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Building Piano Technique: Extracting passages from pieces to practice

arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Instead of playing through laborious Hanon and Czerny exercises to improve aspects of piano technique, a student can cut to the chase, by snatching selected passages from their pieces that magnify a particular technical/musical challenge. As an example, one of my adult students, devoted part of her lesson time to practicing a series of descending… Continue reading Building Piano Technique: Extracting passages from pieces to practice