Ever wished you could learn how to play scales from Chopin or Rachmaninoff? Now you can.
In this free PDF, we explore scales and arpeggios – the backbone of a pianist's technical training – from the perspectives of master pianists including Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, and Brahms.
As we grow as pianists, we must continuously strive to hone our technique; not for the sake of impressing others with scales performed at breakneck speed but rather for the sake of our expressivity and musicality. Russian pianist and pedagogue Josef Lhevinne believed that a pianist with poor technique was no better than an actor who could not speak simple phrases correctly. In this PDF, we explore scales and arpeggios – the backbone of a pianist's technical training – from the perspectives of master pianists including Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, and Brahms.
Liszt's 5-finger exercises his students played before practicing scales.
Rachmaninoff's unique approach to touch he called 'stroking' the keys.
Chopin's process for effectively working up to virtuous dexterity!
As we grow as pianists, we must continuously strive to hone our technique; not for the sake of impressing others with scales performed at breakneck speed but rather for the sake of our expressivity and musicality. Russian pianist and pedagogue Josef Lhevinne believed that a pianist with poor technique was no better than an actor who could not speak simple phrases correctly. In this PDF, we explore scales and arpeggios – the backbone of a pianist's technical training – from the perspectives of master pianists including Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, and Brahms.
