Step By Step Studies Book 1
Publisher | BANKS MUSIC PUBLICATIONS |
Composer | Various |
Arranger/Editor | Felix Swinstead (Ed.) |
Voice/Instrument | PIANO |
Difficulty | Unrated |
36 short pieces by various composers, selected and annotated by Felix Swinstead. Each piece has been chosen to help practice and improve technique. Like the Step by Step to the Classics series, there are 6 graded books, providing a useful companion series.
Contents:
Anon: For the five fingers; Finger work in contrary motion
Swinstead: For independence of the hands; The same in key of G; The same
Czerny: For repeated notes
Bertini: Introducing quavers
Swinstead: For independence of hands; For legato between the hands; Introducing sequences; The same for the left hand
Muller: For triple time and legato
Swinstead: Requiring nimble fingers; For changing the finger groups
Czerny: Melody with repeated notes; For legato and staccato; Melody and quaver accompaniment
Le Couppey: Introducing tied notes and accidentals
Swinstead: Introducing dotted notes
Anon: For broken chords in 6/8 time
Swinstead: For the development of a sense of key; For legato between the hands; Broken chords; For decision and accent
Diabelli: Slurs; Slurs and legato
Swinstead: Tied notes and cantabile
Lemoine: For part playing
Swinstead: Staccato chords and rhythm
Czerny: For agility; For agility in changing fingers on a snake
Le Couppey: For staccato and legato
Swinstead: For neat punctuation
Le Couppey: For rhythm and accent; For neat punctuation
Diabelli: For rhythm and accent
(24 pages, this is an archive edition)