The contemporary piano
Subtitle: a performer and composer's guide to techniques and resources
By: Alan Shockley
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781442281875; 9781442281899; 9781442281882
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Instruction and study; Piano; Composition (Music); Performance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Notation and some piano basics; title: Chapter 2: The history and mechanism of the piano; title: Chapter 3: On the keys and on the pedals; title: Chapter 4: Pizzicato, strumming, scraping, rubbing; title: Chapter 5: Muting; title: Chapter 6: Harmonics; title: Chapter 7: The piano is a big box and the pianist is a noise-making animal; title: Chapter 8: Bowing; title: Chapter 9: Preparations; title: Chapter 10: The toy piano; title: Appendix A: Repertoire; title: Appendix B: Materials for piano preparation; title: Appendix C: Grand piano interior architecture and stringing.