Abby Whiteside on piano playing.

Alternate Titles

• Mastering the Chopin Etudes and other essays.

Description

Revolutionary piano pedagogue Abby Whiteside (1881-1956) influenced generations of pianists in America and elsewhere. Whiteside's pioneering approach to piano technique stood apart from the mainstream of piano teaching in her day, and her ideas remain essential to piano pedagogy even now. Fiercely committed to developing in her students what she called a "basic rhythm" - a sense of physical continuity and ease that emphasizes musical structures - Whiteside as a teacher encouraged students to express the basic emotional rhythm of the music, and her understanding of the mechanics of piano playing enabled them to avoid the strains and injuries often experienced by pianists. This reprint of the two long-out-of-print works has been eagerly awaited by teachers and students of piano music in many countries. At last Whiteside's ideas will be accessible to new as well as to longtime disciples of this devoted and brilliant teacher of piano.

First Sentence

For the purposes of this introductory chapter, let me reduce the business of playing the piano to its simplest terms.

Excerpt

For the purposes of this introductory chapter, let me reduce the business of playing the piano to its simplest terms.

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Other Editions

• Abby Whiteside on piano playing.Amadeus Press1997-01-01
• Abby Whiteside on Piano PlayingLeonard Corporation, Hal2003-01-01
• Abby Whiteside on Piano PlayingLeonard Corporation, Hal2003-01-01
• Abby Whiteside on Piano PlayingPaperbackAmadeus Press2003-03-01
• Abby Whiteside on Piano PlayingHardcoverAmadeus Press2003-03-01