CONTENTS

TECHNIQUEPAGE
[1. General]3
[2. Position of the Body]4
[3. Position of the Hand]6
[4. Position of the Fingers]6
[5. Action of the Wrist]9
[6. Action of the Arm]11
[7. Stretching]12
[8. The Thumb]14
[9. The Other Fingers]16
[10. Weak Fingers, etc.]18
[11. Staccato]21
[12. Legato]22
[13. Precision]25
[14. Piano Touch vs Organ Touch]26
[15. Fingering]27
[16. The Glissando]29
[17. Octaves]29
[18. Repetition Technique]34
[19. Double Notes]35
[THE INSTRUMENT]35
[THE PEDALS]39
[PRACTICE]45
[MARKS AND NOMENCLATURE]57
[ABOUT CERTAIN PIECES AND COMPOSERS]75
[1. Bach]80
[2. Beethoven]83
[3. Mendelssohn]85
[4. Chopin]86
[EXERCISES AND STUDIES]93
[POLYRHYTHMS]96
[PHRASING]98
[RUBATO]100
[CONCEPTION]102
[FORCE OF EXAMPLE]104
[THEORY]104
[THE MEMORY]112
[SIGHT-READING]117
[ACCOMPANYING]117
[TRANSPOSING]119
[PLAYING FOR PEOPLE]120
[ABOUT THE PIANO PER SE]127
[BAD MUSIC]133
[ETHICAL]135
[PITCH AND KINDRED MATTERS]136
[THE STUDENT'S AGE]138
[TEACHERS, LESSONS AND METHODS]140
[MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS]150
[ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF QUESTIONS]165
[INDEX]175