Piano-Guided Sight Reading

128 Pages·2008·5.4 MB·English

by  Leonhard Deutsch

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Acknowledgements
For the constructive criticism and final of manu
editing my
I wish to and to Miss
script express my gratitude appreciation
Lillian New York For the of the
Cooper, City. patient reading
first drafts and thanks to the late
helpful suggestions my go
Mrs. New York Miss Ruth
Sophia Steinbach, City; Norden,
New York and Mr. & Mrs. Horace Yellow
City; Champney,
Ohio. I have to thank Crown Publishers for
Springs, Finally,
the last retouches.
For their adherence to ideas abroad and in this
my country
I thank former Vienna and co-workers Dr.
my colleagues
Alexander New York Mr. Victor Evans-
Klahr, City; P
opper,
Mrs. Maria Yellow and
ton, Illinois; Treuer, Springs, Ohio;
Dr. N.Y.
Margaret Wolf, Brooklyn,
I feel indebted to Mrs. Danica for
greatly my wife, Deutsch,
her most active of work from its
support my very beginning.
She also assisted me in from her own
applying experiences field,
her of to the and
including study left-eyedness, psychological
emotional of students.
problems my
LEONHARD DEUTSCH
Table Contents
of
Foreword xi
The of the Method 3
Story Sight-Reading
The Problems of 13
Sight-Reading
What is the correct to 14
way practice sight-reading?
How is the to in this man- -
ability practice sight-reading
ner ? 15
developed
What is the effect of exercises? 17
sight-reading
The Basis of Pianistic Skill 19
1. Musical Ear and Manual 19
Dexterity
What is musical ear ? 20
How is musical ear 22
developed?
What is manual 25
dexterity?
How does manual skill 26
develop?
2. Notes and 27
Keys
is the to music
Why alphabetical method, applied
ineffective? 29
reading,
How to break from 31
away piecemeal reading
3. Time and 32
Rhythm
are the usual ineffective? 32
Why expedients
How does a student learn to time ? 33
keep
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 34
Fingering
marks
36
Unnecessary finger
36
Complicated fingering
5. 38
Velocity
How does work ? 39
repetition
How does the method work ? 41
dissecting
How is ? 42
velocity developed
6. and Technical Exercises 43
Finger Agility
The hand" 44
"piano
of movements 45
Planning finger
Relaxation
47
control
48
Finger
7. 49
Expressive Playing
Colorful tone or colorful ?
49
performance
The sources of
50
expressive playing
50
Analytical approach
Romantic 51
approach
52
Psychological approach
8. Pianistic
53
Memory
What is ? 54
pianistic memory
How is ? 55
pianistic memory developed
versus 57
Sight-Reading Repertoire
Rich material
58
study
the whole
58
Approaching
'
Concentrated effort
60
How does
"natural talent" ? 61
develop
talent means of instruction
62
Building up by
method
63
"Gypsy"
Self-Instruction
64
,
67
Sight-reading program
Repertoire Study 73
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