Ebook: Principes Rationnels de la Technique Pianistique

This book contains an array of information about piano technique with text and exercises from the celebrated French pianist, Alfred Cortot. Contents: 1. Foreword by Cortot 2. Plan for the study of the exercises 3. Daily keyboard gymnastics 4. Chapter 1: Evenness, independence & mobility of the fingers 5. Chapter 2: Passing under of the thumb – scales, arpeggios 6. Chapter 3: The technique of double notes & polyphonic playing 7. Chapter 4: The technique of extensions 8. Chapter 5: The technique of the wrist – the execution of chords 9. Repertory