Sale: Fingering Charts for effortless scales, chords / cadences, arpeggios 40% OFF

My CRAZY HALLOWEEN SCALES, CHORDS CADENCES, ARPEGGIOS FINGERING CHARTS SALE!!!!

How about ACCOMPLISHING EFFORTLESS and SECURE SCALES, CHORDS / CADENCES AND ARPEGGIOS in WEEKS rather than years, using traditional classical fingering?



If you are a piano teacher, like me, taking annually 30 + students through various piano exams, auditions and competitions, you will know about the teaching stress of cleaning up those "nasty scales requirements....



If you are a teacher who puts great emphasis on technique, quality of sound, variety of touches and execution control, you are aware that scales are a daily struggle, a necessary "evil" and for many students a greatly hated chore. — But my students LOVE playing scales using my fingering charts—they can see their progress and it is easy.



Many teacher simply give up and no longer bother to teach scales, unless minimally required for examinations.



BUT - THERE IS A BETTER WAY! Using my fingering charts is SO EASY EVEN "regular" 5 year olds can easily learn 4 octave scales accurately, practicing MINUTES rather than hours.
My students in average learn to play ALL SCALES including the black keys scales, 4 octaves within their first year, accurate classical traditional fingering and with metronome. All within minutes a day --- it's true!!!! Don't think, I have the protégés who practice 5 hours a day!!! No, my students are the average local 20 - 40 minutes a day practicing student. For me, it's all about efficient practicing. My books are my life saver teaching piano basic scales chords/ cadences and arpeggios. 210 Gold medal programs in the Guild auditions in 9 years and 15 5-year national programs earned me the Hall of Fame and every single program except a handful included scales phases.



I removed the LEARNING BLOCKAGE of READING NOTES and key signatures with tiny finger numbers and kept the essence of scales: large print finger numbers, correct labeling of note names, visually identifying white and black keys. The student pays attention to correct note name and fingering and therefore can relax into practicing the physical motion of scales with a metronomic pulse. The additional and unnecessary skill of looking and deciphering a note, translating it's meaning into a letter name and finger number is removed. Practicing the physical motion of scales, chords and arpeggios is no longer dependent on reading skills. Physical motions are practiced in all keys, even before notes reading is completely mastered. But then, as the note reading abilities increase - over time, the fingers and ear and mind are already trained. Therefore much time is removed from the learning process.



I developed my fingering charts over 13 years teaching piano, working on developing and defining ways that would give me secure scales without the aggravation as a teacher!!! I am Austrian born and frankly it's all about know-how and practice efficiency. I am sharing these books with you for the very first time.



My books are intended to help ALL STUDENTS MASTER THE BASIC PIANO PLAYING SKILLS. Aand my books are intended to help piano teachers get a few less gray hairs while teaching a solid piano playing foundation to all students of any skills level and ability level!



Take the frustration out of teaching and learning piano scales and get immediate RESULTS.



I am CRAZY to offer you this 40% INTRODUCTORY DISCOUNT!



Only valid through 10/31/2010 and while my very limited first edition lasts!



You may wonder WHY I am so CRAZY to even bother publishing my books!!!! It's very simple, I like to hear good piano playing and I am passionate about sharing my "secrets" - I want everyone to benefit from my own path of struggles and remedying answers. NOW, EVERYONE CAN EFFORTLESSLY ACQUIRE A SOLID PIANO PLAYING FOUNDATION.



Play well,

Eva



 
 

Glenn Gould piano technique

"Guerrero was an advocate of a technical discipline known as finger tapping. Apparently, the idea came to him while watching a young boy dancing in a Chinese circus. Guerrero spoke to the boy’s trainer, who demonstrated his teaching routine: he moved the child’s passive limbs into the desired positions, which the boy would then replicate, trying to maintain the feeling of relaxation. Adapting the technique to the piano, Guerrero taught his students to hold one hand in a relaxed position on the keyboard, lightly touching the keys. With the other hand, the student would tap a fingertip enough to depress the desired key. The mechanical action of the key springing up would lift the finger back into place. The idea was to teach the fingers to play with a minimum of effort and no excess lift."  For Glenn Gould, Form Followed Fingers

I LOVE Glenn Gould! - A true artist, he stand up for his beliefs, regardless if ANYONE EVER AGREES or not with him and mind you, I certainly respect his interpretations and cannot wait to listen to one of them - and no, I do not always agree, but we discuss his interpretations in length.

The amazing thing is, I teach a similarly relaxed hand. I do not suggest to sit so low as Glenn Gould demonstrates, I also do not suggest a "dry Baroque sound" at all times - besides Baroque sound should not always be "dry" - often very rich and singing with a Clavichord brightly singing sound. On rare occasions - in order to show / demonstrate a relaxed physical motion - I let my students drape their hand over mine and they get a "feeling" of how the motion "feels" that I am trying to convey - and it usually works very nicely. We always work scales / chords - cadences and arpeggios, shaping a relaxed and beautiful meaningful sound. And we (my students) can play beautifully and accurately very early on, growing into advanced repertoire quickly. I have two students perform in the Bach Complete Works Competition next week and wish them well, preparing conscientiously in the next 8 days. It is not easy to keep youngsters focused, but that is all part of developing maturity and follow through.

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The importance of a solid piano foundation for any creative composer

I thought of taking the time and commenting on the importance of a solid piano playing foundation for creative composers.  Many students come to me as child proteges writing their own music but NO PIANISTIC SKILLS or tonal foundation. This is a heart break time after time. These creative geniuses are 12 - 14 years old, sometimes semi professional, and no technique to fall back on. Quite amazing that they can actually play their own songs which are often quite difficult to play! 
Time after time, have I tested these fingering charts. The complete manual provides giant, easy to read fingering charts for All Major, parallel harmonic, melodic and natural minor scales. No note reading skills are required. The schematic of black and white keys, with accurate finger numbers and note labels is all you will ever need to work technique correctly.  Working technique off fingering charts is the logic way to go about practicing scales foundation: do not bother struggling withe note deciphering while working those fingers. Learn to sight read with sight reading books and learn technique with the Play Piano in All Keys fingering charts. This is your very logic approach.
Also included are all I-IV-V Major and Minor Triads, inversions and cadences and all Arpeggios (Root, 1st, 2nd inversions)
Once any pianist has initially mastered the basic Major, Harmonic, Melodic, Natural minors scales, the cords / cadences and Arpeggios, there is only a "better" with repetitions. But the foundation has been set accurate and that is of greatest importance.
And if you are one of the many adult students, who wants to advance and finally "get the scales and technique", this book is a must. All keys including black keys are included.
Be creative and learn to play in all keys.