Piano Basic Course Revised Edition 2

Author: Han Linshen
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Piano Basic Course is a trial teaching material for piano foundation courses and elective courses in music majors of higher normal universities, organized and compiled by the Ministry of Education. This course consists of four volumes, with one volume used per academic year. The content and progression are arranged according to the Outline for Piano Teaching in Higher Normal Universities (Draft) issued by the Ministry of Education in 1981. In this book, we have provided concise annotations on the genre characteristics of some works, the lives and creative features of the composers, as well as teaching requirements for piano performance. We hope to closely integrate the teaching of basic music theory, the understanding and expression of musical imagery, and piano playing techniques from the beginning of piano teaching, so that students' musical quality and professional level can be fully and comprehensively improved and developed. During the process of compiling annotations, in addition to referring to the Cihai (Art Supplement) published in China in 1980, we also referred to various types of music theory books both domestically and internationally, as well as annotations from certain original piano scores. Regarding etudes, since etudes by composers such as Béla Bartók and Carl Czerny have already been published domestically, this course has selected and refined exercises from those works while also incorporating a significant number of practical etudes written by other piano educators to make the book more practical and ensure more comprehensive technical training. Of course, in actual teaching, teachers can select supplementary materials as needed from systematically published works by composers such as Czerny. Some piano pieces in this book can be used as accompaniment exercises for songs (some of which are originally accompaniment pieces). This is specifically designed for the needs of normal university students who must learn to harmonize accompaniment. For such pieces, lyrics are often provided at the end. Additionally, teachers can select more and richer accompaniment materials from systematic vocal teaching materials. To standardize teaching, all pieces in this book are marked with fingerings, and some are marked with pedal indications for reference by teachers. Given the nature of piano teaching itself, the number of pieces in each volume of the course is arranged relatively abundant, allowing teachers to have flexibility in selection based on different situations. Furthermore, in the arrangement of teaching progression, teachers can also adjust the sequence of the material appropriately according to the principle of teaching students according to their aptitude.