Natural fingering : a topographical approach to pianism / Jon Verbalis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verbalis, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piano--Fingering.

Piano.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, music

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In further developing Chopin's thinking on pianism, Natural Fingering explores the keyboard's topographical symmetry and the revolutionary impact of symmetrical inversion on piano technique and pedagogy. With copious excerpts from the extant repertoire, this is the first comprehensive discussion of fingering solutions for pianists since Hummel's monumental treatise of 1828.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

About the Companion Website

Introduction

PART ONE: Fundamental Forms as Foundation

1 The Major Scales

2 The Major Connection and Minor Scales

3 Chords, Arpeggios and Extended Harmonies

4 Other Scale Fingerings

Chromatic-Diatonic Compounds

5 Core Topographies and Rational Solutions

PART TWO: The Double Note Challenge

6 Double Thirds: An Overview in an Evolutionary Context

7 Toward a More Rational Fingering for Double Notes

8 Double Sixths and Other Double Notes

PART THREE: Topography, Strategy and Symmetry

9 Fundamental Strategies

10 Fundamental Principles for a Natural Fingering

11 Topography, Symmetry and Lines of Action

PART FOUR: The Topographical Advantage, Explorations in Keyboard Space

12 Topography and Pedagogy

13 Topography and Tonality

14 Intimations of Symmetry

EPILOGUE

NOTES

GLOSSARY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-972044-4

OCLC:

953459133