Teaching piano
By: edited by Denes Agay ; associate editor : Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs ; contributing authors : Denes Agay ... [et al.].
Contributors: Agay, Denes.
Publisher: Yorktown Music Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York, etc
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780825680397
Subjects: Piano -- Instruction and study; Piano music -- Bibliography -- Graded lists; Piano music -- Bibliography
Genres: Bibliography; Graded lists.; Bibliography.
Notes: "A comprehensive guide and reference book for the instructor"--cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Foreword ; Elements of technique ; Tempo / Denes Agay; title: The metronome / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs; title: Rhythm / Denes Agay; title: Teaching rhythm / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs; title: Dynamics ; The riddle of the phrase ; Phrasing and articulation / Denes Agay; title: Fingering / Walter Robert; title: Pedaling technique / Joseph Banowetz; title: Ornamentation : theory and practice / Denes Agay; title: Theory : the elementary aspects : an overview and selected list of texts / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs; title: Theory : the basis of musicianship / Rosetta Goodkind; title: Scales, modes, and related terms : a glossary ; Glossary of musical forms and dance types ; The fundamentals of music notation : Sight reading : the basics, step by step ; Memorization and performing from memory / Denes Agay; title: Improvisation / Sylvia Rabinof; title: The very young beginner / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs; title: The adult beginner / Hadassah Sahr; title: Group piano teaching / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs; title: The piano teacher and the handicapped student / Anita Louise Steele; title: Recitals / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs.; title: v.2. Piano methods : an annotated list with descriptive chart / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs; title: The repertory of piano duets : a graded annotated list / Louise and William Cheadle; title: Sonatinas and sonatas : a graded annotated list / John H. Diercks; title: Twentieth-century music for the developing pianist. A graded annotated list / Judith Lang Zaimont; title: Recommended editions of standard keyboard literature / John H. Diercks; title: Piano literature based on American folk songs / Maurice Hinson; title: Styles in composition and performance ; The search for authenticity (the lost art of thoroughbass playing) ; Baroque keyboard instruments / Denes Agay; title: Twentieth-century music : an analysis and appreciation / Judith Lang Zaimont; title: What is jazz? / Stuart Isacoff; title: Jazz and the piano teacher ; The piano teacher and popular music ; Arrangements : to teach or not to teach them ; Chart of frequently-used chords / Denes Agay; title: The training of the piano teacher / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs; title: Four-way piano teaching : criticism, demonstration, analysis, inspiration / Walter Robert; title: What are the elements of a good piano lesson? / May L. Etts; title: Rote playing and rote teaching / Denes Agay; title: The tape recorder : an indispensible teaching aid / Ylda Novik; title: The teacher-student relationship : some common-sense suggestions / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs; title: Parental involvement / Denes Agay; title: The business of teaching ; The piano : construction and care / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs; title: The new copyright law : a primer for music teachers / Denes Agay; title: Teachers' organizations / Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs; title: The master teachers and their pupils ; The keyboard composers : a selected chronological list / Denes Agay.