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A Pedagogical Guide to Teaching Tone Production for Elementary-Level Piano Students, with Examples from Appropriate Elementary-Level Music

The early stage of piano students' training is one of the most important, because it is then that they establish their habits for life. Those who teach beginners need clear principles for developing a solid technical foundation and for preventing bad technical habits. One of the most difficult principles to inculcate in young students is that of tone production and quality. The primary purpose of this study is to provide a pedagogical guide to help piano teachers teach tone production to elementary-level students. To accomplish this purpose, the strategies of the twentieth-century pedagogues Josef Lhévinne, Josef Hofmann, and Heinrich Neuhaus are examined, and applied to the elementary-level piano literature. This study offers practical training suggestions to teachers of elementary piano students as well as musical examples from high-quality piano literature to accompany these suggestions.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1707233
Date08 1900
CreatorsKim, Gyuwan
ContributorsPaul, Pamela Mia, Corporon, Eugene, Romero, Gustavo, Trachsel, Andrew
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatviii, 103 pages : illustrations, music, Text
RightsPublic, Kim, Gyuwan, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.
RelationRecital: January 15, 2013, ark:/67531/metadc276945, Recital: May 13, 2013, ark:/67531/metadc802063, Recital: November 26, 2013, ark:/67531/metadc917282

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