Alfred Premier Piano Technique 1A

Now your students will have the technical tools needed to achieve artistic
performances. They will encounter skills in four areas – playing naturally
(physical aspects), moving freely (around the keyboard), playing beautifully
(tone production) and playing artistically. The technical goals are
accomplished through three types of activities – patterned exercises with
necessary repetitions to make the technique feel natural, artistic etudes that
showcase the student’s technique in an artistic musical setting and appealing
and descriptive exercises called Technique Tools. The nine Technique Tools in
Level 1A relate to relaxed shoulders, arm weight, moving freely, strong
fingertips, finger weights, repeated notes, thumb position, finger
independence and gentle hand rock. Each page in the Technique Book correlates
with a specific page in the Lesson Book; when the Lesson, Theory, Performance
and Technique books are used together, they offer a fully integrated and
unparalleled comprehensive approach to piano instruction. 32pages.