Improve Your Piano Playing

For anyone with basic piano playing skills looking to dramatically improve his or her technique for performances or for personal pleasure, Dr. John Meffen offers simplified and tested techniques explained clearly, concisely, and occasionally humorously. Meffen offers a structured process of practice, making learning a new piece easy. Readers will learn:

--Techniques to eradicate recurring mistakes
--Workable fingering
--Expressive touch
--Methods to deal with tricky passages
--Proper phrasing and tone production
--Pedaling
--How to do justice to the composer’s work
--Correct interpretation of musical scores

In addition, an invaluable chapter on the inner workings of the piano will help musicians of all stages and ages choose the right piano for their needs and abilities.

Publisher: Allworth Press
Distributor: Random House, Inc.
Publication Date: 05-01-2007
Pages: 160
Measurements: 8.49in X 5.22in X .4in X .5lb