Bartók "Microcosmos" Primary Piano Tutor Combined Edition (Teaching Version)

Author: (Hungary) Bartók
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: The first four volumes of this piano collection are designed to provide practice pieces for young or older learners, covering all the problems encountered during the initial stages of learning to the greatest extent possible. Volumes II, III, and IV are intended for the first or second years of piano study. The third volume of piano pieces differs from a traditional "piano teaching method" because it contains no technical or theoretical descriptions or instructions. Every teacher should be aware of these needs and can provide initial guidance to students without the help of a book or teaching method. The appendices in the first four volumes contain many exercises, with the numbers in parentheses indicating which technical issues in each exercise belong to which piece. Teachers can select more challenging exercises for students with higher aptitude and easier ones for those with lower aptitude. This is another difference from a "teaching method." The pieces and exercises in the book are arranged progressively in terms of technical difficulty and music. However, teachers can also adjust the order based on students' potential. The author has included a second piano part in four of the pieces. It is very important for students to practice these concert works as early as possible. As long as there are two pianos, these works should be performed in this manner.