Piano Playing, with Piano Questions Answered

by Josef Hofmann

Biting the Finger-Nails Spoils the Touch	[19]
Broad-Tipped Fingers Not a Disadvantage	[20]
C-Scale Fingering for All Scales, The	[28]
Can Music be Studied in America?	[148]
Cantabile Passages	[7]
Charm of Chopin's Touch, The	[86]
Chopin's Barcarolle	[88]
Chopin's Work for a Popular Concert	[88]
"Colour" of Various Keys, The	[137]
Company that One Keeps in Music, The	[133]
Composition Must Fit the Player, The	[130]
Conditions Which Dictate Speed in Playing, The	[53]
Counting Out Loud	[50]
Difference Between Conception and Rubato, The	[102]
Difference Between "Finger Staccato" and Other Kinds, The	[22]
Difference Between Major and Minor Scales, The	[109]
Difference in Playing Trills, The	[74]
Different Conceptions May be Individually Correct	[102]
Disputed Chopin Reading, A	[78]
Do not Allow the Wrist to Get Stiff	[10]
Do not Injure the Hand by Stretching It	[13]
Do not Over-Use the Soft Pedal	[44]
Do not Raise the Piano-Stool too High	[4]
Do not Raise Wrist in Marking a Rest	[99]
Do not Stiffen the Hands in Playing Scales	[9]
Do not Use a Piano Extreme in "Action"	[36]
Double Sharp Misprinted for Double Flat	[65]

E Sharp and B Sharp and the Double Flat	[64]
Easiest Way to Memorize, The	[113]
Effect of Double Flats, The	[65]
Effect of Playing the Same Piece Often, The	[122]
Either Trust Your Teacher or Get a New One	[146]
Etudes for Advanced Players to Work At	[94]
Exercises for the Beginner to Practise	[93]
Fatiguing the Hand by Stretching	[12]
Few Sonatas of Beethoven, Well Played, Are Enough, A	[85]
Fingering the Chromatic Scale	[28]
Fingers Needed to Play a Mordent, The	[28]
Firm and Crisp Legato Touch, The	[24]
First Learn to Play Simple Things Well	[162]
Four Ways to Study a Piano Piece	[52]
Fourth and Fifth Fingers, The	[16]
Frequent Lessons and Shorter	[147]
General Rule About the Pedal, A	[39]
Genuine Piano Hand, The	[130]
Give Your Teacher a Fair Trial	[145]
Good Finger Exercises	[93]
Good Intermediate Books of Etudes	[94]
Greatest Composers as Pianists, The	[91]
Hearing a Piece Before Studying It	[104]
Height of the Piano Seat, The	[5]
Horseback Riding Stiffens the Fingers	[132]
How a Tie and a Slur Differ	[63]
How Are Syncopated Notes to be Played?	[71]

How Best to Play the Octaves	[29]
How Grace Notes Are Played	[61]
How Long an Accidental Affects a Note	[64]
How Much You Can Get from Music	[157]
How Organ Playing Affects the Pianist	[26]
How Tight to Keep the Piano's Action	[37]
How to Get Music Published	[150]
How to Hold the Thumb	[16]
How to Improve the Technique	[4]
How to Play Passages Marked "Rubato"	[100]
How to Use the Pedal	[39]
How Waltz, Menuet, Mazurka and Polonaise Differ	[111]
Importance of Studying With the Right Teacher, The	[140]
Incorrect Position of the Fingers, An	[8]
Individual Teacher or Conservatory?	[142]
In Order to Memorize Easily	[115]
In Playing a Sonata	[75]
"International" Piano Pitch, The	[136]
International Piano Pitch, The	[136]
Is the Piano the Hardest to Master?	[127]
"It is So Much Easier to Read Flats Than Sharps!"	[157]
Kind of Piano Upon Which to Practise, The	[35]
Kullak's "Method of Octaves" Still Good	[34]
Learning the Art of Accompanying	[118]
Learning to Accompany at Sight	[117]
Learning to Modulate	[107]

Let Your Ear Guide Your Pedalling	[41]
Loose Wrist, The	[9]
Masters Cannot be Studied In Order	[90]
Meaning and Use of "Motif," The	[68]
Meaning of Solfeggio, The	[74]
Meaning of "Toccata," The	[111]
Memorizing Quickly and Forgetting as Readily	[115]
Metronome Markings, The	[57]
Metronome Markings May Better be Ignored	[59]
Modern Piano Music	[92]
Mood and Tempo in the A Flat Impromptu	[87]
More Technique the More Practice, The	[3]
Morning is the Best Time to Practise	[46]
Morning Practice on the Piano, The	[45]
Music as a Profession or as an Avocation	[156]
Music Schools and Private Teachers	[141]
No Necessity to Watch the Fingers	[19]
Not Playing the Two Hands at Once	[25]
Nothing But the Best Will Do	[141]
Number of Lessons Depends on Progress, The	[147]
Old Problem of Duple Time against Triple, The	[98]
Omitting One Note in a Chord	[89]
Once More the "Soft" Pedal	[44]
One Lesson a Week	[147]
Only Kind of Practice Worth While, The	[47]
Order of Studying Beethoven's Sonatas	[83]
Organ Playing and the Piano Touch	[26]
Organizing a Musical Club	[150]

Perfect Rubato the Result of Momentary Impulse	[101]
Personal Element and the Metronome, The	[58]
Pianist Who Fails to Express Herself, The	[123]
Piano Study for Conductor and Composer	[128]
Play Chords With a Loose Arm	[11]
Playing Duple Time Against Triple	[96]
Playing from Memory is Indispensable	[112]
"Playing in Time" and "Playing in Rhythm"	[151]
Playing of Double Thirds, The	[35]
Playing of Slurred Notes, The	[62]
Playing On a Dumb Piano	[38]
Playing the "Melody in F"	[79]
Playing the "Spring Song" too Fast	[77]
Playing with Cold Hands	[49]
Point in Playing the "Moonlight Sonata," A	[76]
Position of Auxiliary Note in a Trill	[72]
Position of the Turn over a Note, The	[71]
Position of the Wrist, The	[10]
Practising Eight Hours Instead of Four	[48]
Practising the Two Parts Separately	[52]
Premature Fatigue in the Arms	[33]
Problem of Transposing at Sight, The	[119]
Proper Course for a Little Girl, The	[146]
Rapid Octaves	[30]
Real Meaning of Speed Terms, The	[60]
Relation of Harmony to Piano Playing, The	[105]
Rests Used under or over Notes	[62]
Results Count, Not the Methods, The	[6]
Rolled Chord Marked "Secco," A	[70]
Rubinstein or Liszt—Which is the Greater?	[158]
Rule for Selecting the Speed, A	[60]