First of all, you should find a professional piano teacher that suits you and practice more finger exercises and etudes. Pay attention to the musicality. Piano teaching can be divided into four stages: enlightenment, elementary, intermediate and advanced. The learning content at each stage usually includes basic exercises, etudes, polyphonic works and music. As basic exercises, Czerny's works are still the most systematic, such as "Preliminary Piano Tutorial" 599, "24 Exercises for the Left Hand" 718, "Piano Fluid Etude" 849, "Quick Piano Etude" 299, "Piano Exercises" "50 Songs" 740 (699), etc. Czerny was a representative figure of the Vienna School of Piano Performance in the first half of the 19th century. The large number of etudes he wrote were trained on the performance techniques of classical works, that is, "classical technique", which mainly focused on the granular, even, and fast fingers, and the The training of the left hand is relatively weak, so it is necessary to add repertoire related to various composers as a supplement. These teaching materials can be selected in a targeted manner and interspersed according to the actual situation of the students. They cannot be played one by one in succession.

Children’s Enlightenment Stage

The currently more popular children’s enlightenment textbooks can be roughly divided into three types of entry-level staffs, namely the entry-level treble staff method, the entry-level method of central c, and more. Sound entry method. The traditional enlightenment textbook "Bayer Piano Basics Tutorial" uses the treble clef entry method. The "Thompson Easy Piano Tutorial" currently widely used in China, volumes 1-5, uses the middle C entry method.

The "Children's Piano Tutorial" compiled by Li Feilan and Dong Gangrui adopts an introductory method focusing on middle C, breaking through the limitations of the range of such teaching materials in the past. It starts from the 3rd finger to learn the weight drop, and gradually expands to the rest. The individual finger method has been recognized as the best method.

Von de Wilde: "Taomeg Ruth" series. This children's series pays more attention to arousing children's interest and cultivating them to have a good sense of music from an early age.

Kodaly: "Piano School" Volume 1.

Bartók: "Microcosm". This is a very important introductory textbook. Because its five-finger positions include a variety of five-finger arrangements in non-major or minor structures, it helps students gain early exposure to the black keys and various modes, and contains many polyphonic imitation-level counterpoint elements.

Ziegler: Volume 1 of "Piano Textbook". The characteristic of this book is that you listen first and play later, and your ears lead the way.

Sch?ngler: Volume 1 of "The Piano Classroom".

Diberi Ali: Among the "Twenty-eight Etudes", it is easier. The earlier students are allowed to practice the four-part practice, the more conducive it will be to develop the ability to use their ears to distinguish parts and interact with each other. The habit of cooperation.

The primary stage of piano teaching

1. Etudes for the primary stage of piano teaching

The learning content at this stage is equivalent to starting from Czerny's "Preliminary Piano" Tutorial" 599 to Czerny's "Piano Fluid Etude" 849.

1. Czerny's "Preliminary Piano Tutorial" 599

This is one of the most widely used teaching materials for the primary stage of piano teaching in my country. The whole book can be divided into three parts.

The first part is 57 songs ago. This part is to consolidate the hand shape and train the independent connection of the fingers. It requires playing to be relaxed and natural, and the connection speed is mainly slow and medium.

The second part is songs 58~79. Quick exercises from 58 to 70 jewelry training. The fast here is for the previous stage. It requires students to initially speed up based on their correct moves. Songs 71 to 79 are melody exercises with and without ornamentation. When practicing, start slowly, play the rhythm accurately and evenly, align your hands, and then speed up slightly. In this part of the melody practice, you need to pay attention to the expression terms and dynamic terms on the score, and pay attention to the layout, breathing, melody coherence and singing.

The third part is 80 songs to the end. It is a comprehensive new exercise. No matter the sound pattern, rhythm pattern, scale, arpeggio and double-note exercises, it is richer than the previous one. When practicing, you must not only play accurately, but also Also pay attention to the ups and downs of the music and make changes in intensity and speed.

2. Czerny's "Simple Piano Etude" 139

This is one of the teaching materials for the transition from 599 to 849. The teaching materials of 139 are not as centralized as those of 599, and you can choose different types of tracks from those of 599. It can be used interchangeably around 599 to 50 songs.

3. Czerny's "24 Piano Etudes for the Left Hand" 718

This is an exercise written entirely for the left hand. The content includes scales, arpeggio patterns, five-finger patterns, and decompositions. For chords, etc., the order of learning should be flexible. For students with small hands, they can learn scale or five-finger repertoire first, and then postpone the octave practice.

4. Czerny's "160 Eight-bar Piano Etudes" 821

This textbook not only has a rich range of technical types, but also has a wide range of difficulty, ranging from beginner level to advanced level. practice. Each song has only 8 sections and the technical topics are very concentrated, which is especially suitable for students who have a lot of other homework and less time to practice.

5. Lemon's "Piano Etudes" 37 (also translated as "Lemoine")

There are 50 pieces in the book, from easy to deep. His characteristic is that he exercises more with his left hand and his hands are more balanced. It can make up for the shortcomings of the emphasis on the right hand in Czerny's etudes.

6. Burgmueller's "25 Simple Etudes" 100, "18 Etudes" 109

The etudes in these two sets are all titled ditties with distinctive images. The technique is simple, the melody is beautiful and musical, and it is very suitable for beginners to learn. When the number is around 599 to 50, you can gradually select pieces from 100 works.

Work 109 is technically more difficult than 100 and is also larger in length. It can be selected after entering 849 in Czerny.

7. Czerny's "Smooth Etude" 849

From 599 to 849 is the early stage of the primary stage and the late stage of the primary stage. There are 849***30 songs, and the technical content of each song is basically not repeated. When choosing, it is necessary to analyze the difficulty of each exercise in detail and consider the "transition" issue of technology.

The difference between 849 and 599 and 139 is that each piece has a speed mark. According to the title of the 849 textbook, the performance should be smooth and played at the required speed as much as possible to prepare for the next intermediate stage. Make preparations.

8. "Interesting Piano Techniques" edited by Helchberg

From the preparation to the fifth volume, from easy to deep. The editor has selected some short etudes with beautiful melodies from the works of dozens of composers. Each piece has a title, and clear prompts and requirements are given under the title. The technical types are relatively comprehensive, and due to the different stylistic characteristics of the composers, the repertoire is rich and colorful, making it a vivid and effective teaching material.

2. Polyphony in the primary stage

The characteristics of polyphonic works are that different voices and melodies of the left and right hands are performed simultaneously, and the rhythm, stress, dynamics, syntax, melody, and ups and downs are different. These aspects are both internally connected and independent. It is a good teaching material for training the brain's multi-dimensional thinking, sense of rhythm, independence of left and right hands, etc.

1. Bach's "Preliminary Piano Collection"

This textbook has 28 pieces, which are exercises written by Bach for his wife Anna Magdalena. Must-learn content at the primary level.

2. Bach's "Minor Preludes and Fugues"

This is a teaching material suitable between Bach's "Preliminary Piano Collection" and "Creative Collection".

3. Chinese works

There are some relatively simple polyphonic works in Chinese works, which use folk songs familiar to the masses as themes, such as Wang Zhenya's "Yimeng Mountain Minor", Chen Jingqi's "Liuyang River", Li Yinghai's "Hope for the Red Army", "Huagu Diao", Chen Mingzhi's "The Soldiers and the Common People", etc.

3. Music for the elementary stage of piano

1. Thompson's "Modern Piano Tutorial"

This is a set of teaching materials with extremely rich content, starting from the shallower to the deeper* **Five volumes.

In addition to simple piano music, it also selects a large number of arrangements of world-famous music such as operas, ballets, and symphonies, including works by famous musicians such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt. Before each piece, the composer is introduced, the characteristics of the music are introduced, music knowledge is explained, or connection points are pointed out, so that students can gain more knowledge and improve their musical literacy while learning each piece of music. Because the music is vivid and vivid, it is deeply loved by students.

2. Will's "Collection of World's Famous Piano Songs for Children"

This is a collection of music that is loved by children at home and abroad. It contains simplified world-famous songs that can be used in training. While using technology, it also cultivates students’ feelings and expression ability of music.

3. "Complete Piano Sonatas"

Sonatas are one of the most widely used contents in piano teaching in my country. This collection contains ***48 sonatas by masters such as Haydn, Clementi, Courau, Mozart, Dushek, Beethoven, Diabelli, Kabalevsky, and Gedikai. . The degree is equivalent to 599 rear, 849 front to 299.

4. "Selected Piano Music for Children" (1949~1979)

In 1979, in order to show the achievements of my country's music creation on the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Musicians Association selected and edited the music before National Day. Two collections of Chinese works have been published. This "Selected Songs" is an album of piano music for children and teenagers selected from instrumental works.

5. Chinese-style "Selected Piano Songs for Children"

This collection of songs compiled by the editorial department of the People's Music Publishing House has 91 songs, including ditties suitable for the enlightenment stage. .

6. "Collection of Piano Four Pieces" for Children and Children

Quartet Pieces is a very good teaching form that can train students' hearing and cooperation abilities. And because playing with four hands is richer than playing with two hands, it can increase students' interest in learning and enthusiasm for practice. The 19 songs selected in this collection are all adapted from songs and music familiar to children.

The range of music is very wide, and there are many corresponding teaching materials, such as Lao Chai's "Youth Piano Collection" and Schumann's "Children's Suites" and "Juvenile Collection". Volumes 1 and 2 (***6) of "A Collection of 100 Your Favorite Piano Songs" published by Full Music Score Press, and Volumes 1 and 2 of "Selected Foreign Piano Songs for Children" compiled by the Piano Department of the Central Conservatory of Music. (***6 episodes), can be widely selected. The intermediate stage of piano teaching is a relatively long stage. Among them, the 299 level of Czerny's "Quick Piano Etudes" and the 740 level of Czerny's "50 Piano Etudes" can be regarded as two steps. From Czerny's "Piano Fluid Etude" opus 849 to 299, and then from 299 to 740, various exercises must be interspersed as a preparation, especially 740, which has many technical topics, regardless of difficulty, speed, etc. So easy to master.

At this stage, it is necessary to further strengthen the independence and flexibility of the fingers, so that the fingers can run quickly, evenly and powerfully; learn different touch keys, enhance the sensitivity of the fingertips, and play different levels of music. Changes in timbre; further train the mutual cooperation of fingers, wrists, and arms, and gradually master various specialized techniques. As technology improves and the range of repertoire expands, it is necessary to learn to master the styles of works from different periods, pay attention to the cultivation of musical expression ability, and appropriately use these techniques to express music during performance.

1. Etudes for the Intermediate Stage of Piano Teaching

1. Czerny's "25 Etudes for Little Piano Hands" 748

For those who have reached the intermediate level, For students with small hands, this textbook is very suitable because the largest span of double tones in the repertoire is 7 degrees. Compared with some other simple etudes by Czerny, 748 adds left-hand exercises and is more musical.

2. Czerny's "Preliminary Etude for Piano Finger Dexterity" 636

This is a collection of relatively mechanical etudes. ***24 songs, each song is small in length and can be used as a quick practice preparation for entering 299.

3. Czerny's "160 Eight-bar Piano Etudes" 821

It has been introduced in the primary stage, and this stage can be appropriately selected in episodes 2 and 3.

4. Czerny's "Quick Piano Etudes" 299

This is one of the main materials at this stage. There are 40 songs in the book, divided into 4 episodes, with 10 songs in each episode. When studying, you should make targeted choices based on the students' actual situation and different stages, and do not follow the instructions mechanically.

When practicing 299, you should speed up on the basis of careful reading of music, correct method, and proficiency in playing, and strive to significantly improve the basic skills of finger graininess, clarity, uniformity and strength. At the same time, special attention should be paid to consciously training the cooperation of the wrists, arms and fingers when training fast running.

5. Cramer's "60 Piano Etudes"

This book focuses on developing the techniques of both hands at the same time. Each piece is small in length and focuses on various types of techniques, including various single notes. , practice of double tones and retained tones. More than half of the book is based on one type of technique, training on the left and right hands respectively, providing greater possibilities for training the finger independence, granularity, accuracy, sensitivity and strengthening of packing strength of the left and right hands.

6. Czerny's "50 Piano Etudes" 740

This is the highest level at the intermediate level. This etude contains various basic techniques and specialized techniques. When practicing 740, in addition to the basic requirements such as correctness and proficiency, there must be a breakthrough in speed. At this time, an etude cannot be completed in a short period of time and often takes one to two months or more. Pay attention to practice methods, high standards, and practice repeatedly to make a leap in technology. If you can play the etudes of various technical types in 740 well, you can smoothly enter the advanced stage of learning.

2. Polyphonic works at the intermediate stage of piano teaching

Based on Bach's "Creative Song Collection", you can also learn "French Suite" and part of the "Well-Tempered Piano Collection" "work.

1. "Creative Song Collection"

It is divided into two parts and three parts, with 15 songs each. To learn two-part creative music, you can choose notes and rhythms that are slightly simpler to practice first, such as 1, 4, 8, and 13.

It is much more difficult than the two-part and three-part version. First of all, you must grasp the theme, and the progression of the three parts must be clear in your mind, and then you must control the intensity contrast and timbre contrast of different parts. You can practice 6, 2, 7, 1, and 15 first.

2. "French Suite"

This is an ancient suite-themed work completed by Bach between 1720 and 1724, with six groups. His basic structure is composed of four dances with different speeds and beats, in a certain order. These four dances are Allemande, Coulant, Sarabande and Kiger. Their tonality unifies each group. The order of the first three pieces is fixed, and between the Sarabande and the Kiger, other dances or music such as "Minuet", "Melody", "Gavotte", etc. can be inserted. The only difference among these six groups is the fourth group, which has an extra prelude before Allemande. It is said that the name "French Suite" was not mentioned by Bach himself, but because the elegant style of the work is similar to the French flavor.

3. Bach's "Well-Tempered Piano Collection"

Well-tempered is a tuning method. In short, it divides the 8th interval into twelve semitones. . In Bach's time, the tuning method used was basically pure temperament, which was not conducive to modulation. Although the tuning method of equal temperament had been proposed, it was not really used until Bach. The title of "The Well-Tempered Clavier" was inscribed by Bach himself.

"The Well-Tempered Piano Collection" has two collections, each with 24 pieces. It is based on the rule of twelve semitones, starting from the key of C major and proceeding in semitones, with each tone using major. , one-word prelude and fugue respectively in minor keys, so there are 24 pieces. This masterpiece is the pinnacle of polyphonic music creation and is known as the "Bible" of piano music - the "Old Testament".

3. Music for the intermediate stage of piano teaching

1. Mozart's "Piano Sonata Collection"

Mozart composed and published 20 piano sonatas in his lifetime. It occupies an important position in all piano music creations and is also an important teaching material for learning classical music in piano teaching.

Most of Mozart's piano sonatas are composed of three movements. Since the levels of each movement are not exactly the same, you can practice the technically easier movements first, and finally practice all the movements to learn large-scale works. overall grasp.

2. Chopin's "Waltz Collection"

Chopin's waltz creation began when he was a student and continued until the end of his life. Although the waltz is not as important as the Polonaise and Mazurka in all Chopin's creations, it is deeply loved by piano music lovers for its popular and gorgeous texture, beautiful and moving melody and passionate and exciting rhythm. favor.

3. Chopin's "Nocturne"

Chopin's Nocturne is a unique piano genre with rich emotions, rich thoughts and colorful textures. It is Chopin's poetic music. concentrated expression. Learning Chopin's Nocturnes is the most effective way to learn to make your piano sing.

4. Grieg's "Lyric Piano Pieces"

Norwegian composer Grieg's "Lyric Pieces" has 10 episodes. The collection of People's Music Publishing House is from Selected from these ten episodes.

5. Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words"

Mendelssohn *** wrote 49 songs without words, 48 ??of which are included in the book, divided into 8 volumes , 6 songs per episode. The music is full of fresh, elegant and lyrical atmosphere, sometimes light and lively, sometimes graceful and beautiful, sometimes sad and sad. This is a collection of colorful, ballad-like piano music.

6. Schubert's "Impromptu"

Schubert's "Impromptu" ***8. There are 4 pieces each for Opus 90 and Opus 142. His works have smooth melodies, free use of harmony, and a lot of modulations. The most commonly used ones are works 90-2 and 4. Works 142-2, 3, and 4.

7. Tchaikovsky's "Four Seasons"

This is a piano piece that the composer was commissioned by a Petersburg magazine to write for 12 poems published monthly by the magazine. Solo piece. Each has a title, the most famous being "Barcarolle" in June and "Sleigh" in November.

In the early stage of the intermediate level, you can choose to study April-----"Pine Snow Grass", May------"Quiet Night", March------"The Skylark" "Song", in the later period, you can choose a few songs from June-----"Barcarolle", October-----"Song of Autumn", November-----"Sleigh".

8. Beethoven's "Piano Sonata Collection"

Beethoven *** wrote 32 piano sonatas, which are known as the "New Testament" of piano music and are an important tool for learning classical music. A compulsory textbook on music. Beethoven's piano sonatas are divided into three periods. The 13 pieces composed from 1794 to 1800 are the first period, which is an early style; the second period from 1801 to 1804 is also the heyday of the composer's creation. *** There are 14; the last five are late works. At the intermediate stage, you mainly learn sonatas from the first period, and you can also practice with some works from the second period.

9. "Chinese Piano Music Library" edited by Wei Tingge

Although the history of Chinese piano works is not long, from the first piano music in my country ------ From "Peace March" composed by Mr. Zhao Yuanren in 1915 to now, especially after the 1970s, a large number of good works have appeared. Compiled by Wei Tingge, Li Mingjun, and Xu Ming***, and nominated by the famous Chinese musician He Luting, this "music library" is my country's first comparatively systematic and rich collection of Chinese piano music, with 4 volumes in one volume. 95 works (including suites), more than 140 pieces available for solo use.

The above introduction is about the album. In addition, there are also many good tracks in some comprehensive selections, such as "Selected Foreign Piano Music" (1) compiled by People's Music Publishing House, Beethoven's "Six "Variations", Bohm's "Fountain"; Handelde's "The Happy Blacksmith" in "Selected Music" (2); Mozart's "Fantasia in D Minor" and Debussy's "Selected Piano Music" in Selected Music (3) "Arabic Style" two pieces and "Moonlight".

Stages of piano teaching and content of teaching materials used 3

Advanced stage of piano teaching

If we talk about the primary stage of piano teaching, we focus on the training of finger skills, learning and master various basic playing techniques. Then, as the learning deepens and the level increases, more attention should be paid to cultivating the ability to understand and express music. The focus of the advanced stage should be on the performance of music, learning techniques from music and using techniques to express music.

At this stage, works of various styles and types should be widely accepted and the range of repertoire should be expanded.

1. Etudes for the Advanced Stage of Piano Teaching

1. Moskovsky’s “Piano Technique Etudes” Op. 72

N·Mosh Kovsky (1854~1925) Polish pianist, composer and educator. After a large amount of relatively mechanical and purely technical training at the intermediate stage, before entering the advanced stage, Moskovsky's "15 Piano Technique Etudes" Op. 72 is a very good transition. It has corresponding difficulty and strong musicality. When practicing these songs, special attention should be paid to the long lines of the sentences, and the music is ups and downs, even and smooth.

2. Moselles' "24 Piano Etudes" Op. 70

L. Moselles (1794~1870) Czech-German pianist, composer, outstanding piano teacher. The preface to the music score of Moselles' "24 Piano Etudes" Op. 70 states: "The author's original intention was not to cultivate perfect mechanical skills, but to express his imagination in performance, making him good at handling the delicate levels of light and dark... ", and pointed out the four key points of "finger touch"; legato playing; playing according to the rhythm; and the correct way to practice.

The technical topics of the 24 exercises are almost all different, and the last one also uses the writing method of overture and fugue. The author notes the specific requirements and methods before each exercise. You should read carefully before practicing, and strive to understand and master during the learning process.

3. Clementi's "29 Selected Piano Etudes"

M. Clementi (1752~1832) Italian composer and pianist. Clementi's "29 Selected Piano Etudes" is also known as "The Way of Masters", "The Talent of Art" and "The Ladder to Art". It was selected by Polish composer Tausig from Clementi's 100 etudes. As a difficult exercise, this textbook by Clementi is worth recommending. Although many of them are still technical, they are effective in further improving the fingers' adaptability to various techniques. What should be particularly pointed out is:

① Each exercise in the music score is marked with fingerings, which should be studied carefully when playing. Some fingerings are awkward for the natural state of the hand or the usual usage, but as a Practice has to do this.

②In chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, and 29, the author has noted the specific practice methods and requirements. , should be done strictly.

4. Kessler's "15 Piano Etudes" Op. 20

J. Kessler (1800~1870) German pianist.

Kessler's "15 Piano Etudes" Op. 20 is an important part selected from all his etudes. It is a specialized exercise for training difficult skills.

5. The third (part) and fourth episode of Czerny's "160 8-bar Piano Etudes" Op. 821

6. Chopin's "Etude Collection" Op. 10 , Opus 25

7. One of the two Liszt concert etudes, "Howl of the Forest", the second "Dwarf Dance", the third of the three concert etudes, "Sigh", etc.

8. Liszt's "Paganini Etude"

9. Rachmaninoff's "Piano Music and Picture Etudes" Op. 33, Op. 39

10. Debussy's "12 Etudes"

11. Scriabin's "Piano Etudes"

2. Polyphony at the advanced stage of piano teaching

1. Bach's "English Suite"

Same as the title of "French Suite", "English Suite" was not named by Bach. Some people say that it was commissioned by the British to write it for It was written by a British man, hence the name. It is also said that it was influenced by British composers and was created in their model.

"English Suite" also belongs to the "Ancient Suite" genre, consisting of four basic dances, and various dances can still be inserted between Sarabande and several others. The biggest difference between the "English Suite" and the "French Suite" is that the "English Suite" has a larger prelude at the beginning, and it plays an important role in the suite. To be precise, the "English Suite" should be called the "English Suite" "Suite with Prelude", there are six groups.

2. Bach's "Partita" (also known as German Suite, Ancient Suite)

"Partita", like "French Suite" and "English Suite", are all Bach It is a masterpiece of keyboard music, more mature and has a distinct Italian style. The arrangement of the songs in this suite is not as fixed as the other two suites, and is more free. Not limited to dance music, capriccios, scherzos, humours, etc. were also used. There are 7 groups in one. Group 7 is obviously French style and is still composed of French dance music. Nowadays, there are only 6 sets of general music scores.

3. Bach's "Well-Tempered Piano Collection"

3. Music for the advanced stage of piano teaching

At this stage, it should be said that you can run freely In the world of piano music. The piano music library is like a vast ocean, inexhaustible and inexhaustible. Once you master advanced skills, the repertoire you can learn is infinite. Such as:

Beethoven's later works in "Piano Sonata".

Mozart's "Piano Sonata" K475, K498, etc.

The first piece of "Polonaise", opus 26-1; the 8th piece, opus 71-1; the 14th piece in #g minor and the 16th piece in G-flat major, etc.

"Scherzo" No. 2, Op. 31, No. 3, Op. 39, etc.

No. 3 of Liszt's "Dream of Love", "The Nightingale" adapted from Arabiev's original work, No. 3 "Tarantella" of "Venice and Naples", etc., " Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11.

Schumann's "Scenes from Childhood", "Butterfly", etc.

Debussy's "Prelude" (selected)

Chinese works:

Li Yinghai's "Sunset with Flute and Drums"

Xie Geng's " "Song of Colorful Feather Clothes"

Wang Jianzhong "A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix"

Quan Jihao "Suite - Combination of "Long and Short""

Wang Lisan " Dongshan Kuiyi Painting"

Zhao Xiaosheng's "Tai Chi" and so on.

Finger Exercises

1. "Children's Piano Finger Exercises" compiled by Li Feilan

Li Feilan (1947~) associate professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, pianist and educator.

"Children's Piano Finger Exercises" is an exercise specially written for children. This book fully takes into account the characteristics of children. The left and right exercises are all within two 8 degrees. It is relatively small in length, requires precision, and is easy for children to master.

2. Hanon's "Piano Fingering Practice"

C. L. Hanon (1820~1900) French organist and pianist.

Hanon's "Piano Finger Practice" is a very commonly used finger practice textbook in our country.

3. Schmitt's "Piano Five Finger Exercises" Op. 16

G·A. Schmitt (1821~1902) was a German pianist and composer.

This finger exercise book is divided into five-finger exercises without retained notes and with retained notes.

The above three textbooks are suitable for the enlightenment stage and the primary stage, that is, the intermediate stage.

4. Cortot's "Rational Principles of Piano Technique"

5. Margaret Long's "Piano Technique Practice"

6. Li Jialu's " "Basic Piano Technical Connections"

Expert Comments

The main line of the above etudes is still based on Czerny. Know that this is a last resort. Because, so far, there has not been a composer of basic etudes who surpassed Czerny as a whole.

In order to avoid misunderstandings, several points must be emphasized:

1. Avoid unnecessary duplication of work as much as possible. That is, there is no need to practice every etude by Czerny step by step. The best way is to concentrate on technical topics, improve the quality of training and reduce the number of repetitions. Rather less, but better. Don't waste time getting familiar with new etudes.

2. Focus on key etudes and practice them repeatedly, even for a long time. For example, the 36th song of 299 (comprehensive), the 3rd song of 740 (five fingers), the 34th song (double tone), and the 49th song (octave). . . . Individuals can "keep" a few etudes based on their own weaknesses and throw them away at will. It is best to keep one or two songs of each genre, for both left and right hands, and practice them every day.

3. Do everything possible to replace similar techniques in Czerny etudes with technical fragments from first-rate works. For example, for five-finger exercises or exercises such as scales and arpeggios, you can extract corresponding fragments from Mozart and Beethoven sonatas and practice them repeatedly. Sometimes I only practice the technically difficult parts without practicing the whole song.

4. Practice Bach more. Regardless of the many overtures and certain fugues in "Partita", "Toccata", "English Suite", "French Suite", and "Well-Tempered Collection", they are all first-class finger technique exercises, but they are also The first is a technical treasure. It would be better to spend more time practicing Bach instead of using Czerny as the only teaching material.

5. Concentrated finger exercises must be practiced every day. From beginner Hanon, to intermediate Schmitt finger exercises, to advanced Bishner and Corto finger exercises, as well as "Horowitz" exercises, "Rahamaninov exercises" and so on. , if you focus on practicing for a period of time (such as one hour) every day, you can practice fewer etudes. Concentrated finger exercises can get twice the result with half the effort. But it is too mechanical, always trying to figure out a style, which is too far from the actual technical parts in the music, and it does not necessarily gain experience in adapting to changes. Therefore, finger exercises are important, but they cannot completely replace etudes. No matter how important etudes are to improving technique, they cannot replace practicing excerpts from the works of first-rate composers. Because only they are truly the most perfect combination of art and technology - both technical and difficult, as well as musical connotation. To these fragments one should not adopt a purely mechanical attitude toward etudes or even finger exercises. Therefore, it is best to combine the three aspects--pure finger exercises, etudes, and difficult fragments of famous songs--when carrying out technical training, and practice them at the same time, and you will definitely get better results. Best results.

In short, don’t isolate technical exercises. Always treat technology as a means of musical expression, not an end.