Aspects of technique
Volume 1
DEVELOPING AGILITY IN THE FINGERS WITH QUIET HAND.............................................................. 7
THE PASSING OF THE THUMB.............................................................................................................. 11
DEVELOPING CLARITY AND FLUENCY................................................................................................ 14
AGILITY IN PLAYING A QUIET STACCATO........................................................................................... 18
EVENNESS IN PARALLEL RUNS........................................................................................................... 22
CLARITY IN PLAYING BROKEN CHORDS.............................................................................................. 25
CHANGING FINGERS ON THE SINGLE KEY......................................................................................... 29
LIGHT ARTICULATION OF THE LEFT HAND....................................................................................... 32
Volume 2
DELICACY IN SKIPS AND STACCATOS.................................................................................................. 36
EXERCISE IN THIRDS........................................................................................................................40
SKILL IN ALTERNATING FINGERS....................................................................................................... 42
FLEXIBILITY OF THE LEFT HAND........................................................................................................ 46
MAXIMUM VELOCITY............................................................................................................................. 50
CHORD SEQUENCES............................................................................................................................ 53
WIDE POSITION IN FORTISSIMO........................................................................................................... 57
ALTERNATING FINGERS AT SPEED...................................................................................................... 62
Volume 3
VELOCITY IN MINOR SCALES................................................................................................................ 66
CROSSING HANDS WITH A GENTLE TOUCH........................................................................................ 70
TENSE POSITIONS WITH A QUIET WRIST............................................................................................ 74
DOUBLE OCTAVES................................................................................................................................. 78
PARALLEL MOVEMENT OF THE HANDS.............................................................................................. 82
EXERCISE FOR THE TRILL.................................................................................................................... 84
LIGHT TOUCH OF THE LEFT HAND..................................................................................................... 88
THE THUMB ON THE BLACK KEYS WITH THE HAND COMPLETELY QUIET.................................... 92
AGILITY AND CLARITY........................................................................................................................... 96
Volume 4
MAXIMUM VELOCITY IN ARPEGGIOS............................................................................................. 100
INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT OF THE FINGERS.................................................................................. 104
QUIET HAND WITH FAST ARTICULATION OF THE FINGERS........................................................... 108
EXERCISE FOR THE TURN..................................................................................................................... Ill
DEVELOPING A FIRM ATTACK............................................................................................................. 115
EXERCISE FOR THE PASSING OF THE THUMB.................................................................................. 119
UNIFORMITY IN RAISING THE FINGERS............................................................................................ 122
Volume 5
LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH IN OCTAVE SKIPS......................................................................................... 126
TRILLS OF THIRDS.........................................................................................................................128
CHANGING FINGERS ON THE SAME KEY........................................................................................... 132
LIGHTNESS OF THE ARM AND AGILITY OF THE FINGERS............................................................... 135
STRENGTH AND CLARITY.................................................................................................................... 138
UNIFORM MOVEMENT IN RAISING BOTH HANDS............................................................................. 140
EXERCISE FOR THIRDS................................................................................................................... 143
LIGHT OR HALF STACCATO IN CHORDS............................................................................................. 147
FLUENCY OF THE FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND............................................................................. 150
EXERCISE FOR DOUBLE TURNS.......................................................................................................... 152
Volume 6
IMPROVING THE PASSING OF THE THUMB....................................................................................... 156
THE LIGHTEST TOUCH TOGETHER WITH THE GREATEST DIGITAL MOBILITY............................. 159
LEGATO MELODY WITH BROCKEN CHORDS...................................................................................... 162
EASY OF TOUCH AND VELOCITY......................................................................................................... 165
CLEAR TOUCH IN BROCKEN CHORDS................................................................................................. 168
EXERCISE FOR THE SHAKE.................................................................................................................. 172
OCTAVES WITH BRAVURA.................................................................................................................... 175
8. EASY OF TOUCH AND VELOCITY ......................................................................................................... 178