Verbalis, Jon - Natural Fingering

In further developing Chopin's thinking on pianism, this book explores the keyboard's topographical symmetry and the revolutionary impact of symmetrical inversion on piano technique and pedagogy. With copious excerpts from the extant repertoire, this is the first comprehensive discussion of fingering solutions for pianists since Hummel's monumental treatise of 1828.

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CONTENTS

About the Companion Website
Introduction
Part I Fundamental Forms as Foundation
1 The Major Scales
2 The Major Connection and Minor Scales
3 Chords, Arpeggios and Extended Harmonies
4 Other Scale Fingerings
Chromatic-Diatonic Compounds
5 Core Topographies and Rational Solutions
PART II The Double Note Challenge
6 Double Notes: An Overview in an Evolutionary Context
7 Toward a More Rational Fingering for Double Notes
8 Double Sixths and Other Double Notes
PART III Topography, Strategy and Symmetry
9 Fundamental Strategies
10 Fundamental Principles for a Natural Fingering
11 Topography, Symmetry and Lines of Action
PART IV The Topographical Advantage: Explorations in Keyboard Space
12 Topography and Pedagogy
From the Beginning
13 Topography and Tonality
Early Repertoire
14 Intimations of Symmetry
Chopin's Pattern as Fundamental Tool
Retooling and Repertoire
Epilogue
Endnotes
Glossary
Bibliography
Subject Index
Available Online at www.oup.com/us/naturalfingering
Excerpts from the Repertoire for Chapters 1-8, 11 and 14
Appendix 1 Single Note Diatonic Scales: the Major Forms
Appendix 2 Single Note Diatonic Scales: the Minor Forms
Appendix 3 The Arpeggios
Appendix 4 Historical Fingerings for the Chromatic Scale
Appendix 5 Diatonic Double Third Fingerings: An Evolution
Appendix 6 The Chromatic Scale in Double Notes
Appendix 7 Double Third Diatonic Scales: The Major and Minor Forms
Appendix 8 Double Sixth Diatonic Scales: The Major and Minor Forms
Appendix 9 E. Robert Schmitz: Six Fundamentals of Training
Appendix 10 Technical Aspects of a Natural Pianism