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001 2010908791
003 DLC
005 20110518084342.0
007 sd fungnnmmneu
008 110413s2011 nyuag b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2010908791
020 $a9781615640492
020 $a1615640495
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn617565199
035 $a(OCoLC)617565199
040 $aBTCTA$beng$cBTCTA$dYDXCP$dJBL$dBKX$dILC$dORX$dVP@$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aMT225$b.B496 2011
100 1 $aBerger, Karen,$d1959-
245 14 $aThe complete idiot's guide to piano exercises /$cby Karen Berger.
246 30 $aIdiot's guide to piano exercises
246 30 $aPiano exercises
260 $aNew York :$bAlpha,$cc2011.
300 $axiii, 253 p. :$bill., music ;$c28 cm. +$e1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
500 $aCompact disc.
500 $a"Learn the scales that give you the skills, perfect your playing with 84 sample tracks and follow-along exercises."--Cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-242) and index.
520 $aHaving good dexterity, building independent finger strength, and learning proper technique are essential to mastering the piano. This guide teaches you pedaling, hand crossovers, virtuoso arpeggios and ornaments, scales, chords, rhythms, and so much more.
505 0 $aThe basics. Posture and position ; Basic fingering ; Starting to move -- Moving along. Major pentascales and chords ; Minor pentascales and chords ; Finger gymnastics ; More about chords -- Scaling the heights. Minor scales ; Major scales ; Music à la mode ; Singing the blues ; Good grief, more scales -- Practice skills. I've got rhythm ; Expressive exercises ; One brain, two hands ; Advanced fingering ; Variations on a theme by Hanon -- Advanced skills. Teaching your fingers to fly ; Full arpeggios ; Scale Olympics: swifter, higher, stronger ; Advanced rhythms ; Ornamentation.
650 0 $aPiano$vMethods$vSelf-instruction.
650 0 $aPiano$xInstruction and study.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2010908791-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2010908791-d.html