SKU: YM.GTP01101015
ISBN 9784336107173.
The Yoshiko Kurokawa's Piano Supplement Exercise Book series is the most comprehensive and powerful technique books for improving piano technique. With these books, the basic techniques essential to piano playing, as described in Chopin's manuscript of technique, Brahms' exercises, and Hummel's theory of piano technique, can be learned easily and effectively. In addition to warm-up and exercise pieces by Yoshiko Kurokawa, they include works by composers such as Hummel, Clementi, and Mozart, plus exercise-specific exercises by composer Yasuhisa Touma. They can be used even for those who are just beginning to learn the piano. It is full of warm-ups that will improve the hand form, and learners will be able to play smoothly, with a focus on finger movements.
SKU: GI.G-MS1TS
English.
For the teacher of instrumental music classes, individual differences among students are inevitable. Unfortunately, the lack of flexible materials frequently forces teachers to adopt a quasi-instructional procedure best described as lockstep, where all students in the class rehearse each exercise until the slow members of the class succeed or until the teacher gives up. The Individualized Instructor was designed with the expectation that students are different. With this method, high-, average-, and low-achieving students in a class are able to progress simultaneously at their own rate according to their interest and ability. In addition, the flexibility of the instructional format often allows twelve or more students to perform different musical material simultaneously, thereby eliminating the “follow the leader” approach to music learning. All study materials in the series are musical. Nonmusical exercises are excluded in favor of folk song literature, musical rounds, and musical ensembles. Furthermore, The Individualized Instructor encourages students to think about their music: to analyze unfamiliar material, generalize previously learned concepts and skills, and synthesize all elements into a musically proficient performance. In addition, this series develops many fundamentals (tonality, phrasing, tempo, and musical style) through the use of the singing voice. Singing best provides the “musical” experience that, subsequently, can be applied to the development of musically sensitive instrumental performance. Books 1, 2, and 3 and the supplementary books ensure that these fundamental ideas are carried well beyond the first year of instruction.
