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Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599 ... Read more

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Czerny
I think this a different transcription of the original, I had problems with fingering because de numers of fingers set on notes are different . But it's ok

fantastic for beginners
My granddaughter loves to learn piano. This book helped her a lot and she has a lot of fun playing the lovely studies. They are quite simple but beautiful.

A technical godsend
This method is very limited in scope and not for everybody, but it is just what I need, at least so far. It's about training the hands and getting a spacial (sic) awareness of the keyboard. Unlike Hanon,it does not take zen-like attention to relax the hands while doing the exercises.Also, it trains the fingers in chord shapes.I am an accomplished musician (trumpet, bass, vocals) who never learned to play piano properly. My ears and stylistic senses are fine: I can play some Bach inventions, a bit of Chopin etc, but each piece takes me a long time to learn (I wind up memorizing them before I can play them accurately).I also can lift many rock and pop tunes I hear in my cd collection and off the radio (example: Prelude to Angry Young Man by Billy Joel - no easy piece)with plenty of gusto and authenticity but I get tired quickly. I also cannot sight read effectively (esp when chord are involved) - I know the notes and can hear it but my fingers do not automatically obey.

One negative review was accurate in that the musical content is, to say the least, not inspiring.But neither are drills for learning to dribble a basketball, swinging a baseball bat or any form of physical competence.The first page of this book is ridiculously easy musically, but due to the fingering alternations, I have spent days on it, and can feel myself building awareness of my fingers, spacing and developing the neuronal connections that are crucial to good habits.I anticipate eventually being able to look at a piece of music and unconsciously being able to play it.Yes, the musical content is not exciting (this should not be your only form of musical expression or practice!), but getting the true physical fundamentals down is worth it.

the usual fare
I don't know why I keep reviewing Czerny books.If you've seen one (op. 139, 599, 823), you've seen them all.They all start with a marathon of melodies in the key of C, repeating the tonic and dominant chords until you can scream.

They all consist of square melodies in the binary form, with the same chords in the same places, and with the same rink-chink harmonic treatment.Counterpoint, what's that?

A nice reading book
My son has been playing piano for 5 years. He uses this book for his reading exercises. It works out pretty well, except he had to skip the first few pages which were way too easy. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Orange Mécanique, Hymne Européen, Carl Czerny, Ode à La Joie, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Theater an Der Wien, Ludwig Van B., Copying Beethoven, Andreï Razoumovski, Joseph Franz Von Lobkowitz, Anton Diabelli, Testament de Heiligenstadt, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Johann Van Beethoven, Lettre à L'immortelle Bien-Aimée, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Johann Baptist Schenk, Ferdinand Von Waldstein, George Bridgetower, Anton Felix Schindler, Carl Alois de Lichnowsky. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Ludwig van Beethoven est un compositeur allemand, né à Bonn le 16 ou le 17 décembre 1770 et mort à Vienne le 26 mars 1827. Dernier grand représentant du classicisme viennois (après Gluck, Joseph Haydn et Mozart), Beethoven a préparé l'évolution vers le romantisme en musique et influencé la musique occidentale pendant une grande partie du siècle. Inclassable ( lui dit Haydn vers 1793), son art s'est exprimé dans tous les genres, et bien que sa musique symphonique soit la principale source de sa popularité universelle, il a eu un impact également considérable dans l'écriture pianistique et dans la musique de chambre. Surmontant à force de volonté les épreuves d'une vie marquée par le drame de la surdité, célébrant dans sa musique le triomphe de l'héroïsme et de la joie quand le destin lui prescrivait l'isolement et la misère, il a mérité cette affirmation de Romain Rolland : . Expression d'une inaltérable foi en l'homme et d'un optimisme volontaire, affirmant la création musicale comme action d'un artiste libre et indépendant, l'œuvre de Beethoven a fait de lui une des figures les plus marquantes de l'histoire de la musique. Johann van Beethoven et Maria-Magdalena Keverich, parents de Beethoven.Portraits non attribués. Ludwig va...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Title: Carl Czerny: in the shadow of Beethoven.
Author: Anton Kuerti
Publication: Queen's Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1997
Publisher: Queen's Quarterly
Volume: 104Issue: 3Page: 486-97

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nice, but I like Burgmuller a little better
As the title indicates, these pieces are indeed progressive.The C major tonality wears somewhat tiresome in the first pages, but the last pages contain pieces written in difficult keys.

Much of the work is written according to the usual cliches found in intermediate piano solos, but much of it is original and ingenious also.The harmony grows somewhat more pungent in the second half.I counted 1 Phrygian cadence, 1 Italian sixth, 2 German sixths, and 3 Neopolitan sixths.

You will certainly get your money's worth in terms of quantity.A complete rendition of this book lasts about 2 hours.

This work is well-known here in Korea, and it is here that I first learned about it. ... Read more