FOREWORD This book is designed for pianists ho are moving into early intermediate to intermediate levels of study In addition to studying appropriate repertoire for their levels, these students should continue to develop technical skills to enhance their playing ability Traditionally, these skills are developed through études, exercises, scales, arpeggios, and cadences Consequently, this handbook features three sections: ) Études for the development of specific skills (pp 6) The études ere selected collections ritten by ell-knon composer-teachers their eras While many titles of the collections contain the ords easy, elementary, or beginner, the selections included in this book move beyond these early levels Most composers of these études simply numbered them and did not title the individual compositions If an étude as titled by the composer, the title is included in this collection ) Selected Hanon exercises (pp 6 7) Book of The Virtuoso Pianist Practice suggestions for the exercises are given on page 6 ) Reference pages for scales, arpeggios, and cadences (pp 7 96) Each maor key is folloed by its relative minor key Assignments the three sections should be integrated into study based on each individual student s strengths and eaknesses The book is especially useful for college and university piano students ho are not piano performance maors These students are often called secondary pianists Among these groups are: ) Pianists in degree programs such as music business, music therapy, and music composition ) Music maors hose maor instruments are something other than piano and ho have completed the class-piano curriculum ) Non-music maors ith appropriate musical background ho are taking private lessons for fun It is our hope that the materials included in this book ill enhance the technical skills of pianists of all ages as they move into studying the advanced piano repertoire
CONTENTS Section : Études Five-Finger Patterns Op 7, No 6 (Felix Le Couppey) Op 0, No 6 (Ferdinand Beyer) 6 Scales Op, No (Cornelius Gurlitt) Op 0, No 6 (Ferdinand Beyer) 0 Op, No 7 (Cornelius Gurlitt) Chromatic Scales Op 99, No 6 (Carl Czerny) Op 7, No (Giuseppe Concone) Op 7, No 6 (Guiseppe Concone) Arpeggios Op, No 67 (Cornelius Gurlitt) 6 Op, No (Cornelius Gurlitt) 7 Triads and Inversions No 0 Prelude (Henri Bertini) Op 7, No (Antoine-Henry Lemoine) 9 Waltz-Bass Accompaniment Op 76, No 7 (ean-baptiste Duvernoy) 0 Broken-Chord Accompaniment Op 0, No 7 (Ferdinand Beyer) Alberti Bass Accompaniment Op 76, No 0 (ean-baptiste Duvernoy) Articulation Op 6, No 6 (Theodore Oesten) 6 Op 99, No (Carl Czerny) 7 Repeated Notes Op 0, No 0 (Ludvig Schytte) Op 0, No (Ludvig Schytte) 9 Op 00, No (ohann Burgmüller) 0 Op 0, No (Ferdinand Beyer) Left-Hand Development Op, No 9 (Cornelius Gurlitt) Op, No 6 (Cornelius Gurlitt) Op 9, Book II, No (Hermann Berens) Coordination beteen the Hands Op 9, No 9 (Carl Czerny) 6 Op 76, No (ean-baptiste Duvernoy) Op 66, No 6 (Henri Bertini) 0 Cross-Overs Op 7, No (Giuseppe Concone) Op 7, No (Felix LeCouppey) Op 7, No 0 (Henri Bertini) Finger Independence Op 76, No 0 (ean-baptiste Duvernoy) 6 Double Thirds and Sixths Op 777, No (Carl Czerny) Op 0, No (Ferdinand Beyer) 9 Op 0, No 97 (Ferdinand Beyer) 0 Op 76, No (ean-baptiste Duvernoy) Octaves Op 6, No (ean-louis Streabbog) Op 66, No (Henri Bertini) Grace Notes Op 0, No 0 (Ferdinand Beyer) Op 7, No (Felix Le Couppey) Op 99, No (Carl Czerny) 6 Trills Op 99, No 6 (Carl Czerny) 7 Op 9, No (Carl Czerny) Velocity Op 99, No 6 (Carl Czerny) 60 Op 0, No 6 (Ludvig Schytte) 6 Section : Hanon Exercises Practicing Hanon 6 No 6 No 66 No 6 No 6 70 Section : Scales, Arpeggios, and Cadences C Maor 7 A Minor 7 G Maor 7 E Minor 7 D Maor 76 B Minor 77 A Maor 7 F-sharp Minor 79 E Maor 0 C-sharp Minor B Maor G-sharp Minor G-flat Maor E-flat Minor D-flat Maor 6 B-flat Minor 7 A-flat Maor F Minor 9 E-flat Maor 90 C Minor 9 B-flat Maor 9 G Minor 9 F Maor 9 D Minor 9 Scale Groups 96
Section : Études Five-Finger Patterns The Alphabet: Very Easy Studies Section : Études Allegretto p Felix Le Couppey ( 7) Op 7, No 6 P # # #
Section : Études Scales School of Velocity for Beginners Allegretto! F! # Cornelius Gurlitt (0 90) Op, No! # #! # 9! n!!! "
Section : Études Chromatic Scales Brilliant Preludes for the Piano Allegro F n Guiseppe Concone (0 6) Op 7, No 6 # n # # p cresc poco a poco n # n # # n # 7 f b Ó b b b b Ó #