The art of teaching piano : the classic guide and reference book for all piano teachers / edited by Denes Agay ; associate editor, Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs ; contributing authors, Denes Agay...[et al].

Contributor Agay, Denes.

Imprint:New York : Yorktown Music Press, 2004.

Description519 p. : ill., music ; 26 cm.

Note:Originally published: New York, Yorktown Music Press, 1981, with title: Teaching piano: a comprehensive guide and reference book for the instructor.

Note:Foreword/Denes Agay -- 1.Essentials of piano performance. Elements of technique/Denes Agay -- Tempo/Denes Agay -- The metronome/Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs -- Rythum/Denes Agay -- Teaching Rythum/Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs -- Dynamics/Denes Agay -- The riddle of the phrase/Denes Agay -- Phrasing and articulation/Denes Agay -- Fingering/Walter Robert -- Pedaling technique/Joseph Banowetz -- Ornamentation: theory and practice/Denes Agay-- 2. Theory and basic keyboard skills. Theory the elementary aspects; an overview and selected list of texts/ Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs -- Theory: the basis of musicianship/Rosetta Goodkind -- Scales modes, and related terms: a glossary/Dened Agay -- Glossary of musical forms and dance types/Denes Agay -- The fundamentals of music notation/Denes Agay -- Sight reading : the basics, step by step/Denes Agay -- Memorization and performing from memory/Denes Agay -- Improvisation/Sylvia Rabinoff -- 3. Approaches to specific teaching tasks. The very young beginner/Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs -- The adult beginner/Hadassah Sahr -- Group piano teaching/Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs -- the piano teacher and the handicapped student/Anita Louise Steele -- Recitals/Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs. 4. Survey of style and idoms. Styles in composition and performance/Denes Agay -- The search for authenticity (the lost art of thoroughbass playing)/Denes Agay -- Baroque keyboard instruments/Denes Agay -- Twentieth century music: an analysis and appreciation/Judith Lang Zaimont -- What is jazz?/Stuart Isacoff -- Jazz and the [piano teacher/Denes Agay -- Arangements to teach or not to teach them/Denes Agay -- Chartof frequently used chords/Denes Agay -- 5. Aspects of pedagogy. The training of the piano teacher/Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs -- Four way piano teaching : criticism, demonstration, analysis, inspiration/Walter Robert -- What are the elements of a good piano lesson?/May L. Etts -- Rote playing and rote teaching/Denes Agay -- The tape recorder: an indispensible teaching aid/Yida Novick -- the teacher-student relationship: some common sense suggestions/Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs -- Parental involvement/Denes Agay -- Appendix 1. The master teachers and their pupils/Denes Agay -- Appendix 2. The keyboard composers: a selected chronological list/Denes Agay.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-504) and index.

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