towards classical, jazz or popular music, THE PIANO LESSONS BOOK will show you organized practicing methods that take the mystery out of music, revealing how music is put together and easing the challenges of piano playing.THE PIANO LESSONS BOOK combines Neil Miller's creative teaching techniques and experiences with practicing and performing, comprehensively covering topics extremely useful to anyone taking or planning to take lessons.In THE PIANO LESSONS BOOK, Neil Miller recounts relevant personal incidents and informative historical accounts, to enlighten and entertain. Hundreds of illustrations and musical examples enhance the explanations.

Author: Anna Goldsworthy
Publisher: Black Inc.
ISBN: 192187029X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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In this remarkable memoir, Anna Goldsworthy recalls her first steps towards a life in music, from childhood piano lessons with a local jazz muso to international success as a concert pianist. As she discovers passion and ambition, and confronts doubt and disappointment, she learns about much more than tone and technique. This is a story of the getting of wisdom, tender and bittersweet. With wit and affection, Goldsworthy captures the hopes and uncertainties of youth, the fear and exhilaration of performing, and the complex bonds between teacher and student. An unforgettable cast of characters joins her: her family; her friends and rivals; and her teacher, Mrs Sivan, who inspires and challenges her in equal measure, and who transforms what seems an impossible dream into something real and sustaining. “This impressive debut will surely mark Anna Goldsworthy’s arrival as an Australian writer to be reckoned with.” —The Age “Marvellous. Enlightenment and joy on every page” — Helen Garner “I loved this book. Anna Goldsworthy’s memoir left me awed, inspired and humbled.” — Alice Pung

Author: Vladimir Feltsman
Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.
ISBN: 1644387786
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Vladimir Feltsman presents insights drawn from a lifetime of devotion to music: as a student, a teacher, a performer, and a recording artist. Beginning with his early days studying the piano in the Special School for Music in Moscow, he writes compellingly about his experience of becoming a professional musician and passing along what he learned to the next generation. Along the way, he sheds fascinating light on what it was like to pursue his vocation in the former Soviet Union, including eight years of artistic exile after he was refused permission to emigrate. In addition to these personal reflections, the book reproduces the highly informative "liner notes" Feltsman provided for many of the recordings in his extensive discography, ranging from Bach's Goldberg Variations to the 20th-century compositions of Soviet Russia's "forgotten" composers. A final inclusion is the text that Feltsman, a renowned Bach specialist, wrote to accompany a performing edition of The Well-Tempered Clavier, offering both an expansive overview and detailed analysis of each of the preludes and fugues.

Author: Jeffrey Johnson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486424243
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Series of "Master-Lessons" features Paderewski's "Minuet in G, " Chopin's "Military Polonaise, " Grieg's "Norwegian Bridal Procession, " Mendelssohn's "Scherzo, " and Beethoven's "Pathetique Sonata, " as taught by Wilhelm Bachaus, Percy Grainger, Edwin Hughes, and Mark Hambourg. "

Author: Victoria A. von Arx
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199924333
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau provides an insider's view of the art of piano performance as exemplified by one of the great artists of the twentieth century. Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau devoted his life to the piano and its music. As a child prodigy, he gained national recognition from government officials in Chile, including President Pedro Montt, who funded Arrau's education in Germany. Arrau studied in Berlin with Martin Krause, a pupil of Franz Liszt, and later immigrated to New York City where he taught and mentored a sizeable group of pupils while at the same time managing an international performing career. Arrau's profound musical insight and unique style of teaching inspired his pupils and motivated them to teach his principles to the next generation of students. This in-depth study of Arrau's principles and philosophy of technique and performance draws on information from published interviews with Arrau, from numerous interviews with Arrau's pupils, and from the author's experience in studying piano with two of them. Transcripts of actual lessons given by Arrau and preserved on tape present in his own words a detailed account of his technical and interpretive ideas about five major works of the piano repertory. References to over one hundred examples from Arrau's filmed recordings enable readers to observe the elements of Arrau's famed technique in action.

Author: Malavika Karlekar
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429649010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Of Colonial Bungalows and Piano Lessons can be read as a metaphor — as an icon — of the encounter between cultures. The memoir is based on Monica Chanda’s recollections between about 1913 and 1927, of life in Calcutta, districts of undivided Bengal, holidays in Kashmir and in Europe. There is more than a whiff of a Victorian upbringing in the pages. Neither honed in one culture nor fully at home in those practices superimposed by Monica’s father’s professional life as a member of the Indian Civil Service, her dilemma comes through in these writings. While her father, Jnanendra Nath Gupta, was avowedly against formal schooling for girls, he encouraged his daughter to undertake long and at times hazardous journeys by river, rail and road to perfect her skills as a pianist. Though there was an occasional longing for a freer life like that lived by her cousins, yet, Monica also enjoyed the privileges of living in spacious bungalows with a retinue of servants, going on exclusive launch trips down the Ganges, and being invited to parties at Government House and even Buckingham Palace. While there is a tautness palpable in her narration of an encounter with a clearly racist Eurasian sergeant and almost near-encounter with a tiger, Monica’s style avoids hyperbole and dramatic sequences. She presents facts and situations as she saw them — though there are a few times when emotions of love, fear and excitement ripple through the pages of this tightly–woven memoir. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Author: Tommy Swindali
Publisher: Tommy Swindali
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :

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The Complete Learning Experience of Professional Piano Lessons + Explainer Videos by A Trained Piano Teacher Have you always wanted to play the piano, but didn't know where to start? Maybe you never got the chance as a kid? Or maybe you haven't played the piano in years and are looking for a refresher? Well then look no further because this book is perfect for you... Traditionally, piano lessons have been very boring. They often leave people frustrated and feeling like they're not learning quickly enough. Stop burning through your time and start the real playing with this book and it's bonus videos. It's practically impossible to fail and far less expensive than private piano lessons. (Full size piano not required!) The lessons build on skills one by one and what is unique is that each lesson includes bonus videos to really guarantee you learn everything you need to play the piano. It's like having a teacher in the room with you, but you set the pace. By doing the various exercises, watching videos and putting in the time, you will be able to play songs, from very simple, to popular hit songs in no time. In this book you will discover: Essential Music Theory & Glossary Of Terms Finger Exercises (We All Need Them) Identify All The Piano Notes Easily Form Or Play Original Melodies Play Songs - From Very Simple To Complex Exclusive Videos To Complete The Learning Experience Chord Formulas - How To Form Chords Play by Ear or Reading Music (it's easier this way) And much, much more.. Imagine being able to sit at the piano and play beautiful, entertaining music. The joy and reward that playing the piano brings is unmatched. So if you're ready to Start Playing The Piano then Read This Book. (Go ahead, your never too old to try)

Author: Noah Adams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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The author describes his midlife decision to learn to play the piano, a lifelong dream that made him reevaluate his life achievements and that was bolstered by his admiration for accomplished pianists

Author: Alice Steinbach
Publisher: Bancroft Press
ISBN: 189086210X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 307

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"An intimate, personal collection of essays, remembrances, and columns that ... [recount] the experiences and observations of a divorced, working mother."--Jacket

Author: Daniel D. Peterson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257948326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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