Publisher's Synopsis
The Little Pianist//First Steps Book for Teachers is a detailed explanation of the essence of the Russian piano playing and teaching approach. The most notable features of the Russian Piano School are beautiful tone, refined touch and articulation and the emphasis on the singing qualities of the melody. All this requires flexibility and freedom of all playing habits. The teaching strategies and carefully selected repertoire allows to focus on developing in students the ability to relax hand and to keep it flexible. We understand how important it is to start working on this essential technical device from the very beginning of teaching beginners and to keep working on it throughout all the years of training young musicians. Only freedom and flexibility of playing movements allow to produce beautiful tone, to coordinate different articulations and lay the foundation for all technical skills of the pianist. The book consists of four sections: I. Basic methodical guidelines - a detailed explanation of the main ideas and approaches of the Russian piano School and unique teaching strategies that help teachers to use Little Pianist // First Steps with maximum effectiveness. II. Step-by-step instructions for the Introductory level. III. Teaching tools and strategies for Level One. IV. Instructions for Level two including detailed comments on the repertoire pieces.
