Alfred Publishing

A Masterwork Method for the Developing Pianist

Author: Nancy Bachus
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Intermediate / Late Intermediate

The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with CD and a Technique book, both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together, the books give students a deep understanding of the art of music, performance practices, and the necessary skills to play the piano with technical ease. The Technique books are designed to give students a highly structured program of technical development. They include basic keyboard patterns (five-finger patterns, scales, chords, cadences, and arpeggios in the major and minor keys found in the Repertoire books), exercises and etudes, and other necessary technical drills for mastering each piece in the Repertoire books. Suggestions for efficient practice are also included.

Internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an M.M. in Piano Performance and Literature. She has performed solo recitals across the U. S., Canada, and Italy, and appeared in the original "Monster Concerts" in venues such as Lincoln Center and the White House. Nancy owns an independent teaching studio in Ohio.

Contents:

• Arches in the Hand
• Arches Exercise
• Five-Finger Review
• Little Pischna No. 1
• Little Pischna No. 3
• Voicing: The Divided Hand
• Voicing Exercise
• Trills and Mordents
• The Short Trill
• The Mordent
• Common Articulations (Touches) in Baroque and Classical Styles
• Warm-Up Patterns in C
• C Major Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Chord Progression and Variations in C
• Dominant Seventh Chords in C (Broken and Blocked)
• Broken Chords and Inversions
• Arpeggio Prep
• Arpeggio Exercise in C
• Hearing Two Voices
• Rotation Exercise (Right Hand) - Czerny
• Rotation Exercise (Left Hand) - Czerny
• Scale Forms in C Minor
• C Minor Scales (Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic)
• Voicing: Imitation
• Voicing: Multiple Voices
• Warm-Up Patterns in G
• G Major Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Chord Progression and Variations in G
• Dominant Seventh Chords in G (Broken and Blocked)
• Broken Chords and Inversions
• Arpeggio Prep
• Arpeggio Exercise in G
• Cantabile (Singing) Melodies
• Crossing Over the Left-Hand Thumb
• Arpeggio Etude (Excerpt) - Duvernoy
• Scale Forms in G Minor
• G Minor Scales (Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic)
• Imitation: Cantabile (Singing) Motives
• Follow Me (Excerpt) - Bertini, arr. Bachus
• Velocity (Speed) in G Major
• Speeding in G Major (Excerpt) - Gurlitt
• Warm-Up Patterns in D
• D Major Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Chord Progression and Variations in D
• Dominant Seventh Chords in D (Broken and Blocked)
• Broken Chords and Inversions
• Arpeggio Prep
• Arpeggio Exercise in D
• Moving Smoothly in D Major
• Racing in D Major - Duvernoy
• Scale Forms in D Minor
• D Minor Scales (Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic)
• Alternating Touches
• Allegretto in D Minor - Sartorio, arr. Bachus
• Balancing Melody and Repeated Chords
• Expressive Etude (Excerpt) - Gurlitt
• Arpeggios Divided between the Hands
• Arpeggio Etude - Gurlitt
• Voicing: Four Voices
• Etude in Four Voices - Duvernoy
• Warm-Up Patterns in A
• A Major Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Chord Progression and Variations in A
• Dominant Seventh Chords in A (Broken and Blocked)
• Broken Chords and Inversions
• Arpeggio Prep
• Arpeggio Exercise in A
• Compound Meter
• Velocity Etude in A Major - Sartorio
• The Outer Fingers (3-4-5)
• Voicing Etude in A Major - Sartorio
• Scale Forms in A Minor
• A Minor Scales (Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic)
• Melody and Repeated Chords (One Hand)
• Divided Hand Etude - Streabbog
• Warm-Up Patterns in F
• F Major Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Chord Progression and Variations in F
• Dominant Seventh Chords in F (Broken and Blocked)
• Broken Chords and Inversions
• Arpeggio Prep
• Arpeggio Exercise in F
• Alberti Bass Plus
• Etude in F Major (Excerpt) - Czerny
• Warm-Up Patterns in B-flat
• B-flat Major Scale in Progressive Rhythms
• Chord Progression and Variations in B-flat
• Dominant Seventh Chords in B-flat (Broken and Blocked)
• Broken Chords and Inversions
• Arpeggio Exercise in B-flat
• Melodious (Legato) Style
• Etude in B-flat Major (Excerpt - )Czerny
• More about Alternating Touches
• Warm-Up Patterns in E-flat
• E-flat Major Scale in Progressive Rhythms
• Chord Progression and Variation in E-flat
• Velocity (Speed) in E-flat Major
• Etude in E-flat Major - Czerny
• Warm-Up Patterns in E
• E Major Scales in Progressive Rhythms
• Chord Progression and Variations in E
• Dominant Seventh Chords in E (Broken and Blocked)
• Broken Chords and Inversions
• Arpeggio Prep
• Arpeggio Exercise in E
• Closed and Open Hand
• Divided Hand
• Etude in E Major - Czerny
• Scale Forms in E Minor
• E Minor Scales (Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic)
• Left-Hand Velocity
• Left-Hand Etude - Kohler
• More Voicing: Four Parts
• Running with Four Voices (Excerpt) - Czerny, arr. Bachus
• Grouping Staccatos
• Scherzando - Gurlitt