Essential Piano Technique Primer B: Making waves E-Book

Roskell Penelope

• Herausgeber: Faber Music Limited
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: Essential Piano Technique
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 38

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

The full eBook version of Essential Piano Technique Primer B: Making waves in fixed-layout format. Winner of Education Publication of the Year at the Presto Music Awards 2023 Penelope Roskell, author of the award-winning book The Complete Pianist, is recognized as one of the world's leading exponents of a natural and healthy piano technique. Her series Essential Piano Technique draws on the principles of The Complete Pianist to develop a strong foundation of healthy technique, helping young pianists to progress rapidly and confidently through the early stages of piano playing. - Can be used by beginner pianists alongside existing tutor books to enhance the teaching of good technique - Includes detailed notes for teachers, giving learning objectives and teaching tips - Links to free videos show technique in practice - Fun activities, illustrations and imaginative original music throughout - Teacher accompaniment duets provide a rich musical experiencePenelope Roskell is a Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London. She is a world-leader in the field of healthy piano playing, and Piano Adviser to the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine. Her award-winning book, The Complete Pianist, is the leading book on healthy piano technique. As a soloist she has performed in major concert halls in more than thirty countries. Books in the series include: Primer A: from the first lesson to legato and staccato Primer B: from dynamics to scales and broken chords Level 1: from hands-together to Grade 1

Leseprobe

PENELOPE ROSKELL’S COMPLETE

PIANIST SERIES

Essential Piano Technique

PRIMER B

by

Penelope Roskell

Original music by Aaron Burrows

Song lyrics by Carl Heap

Illustrations by Eilidh Muldoon

EDITION

PETERS

PUBLISHED BY FABER MUSIC

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Hand drawings: Sabrina Quintero

Icons (glasses, parachutes, stars, etc.) designed by Freepik from Flaticon.

Copyright © 2010–2022 Freepik Company S.L.

Music engraving: John Rogers

Cover portrait of Penelope Roskell by kind permission of John Batten

© 2023 by Peters Edition Ltd, London

All rights reserved.

Any unauthorized reproduction is prohibited by law.

ISBN 978-0-57159-292-0

Author acknowledgements

These books would not have been possible without the support of many friends and colleagues.

In particular I would like to thank:

Edition Peters and Andrew Hanley for commissioning and supporting this project.

Phil Croydon, editor, for his valuable advice and meticulous attention to detail.

Aaron Burrows and Carl Heap for their inspiring original music and words.

Ryan Morison and Informance for production of videos.

Beate Toyka, Jenny Macmillan, Louissa Galenski, Emma Griffiths, Oliver Griffiths, Monika Walo,

Paul Weeren, Bethan Scolding, Gemma Hitchen, Richard Dinsmore, Lewis Kesterton, Serena

Sheane, Henrietta Nguyen, Huei Flowers and members of the Roskell Academy for generously

sharing their experience and insightful comments on the drafts.

Contents

Introduction

4

Preparation

Warming up

5

Feel the rhythm

6

The Parachute touch

Parachutes

Pachelbel’s Canon

7

Parachuting onto two feet

Big Ben Drone

10

The elephant walk

Elephant Legs

11

Finger strengthening

Finger gym

12

Legato phrases

Drop and walk

Strolling Along

13

Singing phrases

Little Piece

15

D major, D minor

Flabby Tabby Cat

16

Alley Cat

Articulation

Down-up

Little Romance

18

Down-up, hop hop

Hungry Stegosaurus

20

Goblin’s Dance

Down-up, hop

Hen Minuet

23

Thumb strengthening

Thumb gym

24

Broken chords

Wavy broken chords

Viennese Whirl

25

Scales

Thumb under

28

The C major scale – outwards

Snakes and Ladders

30

The C major scale – inwards

32

The complete C major scale

By the Stream (in C)

34

The A minor scale

A Sad Story

35

The B major scale

By the Stream (in B)

36

Glissando

Glissando

Zu-zu, Pow!

38

Encore!

Circus Parade

40

Student certificate

44

Tips, videos, cross-

Teaching notes

45

references to

The Complete Pianist

4

Introduction

To the teacher

T

he

Essential Piano Technique

books will help students establish

the strong technical foundations that support confident

playing and ensure quick progress in the years to come. The

books introduce young pianists to the main principles of tech-

nique described in my book

The Complete Pianist: from healthy

technique to natural artistry

(Edition Peters, 2020).

The first three books (Primer A, Primer B and Level 1) will

support a student’s development during the first two or

three years of playing. They are technique books rather than

method books, and are designed to be used sequentially

alongside most method, repertoire or theory books. Indivi-

dual exercises can also provide valuable revision material for

students transferring from other teachers.

These are ‘technique’ books in the broadest sense of the word.

They cover all the fundamental skills a pianist needs in order

to play with both technical assurance and artistry: good

co-ordination, freedom of movement, finger independence

and the ability to create a wide range of beautiful sounds.

Primer B develops the techniques already learnt in Primer

A while introducing new skills: cantabile playing, legato and

staccato, phrasing and articulation, scales, broken chords

and glissando.

For the student, each chapter teaches a new aspect of tech-

nique, through original warm-ups, exercises and specially

commissioned pieces, including some student duets and a trio.

‘Circus Parade’, at the end of the book, brings together all

the techniques in an exuberant finale.

For the teacher, there

are detailed notes at the back of the book providing learning

objectives, teaching tips, and access to instructional videos via

QR codes. The Teaching Notes also list some recommended

pieces for developing each technical skill further as well as

page references to sections in

The Complete Pianist

where each

topic is covered in greater detail.

Note-learning is kept as simple as possible, so students pro-

gress quickly and can devote their full attention to

listening

and

feeling

. Musical examples are generally notated within the

limits of the grand stave (without leger lines) but with the

option of transposing up or down octaves to allow the student