Clavichord for Beginners , livre ebook

A guide by a world-renowned performerConnect with the author: WebsiteWritten by Joan Benson, one of the champions of clavichord performance in the 20th century, Clavichord for Beginners is an exceptional method book for both practitioners and enthusiasts. In addition to detailing the historical origins of the instrument and the evolution of keyboard technique, the book describes the proper method for practicing fingering and articulation and emphasizes the importance of touch and sensitivity at the keyboard.Introduction1. Clavichord for all KeyboardistsWhat is a Clavichord?Clavichord for Keyboard BeginnersFor HarpsichordistsFor Players of Early PianoFor Modern PianistsFor OrganistsFor Singing ClavichordistsA Personal Note for Aspiring Clavichordists2. Preparing to PlayWays of RelaxingTouch AwarenessFinger Awareness, SeatedFinger Interaction, SeatedExercise For Finger IndependenceExercise For Flexible WristsGetting to Know Your ClavichordPosition at the KeyboardControl of Tone and Pitch3. Clavichord Lessons Series ILesson One: Lowering a Key SoundlesslyLesson Two: Making a SoundLesson Three: Playing Two Notes in a RowLesson Four: Including a Raised KeyLesson Five: Bach's Cantabile TouchLesson Six: Producing a Cantabile (Singing) SoundLesson Seven: Cantabile with Fingers 4 and 5Lesson Eight: Cantabile With the ThumbLesson Nine: Cantabile on two Successive NotesLesson Ten: Playing Five Notes in a RowLesson Eleven: TimingLesson Twelve: Five Finger Exercise4. Clavichord Lessons, Series IILesson One: Degrees of SoftnessLesson Two: Degrees of LoudnessLesson Three: Crescendo and Diminuendo on Five NotesLesson Four: Contrast in Dynamics, Two HandsLesson Five: Articulation on Single NotesLesson Six: Articulation on Two NotesLesson Seven: Leaping with one FingerLesson Eight: Playing IntervalsLesson Nine: For a Flexible ThumbLesson Ten: The Makings of a Scale5. Preparing for Pieces6. Eleven Easy Pieces7. Exploring the Past: 15th Through 17th Centuries8. Exploring the Past: Eighteenth-Century Germany9. Exploring the Present and FutureSelected BibliographyExtended bibliographyIndexAbout the Author