Higher Music (Normal School) Piano Grade Course (4)

Author: Yang Ming
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This tutorial, based on the insights from other teaching materials, highlights two major features:
1. It is a step-by-step teaching book. During our lectures in various regions, we found that many teachers in remote areas faced issues in selecting teaching materials, such as exclusively practicing one "Beyer" or "Czerny 599" without incorporating other complementary materials. Using this tutorial, both students and teachers can achieve the goal of integrating multiple teaching materials through its carefully arranged repertoire and teaching tips.
2. It is also a specific, concise, and practical teaching methods book. During the writing process, more than twenty experienced teachers with decades of teaching expertise conducted thorough discussions to select the repertoire, and concise and refined performance tips were written for each piece. Young teachers in some institutions may have strong performance skills but lack teaching experience. Through the teaching tips in this book, they can fully absorb the wisdom of the experienced teachers and refine every aspect of their teaching.
In summary, it is impossible and unrealistic for a single tutorial to solve all problems in piano performance and teaching. Over the past three centuries, from Jean-Philippe Rameau to the present, thousands of piano teaching materials have been published, yet none has been a "universal" solution to all issues. This book was compiled to address the current state of music schools at various levels in China. I hope its publication will be beneficial to piano teaching practices.