Piano Adventures – Technique & Artistry Book Vol. 1
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TECHNIQUE SECRETS – PART ONE
- Rounded hand shape, firm fingertips, correct thumb position, arm weight, relaxed wrist
UNIT 1
- Tune-Up with 3rds
- Tune-Up with 2nds
- Painter in the Park
UNIT 2
- Call of the Fife
- Tribal Dance
- City Subway
- Roman Celebration
- Contrary Motion
UNIT 3
- Scottish Reel
- Sailor Boots (for L.H. only)
- Perilous Midnight Ride
UNIT 4
- Travelin’ Fingers
- A Little Morning Music
- Swan Lake
UNIT 5
- Crazy Eighths
- Twirling
- Good Music to You!
TECHNIQUE SECRETS PART TWO
- Finger independence, light hand bounce, light thumb, wrist float-off
UNIT 6
- Finger Fanfare!
- Staccato March
- Surprise Symphony Variation
- Weightless Thumbs
- The Left-Handed Washerwoman
- Alaskan Sled Team
UNIT 7
- Bugle Call
- Viking Ship
UNIT 8
- Running in the Rain
- Run Like the Wind
- Jazzy Saints
UNIT 9
- Rocking with 4ths
- The Carillon Tower
- Keyboard Compass
- Canadian Geese
- Finlandia
UNIT 10
- Walk in the Woods
- Bluesy Fingers
- Sleeping Beauty Waltz
UNIT 11
- Desert Trek
- 1-2-3-4 March
- Victory Chords
- I and V7 Chords (in the Key of C)
- Double Ferris Wheel
UNIT 12
- Tilt-a-Whirl (G 5-Finger Scale)
- Merry Musette
- Chords in Flight (Combining G and C 5-Finger Scales)
- Dance of the Irish
- C Pentascales
- G Pentascales
- I and V7 Chords in the Key of C
- I and V7 Chords in the Key of G
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