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Creative health for pianists : concepts, exercises & compositions / Pedro de Alcantara.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alcantara, Pedro de, 1958- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Piano--Methods.
- Piano.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (425 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- 'Creative Health for Pianists' is a practical method book with an innovative approach for musicians of all abilities. Author Pedro de Alcantara invites the pianist-reader to adopt the frame of mind of an improviser and composer, exploring the secrets of music from inside out. The book presents, explains, and develops original exercises and compositions suitable for beginners and accomplished pianists alike.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Creative Health for Pianists
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Photo Credits
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Companion Website
- Introduction
- 1 Dialogue
- 2 Heartbreak
- 3 Seesaw
- 4 Celeste
- 5 The Circle
- 6 Gesture
- 7 Advanced Seesaw
- 8 Sonic Play
- 9 Horn Call
- 10 Mudra
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Practicing the Circle of Fifths
- Resources
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 19, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: de Alcantara, Pedro Creative Health for Pianists
- ISBN:
- 0-19-760025-5
- 0-19-760023-9
- 0-19-760022-0
- OCLC:
- 1379492702
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