Chapter V (5)

Piano, height of the, seat, 5.
touch, 26.
kind of, upon which to practise, 35.
extreme in action, 36.
action of a beginner's, 37.
playing on a dumb, 38.
affected movements at the, 126.
about the, per se, 127.
genuine, hand, 130.
when to keep away from the, 132.

"Piano Playing," 35.

"Pischna," exercises of, 93, 161.

Pitch, international, 136.

Pitch and kindred matters, 136.
international piano, 136.

Play for people, when to, 120.

Playing for pleasure, 161.

Polonaise, Chopin, opus 53, 74.
Chopin, opus 26, No. 1, 77.

Polonaises, Chopin's, 86.

Polyrhythms, 96.

Popular concert, Chopin's works for a, 88.

Position, of the body, 4.
of the hand, 6.
of the fingers, 6, 8.
of the wrist, 10.
of the thumb, 16.
of the turn over a note, 71.
of auxiliary note in a trill, 72.

Practice, morning, on the piano, 45.
the only kind of, worth while, 47.
of phrasing, 98.
of constructing, 108.

Practise, kind of a piano upon which to, 35.
exercises for the beginner to, 93.

Practising, eight hours instead of four, 48.
the two parts separately, 52.

Precision, 25.

Prelude, the B flat minor, 95.
in C sharp minor, 162

Preludes, Bach's, 82.
Chopin's, 86.

Private teachers, 141.

Profession, music as a, 156.

Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C sharp minor, 162.

Rag-time, why, is injurious, 134.

Repetition, technique, 34.
notes, 34.

Rests used under or over notes, 62.

Rhapsody, Brahms's, in G minor, 162.

Rhythm, accents relate to, 62.
playing in, 151.

Richter, E. F., 106.

Romanza, Schumann's, 162.

Rossini, 136.

Rubato, as to playing, 100.
passages marked, 100.
difference between conception and, 102.

Rubinstein, 158.

Rubinstein's "Melody in F," 79.

Russian piano music, 53.

Ruthardt, "Etudes" by, 94.

Scale, fingering the chromatic, 28.
only one minor, 109.
the well-tempered piano, 137.

Scale playing, in, 16.

Scales, tilt of the hand in playing the, 6.
the practising of, 14, 51.
the study of the, 50, 51.

Scherzo, Chopin's, opus 31, 88.

Schubert-Liszt's "Auf dem Wasser zu singern," 53.

Schumann's "Blumenstuck," 79.
Romanza, opus 28, No. 2, 162.
"Traumerei," 162.

"Secco," a rolled chord marked, 70.

Seeling, Hans, 94.

Sex of the teacher, 143.

Sight-reading, 117.

Slur, how a tie and a, differ, 63.

Slurred notes, the playing of, 62.

Slurs, 63.

Smith's Octave Studies, 143.

Solfeggio, meaning of, 74.

Soloist, 118, 164.

Sonata, accenting a mordent in a, 70.
in playing a, 75.
Moonlight, 76.
Beethoven, with a pastoral character, 84.
meaning of, 112.

Sonatina, Beethoven's, 59.

Sonatas of Beethoven, the, 83, 85.

"Songs without Words," Mendelssohn's, 86, 162.

Speed, gradual increase of, 54.
average, 59.
meaning of, terms, 60.
rule for selecting the, 60.
and smoothness in trilling, 73.

"Spring Song," the, 77.

Staccato, wrist, at a high tempo, 21.
finger, 22.
arm, 22.

Staffs, the, 66.

Starting, about, on a concert career, 162.

Steingraeber Edition of Beethoven's Sonatas, 84.

Sternberg's Etudes, opus 66, 155.

Stretching, 12, 13.

Student, age of, immaterial, 139.
books that aid the, working alone, 155.

Students, piano, 108.

Studies, Heller's, 93.

Study, object of, 135.

Studying, importance of, with the right teacher, 140.

Syncopated notes, 71.

System, universal, of fingering, 27.

Teachers, lessons, and methods, 140.

Technical, exercises, 47.
work, 18, 45, 46.
studies, 46.
results, 48.

Technique, a generic term, 3.
how to improve the, 4.
a precise finger, 16.
of the fingers, 22.
repetition, 34.
a "musical," 38.

Tempo, wrist staccato at a high, 21.
to work up a fast, 53, 54.
average, 60.
in the A flat Impromptu, 87.
taking liberties with the, 89.
rubato, 100, 101.

"Tenuto" dash, the, 69.

Textbooks on harmony, 106.

Thalberg, 91, 92.

Theory, 104.

Thirds, double, 35.
diatonic, 35.
chromatic, 35.

Thomas, Ambroise, 136.

Thumb, the, 14.
how to hold the, 16.

Tie, a, 63.

Time, duple, against triple, 96, 98.
playing in, 151.

Toccata, meaning of, 111.

Touch, faulty, 8, 43.
finger, 19, 50.
biting the finger-nails spoils the, 19.
legato, 24, 63.
crisp legato, 24.
piano, 26.
organ, 26.
repetition, 34.
charm of Chopin's, 86.
and Technique, 155.

Training, a child's musical, 138.

Transcriptions, study of operatic, 91.

Transposing at sight, 119.

Tremolo, 11.

Trill, position of auxiliary note in a, 72.

Trills, on the melodic note, 72.
extended, 72.
difference in playing, 74.

Triple time, 96, 98.

"Twelve Etudes for Technique and Expression," 94.

Universal system of marking fingering, 27.

Valse, Chopin's, opus 42, 61.
opus 64, No. 2, 88.

Waltz, a chord in the, in E minor, 89.

Waltzes, Chopin's, 86.

Weak fingers, 18.

Weber's "Storm," 41.
pianos of, time, 41.
"Perpetuum Mobile," 112.

"Wonder-children" as pianists, 152.

Wrist, action of the, 9.
the loose, 9.
position of the, 10.
stiffness in the, 10.
octaves, 31, 32.
stroke in long octave passages, 32.

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Transcriber's note:

Punctuation has been made consistent.

Other changes:

Page iv and Index--'POLYRYTHMS' changed to 'POLYRHYTHMS.'

Page xi--'As a matter _or_ course' changed to 'As a matter _of_ course.'

Page 12--'I stretch _beween_ my fingers' changed to 'I stretch _between_ my fingers.'

Page 43--'expresson' changed to 'expression.'

Page 47--'_ti_ would take considerable time' changed to '_it_ would take considerable time.'

Page 50--'rhymthic' changed to 'rhythmic.'

Page 78--'Doggio' changed to 'Doppio.'

Page 93--'_or_ which one is abridged' changed to '_of_ which one is abridged.'

Page 123--'feel _they that_ do not care for my playing' changed to 'feel _that they_ do not care for my playing.'

Page 140--'be be' changed to 'be.'

Page 158--'Rubenstein' changed to 'Rubinstein.'

Index--'F major, key of, [no page #]' removed.

Index--'Gradus and Parnassum' corrected to 'Gradus ad Parnassum.'

Index--'Hadyn' corrected to 'Haydn.'