Adaptive Strategies For Small Handed Pianists

Author : Lora Deahl
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190616857
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adaptive Strategies for Small-handed Pianists written by Lora Deahl and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptive Strategies for Small-Handed Pianists brings together information from biomechanics, ergonomics, physics, anatomy, medicine, and piano pedagogy to focus on the subject of small-handedness. The first comprehensive study of its kind, the book opens with an overview of historical, anatomical, and pedagogical perspectives and redresses long-held biases concerning those who struggle at the piano because of issues with hand size. A discussion of work efficiency, the human anatomy, and the constraints of physics serves as the theoretical basis for a focused analysis of healthy movement and piano technique as they relate to small-handedness. Separate chapters deal with specific alternative approaches: redistribution, refingering, strategies to maximize reach and power, and musical solutions for technical problems. Richly illustrated with hundreds of examples from a wide range of piano repertoire, the book is an incomparable resource for piano teachers and students, written in language that is accessible to a broad audience. It balances scholastic rigor with practical experience in the field to demonstrate that the unique physical and musical needs of the small-handed can be addressed in sensitive and appropriate ways.

Author : Lora Deahl
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190850183
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adaptive Strategies for Small-Handed Pianists written by Lora Deahl and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptive Strategies for Small-Handed Pianists brings together information from biomechanics, ergonomics, physics, anatomy, medicine, and piano pedagogy to focus on the subject of small-handedness. The first comprehensive study of its kind, the book opens with an overview of historical, anatomical, and pedagogical perspectives and redresses long-held biases concerning those who struggle at the piano because of issues with hand size. A discussion of work efficiency, the human anatomy, and the constraints of physics serves as the theoretical basis for a focused analysis of healthy movement and piano technique as they relate to small-handedness. Separate chapters deal with specific alternative approaches: redistribution, refingering, strategies to maximize reach and power, and musical solutions for technical problems. Richly illustrated with hundreds of examples from a wide range of piano repertoire, the book is an incomparable resource for piano teachers and students, written in language that is accessible to a broad audience. It balances scholastic rigor with practical experience in the field to demonstrate that the unique physical and musical needs of the small-handed can be addressed in sensitive and appropriate ways.

Author : Donna Louise Gunn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199396647
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discoveries from the Fortepiano written by Donna Louise Gunn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The focus of this book is limited to the performance of late-eighteenth-century keyboard music"--Page xii.

Author : Kenneth Hamilton
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0195178262
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After the Golden Age written by Kenneth Hamilton and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamilton dissects the oft invoked myth of a 'Great Tradition', or Golden Age of pianism. He then goes on to discuss the performance style great pianists, from Liszt to Paderewski, and delves into the far from inevitable development of the piano recital.

Author : Samuel Z. Solomon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199920362
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Write for Percussion written by Samuel Z. Solomon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction. How this book is organized ; Instruments covered ; Working with percussionists ; Location specifics ; The value of not reading this book.

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Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medical Problems of Performing Artists written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce Adolphe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197576311
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mind's Ear written by Bruce Adolphe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mind's Ear offers a unique approach to stimulating the musical imagination and inspiring creativity, as well as providing detailed exercises aimed at improving the ability to read and imagine music in silence, in the mind's ear. Modelling his exercises on those used in theatre games and acting classes and drawing upon years of experience with improvisation and composition, Bruce Adolphe has written a compelling, valuable, and practical guide to musical creativity that can benefit music students at all levels and help music teachers be more effective and inspiring. This expanded edition offers 34 new exercises inspired by improv comedy, hip-hop sampling and loops, robots, and AI as well as a new section based on Mr. Adolphe's Piano Puzzlers segment on public radio's Performance Today. The book provides provocative ideas and useful tools for professional performers and composers, as well as offering games and exercises to serious listeners that can increase their musical understanding and level of engagement with music in a variety of ways.

Author : Valerie Clare Cisler
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190855048
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Functional Skills for Pianists written by Valerie Clare Cisler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2022 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Functional Skills for Pianists addresses the need for a comprehensive anthology of musical examples in a wide variety of styles (Baroque through Modern) for keyboard majors (performance, pedagogy, collaborative pianists), keyboard principals (music education, music therapy, music business,church music, liberal arts majors), and composition/theory students. Its Topical structure allows teachers the freedom to design lessons that meet varied abilities and needs of students. It is Comprehensive on two levels: 1) it includes introductory guidelines on fundamentals followed by numerousexamples that are sequenced from beginning through advanced levels and 2) while it covers the development of skills found in beginning texts, it extends to more demanding sight reading material and substantive sections on figured bass realization and jazz/popular music harmonization. Currently,there is not a book on the market that covers such a wide variety and range of functional keyboard skills.

Author : David Leisner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190693339
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Playing with Ease written by David Leisner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playing with Ease is a book about ergonomic technique for the guitar, as well as other instruments. Renowned classical guitarist David Leisner offers an introduction to the basic anatomy of movement, advice on relieving unnecessary tension, pioneering ideas about engaging large muscles, and tips for practicing and concert preparation.

Author : Kerala J. Snyder
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195144155
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Organ as a Mirror of Its Time written by Kerala J. Snyder and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because it has always represented a rich collaboration of the music, art, architecture, handicraft and science of its day, the organ, more than any other instrument, continues to reflect the spirit of the age in which it was built. This collection of essays, by leading scholars of the organ, follows the history of six organs in Scandinavia and Northern Germany, telling a unique story of the cultural history of northern Europe during the past four centuries. A CD with appropriate repertoire played on each of the six instruments accompanies the book.