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Best Piano Technique Books You Should Read

Looking for the best Piano Technique books? Browse our list to find excellent book recommendations on the subject.

Jazz Piano Technique: Exercises, Etudes & Ideas for Building Chops (2013)

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should Read(Keyboard Instruction). This one-of-a-kind book applies traditional technique exercises to specific jazz piano needs. Along with warm-ups, etudes isolate each technical problem within a jazz context. This allows for improvisation, directly addressing the needs of the jazz player. Practicing is not only pragmatic, it’s fun!
Author(s): John Valerio

Adaptive Strategies for Small-Handed Pianists (2017)

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should ReadAdaptive 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.
Author(s): Lora Deahl, Brenda Wristen

Efficient Approach To Piano Technique (2019)

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should ReadThis Book is about teaching methods specifically to teach music for piano.. one should keep in mind that many teaching methods have been written by various music teachers and people have been using them and are still using them.. how ever , one has to evaluate those methods consider the era that those methods were written and express his/her opinion about them accordingly. Nevertheless, it’s noteworthy that some of the methods will never become obsolete.
Author(s): Sirous Ajdari, Mani Ajdari

Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599: Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 146 Piano Technique (1986)

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should ReadPractical Method for Beginners on the Pianoforte , Op. 599:
Author(s): Giuseppe Buonamici, Carl Czerny

Piano Technique (Dover Books on Music) (1972)

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should ReadThe volume presents two book by Walter Gieseking, foremost pianist of his generation, and his teacher for five years, Karl Leimer, that have long been sought after by students and teachers looking for a radical approach toward developing not only finger-technique but expression-technique.
Author(s): Walter Gieseking, Karl Leimer

Easiest Piano Technique Book (2019)

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should ReadThis is the Easiest piano technique book for u to use, you can easily learn piano technique in 20 days
Author(s): Chen Peng

Faber Piano Adventures Primer Level Learning Library Pack – Lesson, Theory, Performance, and Technique & Artistry Books ()

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should ReadThe Primer Level introduces the keyboard, note values, and the grand staff. Students play in Middle C Position and C Position through recognition of steps and skips, and learn letter names independent of finger number. Musicianship is built through the use of dynamics and coloristic experimentation with the pedal.
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The Complete Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios & Cadences: Includes All the Major, Minor (Natural, Harmonic, Melodic) & Chromatic Scales — Plus Additional Instructions on Music Fundamentals (1994)

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should ReadScale, chord, arpeggio and cadence studies in all major and minor keys presented in a convenient two-page format. Includes an in-depth 12 page explanation that leads to complete understanding of the fundamentals of major and minor scales, chords, arpeggios and cadences plus a clear explanation of scale degrees and a two-page guide to fingering the scales and arpeggios.
Author(s): Willard A. Palmer , Morton Manus , et al.

Progressive Sight Reading Exercises: Piano Technique (1986)

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should ReadThese Progressive Sight Reading Exercises by Hannah Smith will help pianists improve their sight reading skills. These exercises are not to be studied. Each is to be played through but once, in a tempo slow enough to enable the pupil to read without hesitation. It is presupposed that the technical training as well as the thorough study of good music proceeds regularly with the sight reading.
Author(s): H Smith

Fundamentals of Piano Technique – The Russian Method: Newly Revised by James & Susan McKeever (2016)

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should Read(Piano Instruction). Fundamentals of Piano Technique was developed by Leon Conus (1871-1944) and Olga Conus (1890-1976) during many decades of teaching and performing, and through association with the most prominent Russian musicians of the time including Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, and Medtner.
Author(s): Olga Conus, Leon Conus, et al.

Accelerated Piano Adventures For The Older Beginner, Technique and Artistry Book 1 (2004)

 Best Piano Technique Books You Should Read(Faber Piano Adventures ). Designed for the teenager or transfer student, this technique course combines “Technique Secrets” from both the Primer and Level 1 with new exercises that correlate with Accelerated Piano Adventures Lesson Book One. The integration of technique and artistry gives students the tools for expressive performance. “Technique Secrets” develops a technical foundation, while the “Artistry Magic” page at the end of each unit explores expressive playing.
Author(s): Nancy Faber, Randall Faber

Best Piano Technique Books You Should Read

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Easy Keyboard Songs for Beginners: Master Music Reading Techniques Quickly. The Step by Step Piano Workbook Perfect to Learn How to Play Your First Song in Just 2 Days. Lessons for Kids Included.

Author(s): Thomas J. Ferrante
ID: 2798889, Publisher: , Year: 2020, Size: 1 Mb, Format: epub

The Complete Piano Technique Book: The Complete Guide to Keyboard & Piano Technique with over 140 Exercises (Learn how to play piano)

Author(s): Jennifer Castellano; Joseph Alexander
ID: 3191019, Publisher: www.fundamental-changes.com, Year: 2020, Size: 6 Mb, Format: epub

Fingerpower Christmas: 10 Seasonal Piano Solos with Technique Warm-Ups Elementary Level

Author(s): Hal Leonard Corp.;James Poteat
ID: 2547811, Publisher: Hal Leonard LLC, Year: 2019, Size: 7 Mb, Format: epub

Please note that this booklist is not definite. Some books are truly best-sellers according to Chicago Tribune, others are composed by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.

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