Touch and Expression in Piano Playing

$7.95

Publication Date: 12th September 2013

This brief yet comprehensive guide shows pianists how to produce every possible variety of tone, including note values, pulsation, phrases and their combination, dynamic contrasts and shadings, tempo, color, and style. The two-part treatment addresses kinds of touch and the application of touch to expression, offering methods for achieving more sensitive execution in practice and performance.
An essential volume for all piano students and teachers, this book emphasizes the relationship between techniques of touch and the expression of the composer's intention. The author excerpts and... Read More
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This brief yet comprehensive guide shows pianists how to produce every possible variety of tone, including note values, pulsation, phrases and their combination, dynamic contrasts and shadings, tempo, color, and style. The two-part treatment addresses kinds of touch and the application of touch to expression, offering methods for achieving more sensitive execution in practice and performance.
An essential volume for all piano students and teachers, this book emphasizes the relationship between techniques of touch and the expression of the composer's intention. The author excerpts and... Read More
Description
This brief yet comprehensive guide shows pianists how to produce every possible variety of tone, including note values, pulsation, phrases and their combination, dynamic contrasts and shadings, tempo, color, and style. The two-part treatment addresses kinds of touch and the application of touch to expression, offering methods for achieving more sensitive execution in practice and performance.
An essential volume for all piano students and teachers, this book emphasizes the relationship between techniques of touch and the expression of the composer's intention. The author excerpts and analyzes portions of famous piano works and explains the uses of distinctive musical styles — repeats and irregular measures, rhythms, and accents — to assist students in their interpretation. He also includes hand and finger techniques for varied effects.

Reprint of the Oliver Ditson Company, Boston, 1927 edition.
Details
  • Price: $7.95
  • Pages: 80
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Books On Music: Piano
  • Publication Date: 12th September 2013
  • Trim Size: 5.37 x 8 in
  • ISBN: 9780486320977
  • Format: eBook
  • Age: 12-99
  • BISACs:
    MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical
    MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Techniques
    MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
Author Bio
Clarence G. Hamilton (1865–1935) was a music professor at Wellesley College and the author of seven books on piano technique, music history, and music and sound.
This brief yet comprehensive guide shows pianists how to produce every possible variety of tone, including note values, pulsation, phrases and their combination, dynamic contrasts and shadings, tempo, color, and style. The two-part treatment addresses kinds of touch and the application of touch to expression, offering methods for achieving more sensitive execution in practice and performance.
An essential volume for all piano students and teachers, this book emphasizes the relationship between techniques of touch and the expression of the composer's intention. The author excerpts and analyzes portions of famous piano works and explains the uses of distinctive musical styles — repeats and irregular measures, rhythms, and accents — to assist students in their interpretation. He also includes hand and finger techniques for varied effects.

Reprint of the Oliver Ditson Company, Boston, 1927 edition.
  • Price: $7.95
  • Pages: 80
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Books On Music: Piano
  • Publication Date: 12th September 2013
  • Trim Size: 5.37 x 8 in
  • ISBN: 9780486320977
  • Format: eBook
  • Age: 12-99
  • BISACs:
    MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical
    MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Techniques
    MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
Clarence G. Hamilton (1865–1935) was a music professor at Wellesley College and the author of seven books on piano technique, music history, and music and sound.