*This publication is perfect bound and has a glued spine. BOOK 1: LATE ELEMENTARY TO EARLY INTERMEDIATE. Introducing Etudes is a three-book series of studies specially designed to help students learn technique as effectively as possible. Students face a number of common technical challenges during their development as pianists. Usually, young pianists have to learn pieces from several books of etudes just to cover the basics. The pieces in this series have been carefully selected to include the best of those traditional studies, and every piece is conveniently and strategically matched to the technical challenge it was meant to teach. These pieces are arranged in order of difficulty for students from the late elementary level to the late intermediate level. In addition, the three-book series features eight original compositions by Ward Bowen written specifically to add new artistic repertoire to this genre. For convenience, a listing of technical challenges on page 3 provides a helpful resource for teachers to find the studies that are most appropriate to meet the unique needs of each student. As studies can be useful for many different purposes, they are listed by their most prominent functions. Teachers can use the studies for their primary purpose or use them creatively for added practice on a variety of techniques. This collection can be used by teachers and students to help lay a strong technical foundation for the study of repertoire. By covering the common technical challenges and introducing students to important etudes, the books are also a useful complement to any method. Contents: F. Beyer: Etude Op. 101, No. 18, C. Czerny: Etude Op. 823, No. 7, H. Berens: Etude Op. 70, No. 8, H. Berens: Etude Op. 70, No. 12, B. Bartók:Etude, from The First Term at the Piano, H. Schwing: Etude No. 4, from Easy Lessons in Piano Playing, F. Beyer: Etude Op. 101, No. 22, H. Berens: Etude Op. 70, No. 24, C. Czerny: Etude Op. 139, No. 2, H. Berens: Etude Op. 70, No. 17, C. Czerny: Etude Op. 453, No. 5, B. Bartók: Dialogue, from The First Term at the Piano, F. Beyer: Etude Op. 101, No. 48, W. Bowen: El Cisne (The Swan), W. Bowen: Once Upon a Waltz, H. Berens: Etude Op. 70, No. 13, J. L. Streabbog: A Pleasant Morning, Op. 63, J. L. Streabbog: On the Green, Op. 63, J. B. Duvernoy: Etude Op. 176, No. 3, C. Czerny: Etudes Op. 261, No. 1 and No. 2, W. Bowen: Galloping Horses, J. L. Streabbog: In a Hurry, Op. 63, B. Bartók: Etude in F, from The First Term at the Piano, H. Schwing: Etude No. 19, from Easy Lessons in Piano Playing, C. Gurlitt: The Fair, Op. 101

*This publication is perfect bound and has a glued spine. INTRODUCING ETUDES FOR BUILDING PIANO TECHNIQUE BOOK 2: EARLY INTERMEDIATE TO INTERMEDIATE. Introducing Etudes is a three-book series of studies specially designed to help students learn technique as effectively as possible. Students face a number of common technical challenges during their development as pianists. Usually, young pianists have to learn pieces from several books of etudes just to cover the basics. The pieces in this series have been carefully selected to include the best of those traditional studies, and every piece is conveniently and strategically matched to the technical challenge it was meant to teach. These pieces are arranged in order of difficulty for students from the late elementary level to the late intermediate level. In addition, the three-book series features eight original compositions by Ward Bowen written specifically to add new artistic repertoire to this genre. For convenience, a listing of technical challenges on page 3 provides a helpful resource for teachers to find the studies that are most appropriate to meet the unique needs of each student. As studies can be useful for many different purposes, they are listed by their most prominent functions. Teachers can use the studies for their primary purpose or use them creatively for added practice on a variety of techniques. This collection can be used by teachers and students to help lay a strong technical foundation for the study of repertoire. By covering the common technical challenges and introducing students to important etudes, the books are also a useful complement to any method. Contents: C. Czerny: Etude Op. 139, No. 26, W. Bowen: Harvest Dance, C. Gurlitt: Waltz, Op. 101, R. Schumann: Chorale, Op. 68, F. Le Couppey: Etude Op. 17, No. 2, J. B. Duvernoy: Etude Op. 176, No. 10, J. L. Streabbog: Wild Flowers, Op. 64, F. Le Couppey: Etude Op. 17, No. 4, J. L. Streabbog: Chasing Butterflies, Op. 63, C. Gurlitt: The Sunshiny Morning, Op. 101, J. B. Duvernoy: Etude Op. 176, No. 24, J. B. Duvernoy: Etude Op. 176, No. 16, J. F. F. Burgmüller: Arabesque, Op. 100, J. L. Streabbog: Leap-Frog, Op. 64, L. Köhler: Etude Op. 157, No. 2, C. Czerny: Etude Op. 453, No. 18, W. Bowen: Reflections, J. F. F. Burgmüller: The Chatterbox, Op. 100, J. Concone: Etude Op. 24, No. 6, J. F. F. Burgmüller: Harmony of the Angels, Op. 100, C. Gurlitt: Etude Op. 141, No. 4, W. Bowen: Dance of the Dandelions, C. Czerny: Etude Op. 599, No. 83

*This publication is perfect bound and has a glued spine. Introducing Etudes is a three-book series of studies specially designed to help students learn technique as effectively as possible. Students face a number of common technical challenges during their development as pianists. Usually, young pianists have to learn pieces from several books of etudes just to cover the basics. The pieces in this series have been carefully selected to include the best of those traditional studies, and every piece is conveniently and strategically matched to the technical challenge it was meant to teach. These pieces are arranged in order of difficulty for students from the late elementary level to the late intermediate level. In addition, the three-book series features eight original compositions by Ward Bowen written specifically to add new artistic repertoire to this genre. For convenience, a listing of technical challenges on page 3 provides a helpful resource for teachers to find the studies that are most appropriate to meet the unique needs of each student. As studies can be useful for many different purposes, they are listed by their most prominent functions. Teachers can use the studies for their primary purpose or use them creatively for added practice on a variety of techniques. This collection can be used by teachers and students to help lay a strong technical foundation for the study of repertoire. By covering the common technical challenges and introducing students to important etudes, the books are also a useful complement to any method. Contents: J. B. Duvernoy: Etude Op. 120, No.1, J. F. F. Burgmüller: The Little Reunion, Op. 100, J. Concone: Etude Op. 24, No. 23, J. Concone: Etude Op. 24, No. 8, J. L. Streabbog: The Whirlwind, Op. 64, J. F. F. Burgmüller: The Storm, Op. 109, W. Bowen: The Great Escape, C. Czerny: Op. 139, No. 55, S. Heller: Etude Op. 47, No. 2, W. Bowen: Baroque Homage, J. F. F. Burgmüller: The Swallow, Op. 100, C. Gurlitt: Free Fancies, Op. 101, C. Gurlitt: Etude Op. 141, No. 14, F. Le Couppey: Etude Op. 17, No. 9, C. Gurlitt: Etude Op. 141, No. 7, H. Bertini: Etude Op. 29, No. 9, J. Concone: Etude Op. 24, No. 11, H. Bertini: Etude Op. 29, No. 22, J. B. Duvernoy: Etude Op. 120, No. 4

This essential collection of 100 piano études is divided into 15 units that survey the technical challenges at the early intermediate, intermediate, and late intermediate levels. The early units review technical issues that students experience at the elementary levels, such as five-finger patterns and articulations. The later units introduce more difficult technical challenges that prepare students for advanced repertoire, such as playing ornamentation, octaves, and large chords. Each unit contains between five and ten études written by master composers from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods. Within each unit, the études are arranged in order of difficulty. Each piece appears in its original form; notes have not been added or removed. The composers' original dynamics, tempo marks, phrase indications, and articulations have been preserved. Ornamentation is realized in footnotes. Added measure numbers provide easy reference, and editorial suggestions for fingering and pedaling have been provided. A concise foreword discusses technique at the intermediate levels. Two indexes are included: one by unit and technical skill, and another by level and composer. Unit listing: * Five-Finger Patterns * Articulation * Coordination between the Hands * Scales * Triads, Inversions, and Broken Chords * Double Notes * Left-Hand Development * Velocity * Arpeggios * Finger and Hand Independence * Repeated Notes * Accompaniment Patterns * Ornamentation * Octaves * Four- and Five-Note Chords Titles: * Alla Tarantella (from 12 Études), Op. 39, No. 2 (MacDowell) * Étude in A Minor ("Arabesque") (from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies), Op. 100, No. 2 (Burgmüller) * Étude in B-flat Major (from 25 Melodious Studies), Op. 108, No. 10 (Schytte) * Étude in C Major (from Practical Method for the Pianoforte), Op. 249, No. 65 (Köhler) * Étude in F Major (from The First Steps of the Young Pianist), Op. 82, No. 39 (Gurlitt) * Étude in G Major (from 25 Elementary Studies), Op. 176, No. 20 (Duvernoy) * Étude in D Minor ("Warrior's Song") (from 25 Melodic Studies), Op. 45, No. 15 (Heller) * Étude in G Minor (from Training of the Left Hand), Op. 89, Book II, No. 6 (Berens) * Exercise in C Major (from Étude for the Pianoforte), Op. 39, No. 1 (Cramer) * Little Étude (from Album for the Young), Op. 68, No. 14 (Schumann) * Maria (romanza sin palabras) (from Six Expressive Studies) (Granados) * Menuetto (from First Term at the Piano), Sz. 53, No. 16 (Bartók) and many more!

This practical resource provides foundational tools for scale, chord and arpeggio playing; exercises for developing precision, speed, agility and clarity of tone; and exercises and etudes that focus on a variety of technical challenges.

Brahms composed these melodic finger exercises for use in preparation for performing his more challenging piano works. They encompass a great many technical problems found in piano music composed up to and including the Romantic period. Great emphasis is placed on finger independence as well as on the total independence of hands.

Now your students will have the technical tools needed to achieve artistic performances. They will encounter skills in four areas—playing naturally (physical aspects), moving freely (around the keyboard), playing beautifully (tone production) and playing artistically. The technical goals are accomplished through three types of activities—patterned exercises with necessary repetitions to make the technique feel natural, artistic etudes that showcase the student’s technique in an artistic musical setting and appealing and descriptive exercises called Technique Tools. The nine Technique Tools in Level 1A relate to relaxed shoulders, arm weight, moving freely, strong fingertips, finger weights, repeated notes, thumb position, finger independence and gentle hand rock. Each page in the Technique Book correlates with a specific page in the Lesson Book; when the Lesson, Theory, Performance and Technique books are used together, they offer a fully integrated and unparalleled comprehensive approach to piano instruction.

This compact disc correlates directly to the Warm-Ups and Etudes in Piano Technique Book 3. All track numbers for use with the compact disc are clearly indicated in the book, and are listed on the actual CD as well. These fully-orchestrated accompaniments by Hal Leonard Student Piano Library method author Phillip Keveren are a delightful way to enhance students' lessons, and are a sure way to guarantee practice success. Whenever we have included CD accompaniments for any series within the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. The CD format is as follows - each piece has two tracks. The first track is at a practice tempo with the solo piano part, and the second track is at a performance tempo without the piano solo part.

This edition is comprised of 86 different technical exercises composed by Liszt during 1868 to 1880. Liszt intended these highly challenging exercises to build greater performance skills in virtuoso pianists. The complete series consists of twelve volumes, each one dealing with a different pianistic problem. This edition has been compiled from the original set to present the exercises in a reasonable length without harming the essence and effectiveness of the original work.