A must have for all pianists seeking a creative approach to developing left and right hand coordination. The exercises and solos (based on the chord changes to well-known standards) are rhythmic, colorful, and fun to play. The chapters cover six specific areas of left hand development and left/right hand integration, with practical application from standard jazz tunes in the form of musical solo piano pieces. This book will definitely be an essential part of your practice routine. Besides improving your hand coordination, it will challenge you to think differently about it. All of the concepts are easily applicable to the real world. Highly endorsed! Pianist Emiko Hayashi has written a very comprehensive, challenging yet very accessible method book. With exercises designed for left hand alone and exercises designed to develop interplay between the hands, I wholeheartedly recommend this book. I\'ve already started practicing! - Kenny Barron In Etudes for Jazz Piano Emiko Hayashi illuminates a challenge that faces scores of jazz pianists at all levels; that of integrating the left hand in improvisation in a meaningful way, not only as an accompanist, but as an integral part of the whole. By taking various jazz standards and creating etudes specifically for the left hand as well as for developing coordination and the conversational aspects between the left and right hands, Ms. Hayashi illustrates many possibilities for expanding one�s technical and expressive range. I would think this set of etudes would be extremely useful to jazz pianists at any stage of development since the obvious outcome of the study will improve one�s ability to play melodically and expressively throughout the keyboard, without regard to the traditional roles of the left and right hands. - Todd Coolman It is understood that all musicians must play piano. Emiko\'s book fills a void for non-pianists addressing specific technical problems which will help towards being able to use the piano to improve and enlarge one\'s playing and composing, no matter what instrument you play. This is a hands-on book directed towards immediate results. - David Liebman

Christian Köhn is a pianist with a deep understanding of Brahms' piano music. Now he has edited a new Urtext edition of Brahms' variations (1861) on an eight-bar theme from Handel's 'Keyboard Suite #1? ('Suite de pièces de Clavecin?, Vol. 2).Köhn has drawn on every available source and incorporated the most recent musicological discoveries. With his fingering, a well-presented layout and optimum page turns, the volume meets all the demands of a practical performing edition.A detailed foreword illuminates the work's genesis and sources while presenting valuable information on contemporary performance practice. This scholarly-critical edition of the 'Handel Variations? adds a central work to Bärenreiter's comprehensive series of Brahms' piano music in Urtext editions.- Urtext edition based on all known sources and the latest musicological findings- With optimum page turns- Informative foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng)- Includes fingering and suggestions on performance practice (Ger/Eng) / Piano

Par WATERMAN FANNY. Fanny Waterman DEB est devenue une légende dans sa propre vie. L'édition originale de cet ouvrage, publié en 1983, distillé les connaissances et l'expérience d'un brillant professeur de piano en 45 ans de carrière. Vingt ans plus tard, cette nouvelle édition a été mis à jour pour refléter la que Dame Fanny plus récentes expériences. Un aperçu du livre de principes fondamentaux de la technique de jeu et de musicalité, il est judicieux conseils pratiques et illuminer une tournure de phrase ont bénéficié infiniment tous ceux qui enseignent et tous ceux qui apprennent le piano. Maintenant entièrement mis à jour, Dame Fanny offre quelques pensées inspirants et les mots de conseils non seulement pour les pianistes, mais pour tous les musiciens. Le livre comprend maintenant un nouveau chapitre sur le monde des concours (locales, nationales et internationales), pour lequel elle est devenue célèbre et une annexe avec certains de la réflexion et souvent source d'inspiration ' règles et maximes pour jeunes pianistes ' de Robert Schumann, qui sont encore étonnamment rafraîchissante et pertinentes pour les musiciens d'aujourd'hui./ Méthode / Piano

Par CHOPIN FREDERIC. The Complete Chopin ? A New Critical Edition from Edition Peters is firmly established as the most important ongoing scholarly edition of Chopin?s music and is a must for any discerning pianist. The world?s foremost Chopin editors, under Editor-in-chief John Rink, bring their unrivalled collective knowledge to imbue the project with unique authority, drawing upon the latest international scholarship. The Complete Chopin prioritizes the needs of the practical pianist and provides a beautifully presented performing text of each work based on a single principal source together with important variants, along with thorough critical commentaries and illuminating prefatory essays in English, French and German. Chopin?s etudes occupy a central position in piano literature. Prized by generations of the greatest pianists as the supreme examples in the genre, their reputation rests on their not only challenging specific aspects of a pianist?s technique, but also for being great music, transcending the genre of mere ?study?. In this edition of opus 10 (the earlier of Chopin?s two sets of studies, ending with the famous \'Revolutionary\' etude), pianist and musicologist Roy Howat presents a new edition which addresses many of the misunderstandings created by a very poorly engraved first French edition (containing errors which were then carried over to the German and English editions) ? an edition which nevertheless included many important revisions made at proof stage. Using this first French edition as a primary source, Howat produces an Urtext edition which, while recording noteworthy variants from a variety of sources, is not a ?conflated? version, but a coherent performing edition in its own right, ideal for all who aspire to play these cornerstones of piano repertoire in an informed way. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Recueil / Piano

19 Pieces by French Composers in Progressive Order - Upper Elementary Level. This five volume series, at five levels of difficulty, compiles carefully selected music for piano students by various French composers, much of which will be new to many teachers, allowing for fresh discoveries. Each volume is in progressive order, and includes composer biographies. 'Points for Practice and Teaching” illuminate special issues for the student, and can be used as a lesson plan for the teacher for teaching a piece. / Niveau : Fin Elémentaire / Recueil / Piano

Par FLAMENT NATALIA. En parlant de la danse classique on imagine toujours une fragile danseuse, raffinée, vêtue d'un tutu pailleté et de pointes satinées. Mais on oublie souvent (et à tort !) ceux, grâce à qui cette finesse et cette féminité sont mises en valeur : les garçons. Ce sont les partenaires incontournables lors des présentations scéniques : leur force durant les grands portés en Pas de deux et Grands adages rassure la jolie princesse tout en soulignant son image légère et vaporeuse - la fiabilité de leurs appuis au moment des grandes pirouettes fait tourner la tête des spectateurs - leurs envols en grands sauts déclenchent des tempêtes d'applaudissements ! Qu'ils soient souvent minoritaires en cours de danse classique, leur morphologie ainsi que les qualités techniques de leurs pas spécifiques doivent être mises en valeur et méritent une attention particulière. C'est pour cette raison que j'ai décidé de consacrer la grande partie de ce volume aux exercices pour les garçons, car, à mon sens, ces 'perles rares' des classes de danse doivent être traités avec beaucoup de soin. Ils ont le droit à leurs propres exercices au milieu de la salle (pendant que les filles mettent leur pointes !), et avec la réponse adaptée par la qualité d'accompagnement : les schémas harmoniques les plus clairs sont là pour souligner la stabilité et la force d'appui - le volume sonore et le diapason mélodique du morceau doivent correspondre aux amplitudes des mouvements et aux déplacements du danseur dans l'espace - les tempos des morceaux s'adaptent aux niveaux et aux exigences techniques des exercices. Il est impossible d'imaginer les spectacles de danse sans variations : ce sont les moments très émouvants tant pour les danseurs que pour leurs spectateurs (et pour les professeurs aussi !). Ce sont en quelque sorte des résumés de performances techniques acquises durant l'année scolaire. J'ajoute à ce volume trois variations différentes (une pour garçons, deux pour filles : sur demi-pointes et sur pointes) afin d'assurer un choix optimal pour les professeurs de danse. Et à la fin de la prestation - les saluts et les révérences ! Les ports de bras accompagnent les inclinaisons du corps. L'intention de mouvements exprime la gratitude et la reconnaissance, et les regards des danseurs s'illuminent en dialogue avec leur public ! Le moment est venu de le remercier pour sa fidélité, son attention et son intérêt porté à cet art éternel ! / Classique / Etude / Piano

Par CHOPIN FREDERIC. The Complete Chopin ? A New Critical Edition from Edition Peters is firmly established as the most important ongoing scholarly edition of Chopin\'s music and is a must for any discerning pianist. The world?s foremost Chopin editors, under Editor-in-chief John Rink, bring their unrivalled collective knowledge to imbue the project with unique authority, drawing upon the latest international scholarship. The Complete Chopin prioritizes the needs of the practical pianist and provides a beautifully presented performing text of each work based on a single principal source together with important variants, along with thorough critical commentaries and illuminating prefatory essays in English, French and German. Chopin\'s early Nocturne in E-flat major is one of his most popular works. First published in 1832, it has a charming, vocally-inspired melody in the treble with a serenade-like accompaniment in the left hand. Edited by leading Chopin scholar, Christophe Grabowksi, this volume presents two versions of the Nocturne: one based on the most definitive impression of the French first edition released during Chopin?s lifetime, the second a pioneering compilation of all the variants to have flowed from Chopin?s pen after the work was first completed. This second text allows pianists to create their own versions of the Nocturne by combining variants as they wish, thereby drawing inspiration directly from Chopin\'s boundless imagination. Edited by leading Chopin scholar, Christophe Grabowksi, as part of the Edition Peters series The Complete Chopin (series editors: John Rink, Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, Jim Samson, Christophe Grabowski). Ground-breaking format, presenting both an Urtext reading and a version with all variants attributable to Chopin, allowing pianists to create their own version. / Date parution : 2022-07-28/ Répertoire / Piano

1ère Arabesque. Clair De Lune. Sarabande. Doctor Gradus And Parnassum. The Little Shephered. Golliwogg'S Cake Walk. The Little Nigar. Danseuses De Delphes. Des Pas Sur La Neige. La Fille Au Cheveux De Lin. La Plus Que Lente. Elegie. Pour L'Oeuvre De `Vêtement De Blessé`. Les Soirs Illuminés Par L'Ardeur Du Charbon