PIANO
PEDAGOGY
FORUM
v. 2, no. 3/September 1, 1999

FORUM ON PIANO PERFORMANCE

Technical Exercises: Use Them or Lose Them?

by Brenda Wristen

References

  1. Nelita True at Eastman, "Technique Through Listening," vol. 3 (Kansas City, MO: SH Productions, 1991), videotape series.
  2. The Taubman Techniques, tape 1, produced and directed by Enid Stettner, 2 hours (Medusa, NY: The Taubman Institute of Piano, 1994), videotape series, 1:09:09.
  3. George Kochevitsky, The Art of Piano Playing: A Scientific Approach. (Evanston, Illinois: Summy-Birchard, 1967): 40.
  4. William Newman, The Pianist's Problems (New York: Harper and Bros., 1956), 33.
  5. Newman, 34.
  6. Newman, 36.
  7. Thomas Fielden, The Science of Pianoforte Technique (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1927; reprint, 1961), 34-44 (page references are to the reprint edition).
  8. Matthay, 3, 3E-4E.
  9. Richard A. Magill, Motor Learning: Concepts and Applications, 5th ed. (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998), 226.
  10. Magill, 227.
  11. Magill, 130.
  12. Magill, 231.
  13. Magill, 233-34.
  14. Magill, 237.
  15. Taubman, tape 1.
  16. Kochevitsky, 38-45.
  17. Gyorgy Sandor, On Piano Playing (New York: Schirmer, 1981), 155-56.
  18. AIice G. Brandfonbrener, "Harmful Practices That Cause Injuries," Clavier 33 (Feb. 1994): 15; Hunter J.H. Fry, "Overuse Syndromes in Instrumental Musicians," Seminars in Neurology 9 June 1989): 139.

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