Organ, touch, [26].
playing, [26].
Pachulski, [92].
Pedal, a general rule about the, [39].
how to use the, [39].
use of the, for colouring, [39].
use, with caution in playing Bach, [41].
the "soft," [43], [44].
a constant use of the soft, [45].
Pedalling, let your ear guide your, [41].
Pedals, the, [39].
using the two, at once, [43].
"Perpetuum Mobile," Weber's, [112].
Peters's Edition, [79], [82].
Phrasing, value and correct practice of, [98].
Physical exercise, best, for the pianist, [131].
Pianists, the greatest composers as, [91].
"wonder-children" as, [152].
Pianissimo touch, the, [44].
Piano, height of the, seat, [5].
touch, [26].
kind of, upon which to practise, [35].
extreme in action, [36].
action of a beginner's, [37].
playing on a dumb, [38].
affected movements at the, [126].
about the, per se, [127].
genuine, hand, [130].
when to keep away from the, [132].
"Piano Playing," [35].
"Pischna," exercises of, [93], [161].
Pitch, international, [136].
Pitch and kindred matters, [136].
international piano, [136].
Play for people, when to, [120].
Playing for pleasure, [161].
Polonaise, Chopin, opus 53, [74].
Chopin, opus 26, No. 1, [77].
Polonaises, Chopin's, [86].
Polyrhythms, [96].
Popular concert, Chopin's works for a, [88].
Position, of the body, [4].
of the hand, [6].
of the fingers, [6], [8].
of the wrist, [10].
of the thumb, [16].
of the turn over a note, [71].
of auxiliary note in a trill, [72].
Practice, morning, on the piano, [45].
the only kind of, worth while, [47].
of phrasing, [98].
of constructing, [108].
Practise, kind of a piano upon which to, [35].
exercises for the beginner to, [93].
Practising, eight hours instead of four, [48].
the two parts separately, [52].
Precision, [25].
Prelude, the B flat minor, [95].
in C sharp minor, [162]
Preludes, Bach's, [82].
Chopin's, [86].
Private teachers, [141].
Profession, music as a, [156].
Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C sharp minor, [162].
Rag-time, why, is injurious, [134].
Repetition, technique, [34].
notes, [34].
Rests used under or over notes, [62].
Rhapsody, Brahms's, in G minor, [162].
Rhythm, accents relate to, [62].
playing in, [151].
Richter, E. F., [106].
Romanza, Schumann's, [162].
Rossini, [136].
Rubato, as to playing, [100].
passages marked, [100].
difference between conception and, [102].
Rubinstein, [158].
Rubinstein's "Melody in F," [79].
Russian piano music, [53].
Ruthardt, "Etudes" by, [94].
Scale, fingering the chromatic, [28].
only one minor, [109].
the well-tempered piano, [137].
Scale playing, in, [16].
Scales, tilt of the hand in playing the, [6].
the practising of, [14], [51].
the study of the, [50], [51].
Scherzo, Chopin's, opus [31], [88].
Schubert-Liszt's "Auf dem Wasser zu singern," [53].
Schumann's "Blumenstuck," [79].
Romanza, opus 28, No. 2, [162].
"Traumerei," [162].
"Secco," a rolled chord marked, [70].
Seeling, Hans, [94].
Sex of the teacher, [143].
Sight-reading, [117].
Slur, how a tie and a, differ, [63].
Slurred notes, the playing of, [62].
Slurs, [63].
Smith's Octave Studies, [143].
Solfeggio, meaning of, [74].
Soloist, [118], [164].
Sonata, accenting a mordent in a, [70].
in playing a, [75].
Moonlight, [76].
Beethoven, with a pastoral character, [84].
meaning of, [112].
Sonatina, Beethoven's, [59].
Sonatas of Beethoven, the, [83], [85].
"Songs without Words," Mendelssohn's, [86], [162].
Speed, gradual increase of, [54].
average, [59].
meaning of, terms, [60].
rule for selecting the, [60].
and smoothness in trilling, [73].
"Spring Song," the, [77].
Staccato, wrist, at a high tempo, [21].
finger, [22].
arm, [22].
Staffs, the, [66].
Starting, about, on a concert career, [162].
Steingräber Edition of Beethoven's Sonatas, [84].
Sternberg's Etudes, opus 66, [155].
Stretching, [12], [13].
Student, age of, immaterial, [139].
books that aid the, working alone, [155].
Students, piano, [108].
Studies, Heller's, [93].
Study, object of, [135].
Studying, importance of, with the right teacher, [140].
Syncopated notes, [71].
System, universal, of fingering, [27].
Teachers, lessons, and methods, [140].
Technical, exercises, [47].
work, [18], [45], [46].
studies, [46].
results, [48].
Technique, a generic term, [3].
how to improve the, [4].
a precise finger, [16].
of the fingers, [22].
repetition, [34].
a "musical," [38].
Tempo, wrist staccato at a high, [21].
to work up a fast, [53], [54].
average, [60].
in the A flat Impromptu, [87].
taking liberties with the, [89].
rubato, [100], [101].
"Tenuto" dash, the, [69].
Textbooks on harmony, [106].
Thalberg, [91], [92].
Theory, [104].
Thirds, double, [35].
diatonic, [35].
chromatic, [35].
Thomas, Ambroise, [136].
Thumb, the, [14].
how to hold the, [16].
Tie, a, [63].
Time, duple, against triple, [96], [98].
playing in, [151].
Toccata, meaning of, [111].
Touch, faulty, [8], [43].
finger, [19], [50].
biting the finger-nails spoils the, [19].
legato, [24], [63].
crisp legato, [24].
piano, [26].
organ, [26].
repetition, [34].
charm of Chopin's, [86].
and Technique, [155].
Training, a child's musical, [138].
Transcriptions, study of operatic, [91].
Transposing at sight, [119].
Tremolo, [11].
Trill, position of auxiliary note in a, [72].
Trills, on the melodic note, [72].
extended, [72].
difference in playing, [74].
Triple time, [96], [98].
"Twelve Etudes for Technique and Expression," [94].
Universal system of marking fingering, [27].
Valse, Chopin's, opus 42, [61].
opus 64, No. 2, [88].
Waltz, a chord in the, in E minor, [89].
Waltzes, Chopin's, [86].
Weak fingers, [18].
Weber's "Storm," [41].
pianos of, time, [41].
"Perpetuum Mobile," [112].
"Wonder-children" as pianists, [152].
Wrist, action of the, [9].
the loose, [9].
position of the, [10].
stiffness in the, [10].
octaves, [31], [32].
stroke in long octave passages, [32].
Transcriber's Note
Punctuation has been made consistent.
Other changes:
page iv—'POLYRYTHMS' changed to 'POLYRHYTHMS.'
page xi—'As a matter or course' changed to 'As a matter of course.'
page 12—'I stretch beween my fingers' changed to 'I stretch between my fingers.'
page 43—'expresson' changed to 'expression.'