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Excerpt from The University Course of Music Study Piano Series, Vol. 5: A Standardized d104-Work on Music for Conservatories, Colleges, Private Teachers and Schools; A Scientific Basis for the Granting of School Credit for Music Study
These were the nrst exercises. The next series was for the purpose of preserving the even and tranquil position of the hand during the passage of the thumb in'scales and arpeggios, a question much controverted, and whereip he was often in dis agreement with the generally received opinion. It is known that with nearly all great virtuosi the elbow rests near the body as much as possible, and the passage of the thumb in scales and arpeggios takes place insensibly. With the logical method of Chopin, it is ordinarily impossible at first to avoid moving the elbow, or turning the hand somewhat, at the mo ment of the passage (if the thumb, but from the very first les _son, Chopin insisted upon: the hand's retention of its position; he preferred that the notes should at first be disconnected, rather than that the hand should alter its normal position. He required that all exercises and scales be played staccato at first, without troubling about the passage of the thumb. Taking it that in each scale the hand has two fundamental positions, of alternately three and four fingers, his pupils commenced with the scale of B major for the right hand and of Db major for the left hand.
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