Book contents

The current manuscript, including introductory material, teaching chapters, and reference appendices, in reading order. Opening-only chapters describe their intended material; exercises are still forthcoming.

Front matter

The Art of Piano Technique — Guide and notes
From Practice to Music — Guide and notes
Contents and study guide — Guide and notes

Introduction

1. How to Use This Book — Guide and notes
2. What “Technique” Actually Means — Includes practice material
3. Efficient Practice: Accuracy, Relaxation, Speed — Includes practice material
4. Building a Technique Routine — Includes practice material
5. Notation, Fingering, and Practice Symbols — Includes practice material

Part I — Finger Coordination and Control

6. Five-Finger Patterns — Includes practice material
6A. Basic Piano Touches — Includes practice material
6B. Dynamics and Gradual Change — Includes practice material
7. Hanon Exercises 1–20 — Includes practice material
8. Repeated Notes — Includes practice material
9. Trills, Mordents, and Turns — Includes practice material

Part II — Scales

10. Major Scales — Includes practice material
11. Minor Scales — Includes practice material
12. Formula-Pattern Scales — Includes practice material
13. Contrary-Motion Scales — Includes practice material
14. Chromatic Scales — Includes practice material
15. Scales in Rhythmic Variations — Includes practice material
16. Scales in Thirds, Sixths, and Tenths — Includes practice material
17. Scales in Octaves — Includes practice material
18. Repertoire Applications of Scale Technique — Includes practice material

Part III — Chords and Arpeggios

19. Major and Minor Triads — Includes practice material
19A. Chord Colors on One Root — Includes practice material
20. Chord Inversions — Includes practice material
21. Block Chord Technique — Includes practice material
22. Broken Chords — Includes practice material
23. Four-Octave Arpeggios — Includes practice material
24. Cadences — Includes practice material
25. Repeated Chords and Wrist Technique — Includes practice material

Part IV — Double Notes and Octaves

26. Thirds — Includes practice material
27. Sixths — Includes practice material
28. Other Double-Note Patterns — Includes practice material
29. Octaves — Includes practice material
30. Chordal Octaves and Large Sonorities — Includes practice material

Part V — Rhythm and Coordination

31. Hand Independence — Includes practice material
32. Two Against Three — Includes practice material
33. Three Against Four — Includes practice material
34. Other Cross-Rhythms — Includes practice material
35. Syncopation and Off-Beat Coordination — Includes practice material
36. Changing Meters and Rhythmic Displacement — Includes practice material

Part VI — Voicing and Polyphony

37. Melody Over Accompaniment — Includes practice material
38. Voicing Within a Chord — Includes practice material
39. Two Voices in One Hand — Includes practice material
40. Three- and Four-Voice Independence — Includes practice material
41. Bach as Technique — Includes practice material
42. Independent Articulation — Includes practice material

Part VII — Movement Across the Keyboard

43. Leaps and Rapid Position Changes — Includes practice material
44. Landing Accurately Without Looking — Includes practice material
45. Wide Arpeggiated Figures — Includes practice material
46. Hand Crossing — Includes practice material
47. Thumb Under vs. Lateral Motion — Includes practice material
48. Rotation, Lateral Motion, and Forearm Movement — Includes practice material

Part VIII — Pedaling

49. Basic Damper Pedaling — Includes practice material
50. Legato Pedaling — Includes practice material
51. Half Pedal and Partial Pedal — Includes practice material
52. Syncopated Pedaling — Includes practice material
53. Pedaling Broken Chords and Arpeggios — Includes practice material
54. Pedal Changes in Impressionist Music — Includes practice material
55. Una Corda and Sostenuto Pedal — Includes practice material

Part IX — Technique in the Repertoire

56. Bach — Finger Independence and Polyphony — Includes practice material
57. Mozart — Scale Clarity and Classical Articulation — Includes practice material
58. Beethoven — Chords, Octaves, Scales, and Leaps — Includes practice material
59. Schubert — Repeated Chords and Accompaniment — Includes practice material
60. Chopin — Arpeggios, Double Notes, and Polyrhythms — Includes practice material
61. Schumann — Voicing — Includes practice material
62. Scarlatti — Repeated Notes and Hand Crossing — Includes practice material
63. Liszt — Octaves, Leaps, and Large Gestures — Includes practice material
64. Debussy — Pedaling, Voicing, and Color — Includes practice material

Part X — Mixed Technical Studies

65. Mixed Study 1 — Scales + Chords — Includes practice material
66. Mixed Study 2 — Arpeggios + Leaps — Includes practice material
67. Mixed Study 3 — Thirds + Trills — Includes practice material
68. Mixed Study 4 — Octaves + Repeated Chords — Opening only
69. Mixed Study 5 — Polyrhythm + Voicing — Opening only
70. Mixed Study 6 — Advanced Coordination — Opening only
71. Capstone Study — Multiple Techniques Combined — Opening only

Part XI — Practice Programs

72. 20-Minute Daily Routine — Includes practice material
73. 30-Minute Daily Routine — Opening only
74. 45-Minute Daily Routine — Opening only
75. Three-Day Rotation — Opening only
76. Seven-Day Rotation — Opening only
77. Key Rotation System — Opening only
78. Beginner-to-Intermediate Technique Plan — Opening only
79. Intermediate-to-Advanced Technique Plan — Opening only
80. Maintaining Technique When Time Is Limited — Opening only
81. Turning Difficult Repertoire Into an Exercise — Opening only

Appendices

Appendix A. Complete Scale Fingering Charts — Includes practice material
Appendix B. Complete Arpeggio Fingering Charts — Includes practice material
Appendix C. Chord and Inversion Reference — Includes practice material
Appendix D. Cadence Reference in Every Key — Opening only
Appendix E. Polyrhythm Grids — Opening only
Appendix F. Technique Checklist — Opening only
Appendix G. Repertoire Index by Technique — Opening only
Appendix H. Public-Domain Repertoire Sources — Opening only
Appendix I. Additional Scale Colors and Patterns — Opening only
Appendix J. Hanon 1–20: Complete Routes — Includes practice material

Editorial notes

Sources and review notes — Guide and notes