(paperback), $39.08Recommended Books, Videos, Sheet Music
Nov. 4, 2017
Return Home (Fundamentals of Piano Practice).
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Many of the books below can be downloaded free from Scribd:
https://www.scribd.com/book/271593485/Piano-Technique
https://www.scribd.com/book/180555966/Guide-to-the-Pianist-s-Repertoire-Fourth-Edition
https://www.scribd.com/doc/150899255/howard-richman-super-sight-reading-secrets-pdf
https://www.scribd.com/doc/221507425/How-to-Play-Piano-Despite-Years-of-Lessons
https://www.scribd.com/doc/25990768/Mastering-Piano-Technique-Seymour-Fink
https://www.scribd.com/document/272239049/How-to-Play-From-a-Fake-Book
https://www.scribd.com/document/395544948/Chopin-Pianist-and-Teacher-As-Seen-by-his-Pupils-pdf
https://www.scribd.com/document/377398193/135683322-Neuhaus-Art-of-Piano-Playing-pdf
https://www.scribd.com/document/82147389/Music-in-Your-Head-E-Book
https://www.scribd.com/document/400203180/The-Pianist-s-Talent-Harold-Taylor
https://www.scribd.com/document/268233375/First-Lessons-in-Bach
Reviewed books (in Second Edition)
Eigeldinger,
Jean-Jacques, Chopin:
Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils
(paperback), $39.08
Fraser,
Alan, The
Craft of Piano Playing: A New Approach to Piano Technique
(paperback), $35.69, also see DVD below
Fink,
Seymour, Mastering
Piano Technique - A Guide for Students, Teachers and Performers
, $24.95, also see video below
Gieseking,
Walter, and Leimer, Karl, Piano
Technique
(paperback), $7.95
Hinson,
Maurice, Guide
to the Pianist's Repertoire, third edition
, $45.29
Prokop,
Richard, Piano
Power, A Breakthrough Approach To Improving Your Technique
(paperback), $34.95
Richman,
Howard, Super
Sight-Reading Secrets: An Innovative, Step-By-Step Program for
Musical Keyboard Players of All Levels
(paperback), $15.99
Sandor,
Gyorgy, On
Piano Playing: Motion, Sound, and Expression
(paperback), $80.00; out of print, but may be available in secondary
market; not recommended unless you have specific reasons why you need
it. Sandor apparently stopped printing his book because of newer
material becoming readily available. It is now downloadable
free from Scribd.
Cannel,
Ward, and Marx, Fred, How
to Play Piano Despite Years of Lessons: What Music Is and How to Make
It at Home
(paperback), $15.63
Neely,
Blake, How
to Play from a Fake Book (Keyboard Edition)
(paperback), $11.55
Books added in Third Edition
Bailie, Eleanor, Chopin: Pianist's Repertoire: A Graded Practical Guide, (paperback), $49.95.
Humphries, Carl, The Piano Handbook , (spiral bound, with CD), $17.84.
Levitin,
Daniel J., This
Is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession
, (Paperback), $10.88.
Macmillan,
Jenny, Successful
Practising: A Handbook for Pupils, Parents and Music Teachers
(paperback), $25.10.
Neuhaus,
Heinrich, The
Art of Piano Playing
(paperback), $26.00.
Onishi,
Aiko, Pianism
(paperback), $13.95.
Richard,
Francois L., Music
in your head (Mental practice, how to memorize piano music)
, (paperback), $22.95.
Sacks, Oliver, “Musicophilia, Tales of Music and the Brain”, Vintage Books, Random House, NY, 2007, 425P., index, references (bibliography). Link to Amazon Books $11.75
Scoggin, Nancy,
Barron's
AP Music Theory with Audio Compact Discs
, (paperback), $23.09.
Slenczynska,
Ruth, Music
At Your Fingertips: Advice For The Artist And Amateur On Playing The
Piano (Music Series)
(paperback), $12.95.
Stannard, Niel, Piano Technique Demystified, Insights into Problem Solving , (paperback), $12.45
Taylor,
Harold, The
Pianist's Talent:
, A new approach to piano playing based on the principles of F.
Mathias Alexander and Raymond Thiberge, (paperback), $13.95.
Other Books
Sauer, Eileen, Solfege Teaching Guide , “for understanding music involving singing on-pitch, conducting time, ear training, and music dictation” that are essential for learning to play, performing, improvisation, composing, (paperback), $12.95; for any serious piano/music student and every music teacher.
Lesson Links
How to Play the Piano, compare online piano lessons (60 day money back guarantee).
Videos
Craft
of Piano Playing
, Fraser – DVD, $54.95, also see book above
Mastering
Piano Technique - A Guide for Students, Teachers, and Performers
-DVD
, Fink, $26.79; also see book above
Freeing
the Caged Bird - Developing Well-Coordinated, Injury-Preventive Piano
Technique
, Lister-Sink, $34.95
Sheet music books: most individual compositions in these books can be downloaded free from IMSLP, but most of these books are inexpensive and of better quality than your prints, have helpful comments, etc.
First
Lessons in Bach, Complete,
$7.99
Johann
Sebastian Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
(Pocket Score - Autograph Facsimile with all lost selections set
anew)
, $12.95; see Bach's tuning, P. 227.This contains small (5”x7”),
low resolution photo-copies of the original manuscripts, not
appropriate for use as sheet music for learning.
Bach:
The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books I and II, Complete
, $10.36
Ludwig
Van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 1 (Nos. 1-15)
, (paperback),Schenker, $10.11
Ludwig
Van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 2 (Nos. 16-32)
(Paperback), Schenker, (1975)
, $17.71
Chopin:
Mazurkas For The Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics Vol.
28.)
, $9.34
Chopin:
Complete: 26 Preludes, 21 Nocturnes, 19 Waltzes
, $10.19
Chopin
Polonaises
, Schirmer, $8.99
Chopin
Ballades
, Inst. Fryderyka Chopina, Ed. Paderewski, $9.95
Chopin
Etudes (Friedheim)
, Schirmer, $8.79
Debussey:
Favorite Piano Works (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)
, $11.55
Gershwin:
Complete Works for Solo Piano (Alfred's Masterwork Editions)
, Hinson, $21.86
Joplin
- Complete Rags for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)
Vol. 2020
, 11.55
Mozart
19 Sonatas - Complete: Piano Solo (Schirmer's Library of Musical
Classics, Vol. 1304)
, Ed. Epstein, $13.59
Sonatina
Album: Piano Solo (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)
, $8.79
An inexpensive alternative is to purchase all-inclusive CDs and print yourself; these are useful when you want to quickly look up a composition without having to buy one.
Chopin:
Complete Works for Solo Piano - CD Sheet Music
, $19.95
Beethoven:
Complete Works for Solo Piano
, - CD Sheet Music, $18.99
More such CDs can be found at:
SheetMusicPlus (This is for Chopin – scroll down for others)