피아노를 배우고 싶어하는 사람이나 또는 자신의 연주력을 향상시키기 원하는 사람 모두에게 명확하고도 이해하기 쉬운 방법을 제공하는 책입니다.
클래식에서 재즈, 락, 비밥, 퓨전 등에 이르기까지 피아노 연주에 관련된 모든 내용들이 소개되어 있습니다.
클래식과 대중 음악 스타일을 함께 연관시켜 다루는 혁신적인 방법으로 피아노 연주의 이해를 돕고 있으며 온라인으로 제공되는 음원에는 예제의 데모트랙이 실려있습니다.
책 앞부분에는 33 페이지 분량의 풀컬러 섹션으로 피아노의 역사와 중요 추천 음악들이 소개되어 있습니다.
하드커버에 스프링 제본입니다.


- Contents -

SECTION 1

UNIT 1
The keyboard
Posture and technique
Reading music
Hand positions and fingering
Hands separately and together
The passing thumb
Scale and triads

UNIT 2
The black notes
Keys & key signatures
Major & minor
Intervals
Major & minor scales
Broken chords (1)

UNIT 3
Dynamics
Articulation
Expression
Tempo
Extended hand position (1)
Legato & staccato
Triplets
Hand position changes
Chromatic scale on D


SECTION 2

UNIT 4
Rhythmic shaping
Extended hand position (2)
Cantabile (1)
Scales
One-octave arpeggios

UNIT 5
Compound time
Thumb control
Direct Pedalling
Tonal balance
Espressivo (1)
Two-octave chromatic scale
Four-note broken chords (1)

UNIT 6
Composing & improvising (1)
Harmony
Keys
Chord layout
Voice-leading
Chord Progressions
Cadences
Melody & harmony


SECTION 3

UNIT 7
Freeing-up the wrist
Couplets
Phrasing
Stress
Black-key scales (1)

UNIT 8
Legato pedalling (1)
Tone control & gradation
Repeated hand staccato
Left hand melodies
Staccato scales
Chromatic scale on A flat & C
Two-octave arpeggios

UNIT 9
Jazz, rock, & blues (1)
Scales & scale theory
Jazz chord progressions
Two-hand voicings
Chord embellishment


SECTION 4

UNIT 10
Interpretation
Espressivo (2)
Mixing up the hands (1)
Rotation
Melodic minor scales
Arpeggios hands together
Chromatic scale hands together

UNIT 11
Finger independence
Ornamentation
Left-hand leaps
Mixing up the hands (2)
Black-key arpeggios (1)
Four-octave scales

UNIT 12
Jazz, rock, & blues (2)
Syncopation, grooves & swing
Rhythmic idioms
Riffs & licks
Song form
12-bar blues
Lead sheets & standards
Embellishing a tune
Pentatonic & blues scales
7th chord fingerings


SECTION 5

UNIT 13
Classical style
Sonata form
Alberti bass
Black-key scales (2)
Black-key arpeggios (2)

UNIT 14
Romantic playing
Rubato
Legato pedalling (2)
Black-key scales (3)
Black-key arpeggios (3)

UNIT 15
Composing & improvising (2)
Modes
Left-hand voicings
Off-notes
Chromatic harmony
Contrast; Theme & motive
Development & variation
Texture
Jazz scales and soloing
Rhythm Changes


SECTION 6

UNIT 16
Contrapuntal playing
Hand independence
Ragtime
Wrist staccato
Beethoven
Four-octave scales & arpeggios

UNIT 17
20th century piano music
Tonal colour
Modern music
Irregular metres and rhythms
Contemporary music
Scales in 3rds & octaves

UNIT 18
Latin styles
Arranging
Reharmonisation
Bebop & modern jazz
Ethnic, urban, fusion, crossover
Odd-time
Free improvisation
Creating a performance


Reference Section