Technique (general)

Question|Title Department Issue Authors
Is technique really necessary for beginners? Technique 1990, 1-1 Steven Roberson, E.L. Lancaster
What are the technical requirements for entering the intermediate level? Technique 1990, 1-2 Steven Roberson, Margaret Saunders Ott, Cathy Albergo, Reginald R. Gerig, Katherine Beard
How do students develop the hands equally? Technique 1990, 1-3 Christopher Giles
What do you teach students about the position of the wrist? Technique 1990, 1-4 Dorothy Munger, David Kraehenbuehl, Robert Dumm
How do you ensure good posture at the piano, especially in home practice? Technique 1991, 2-1 Boyce Reid Sher, Marilyn Brown, Janet Lyman, Jeanine Jacobson
When and how do you introduce the damper pedal? Technique 1991, 2-2 Reid Alexander, Frances Larimer, Carol Winborne
How do you encourage a student's involvement in the movement of music? Motivation 1991, 2-2 Joy Yelin, Ivan Frazier, Donald Hageman
How do you teach your students to maintain firm, non-collapsing fingers? Technique 1991, 2-3 Lola McIntyre, David Pope, Karen Taylor
How do you make a big piano fit a little child?—and other tales U & Your Piano 1991, 2-3 Cappy Kennedy Cory, Ruth Chown
What do you teach your students about weight and relaxation? Technique 1991, 2-4 Barbara Coles, Karen Thickstun, Caroline Sullivan
What devices do you use in your studio to teach technique? Technique 1992, 3-1 William Hughes
What do you teach your students about rotary motion? Technique 1992, 3-2 Steven Roberson, Robert Shannon, Joyce Cameron
What are the problems of the thumb and how do you solve them? Technique 1992, 3-3 Jane Allen, Phyllis Alpert Lehrer, Bruce Berr
What etudes do you use with your elementary and intermediate students and why? Technique 1992, 3-4 Amanda Byars, Leanne Hedges Kirkham, Kerry carlin
What do you teach your students about arpeggio playing? Technique 1993, 4-1 Verna Abe, John Kozar
What are the essential principles of a student's technique? Technique 1993, 4-2 Steven Roberson
What do you mean by TECHNIQUE, anyway? Technique 1993, 4-3 Scott McBride Smith
What are the important aspects of technique to cover in the first years of piano study? Technique 1993, 4-4 Miyoko Makaya Lotto, Jane Magrath, Louise Savage
How do you teach your students to play loud in one hand and soft in the other? Technique 1994, 5-1 Mary Ann Hanschu, Samuel Wong, Scott Smith
Do you have a favorite technical regimen for early-level students? Technique 1994, 5-2 Margery Ellesmere-Jones, Erna Gulabyan, Boyce Sher
How do you teach pedal to young students? Technique 1994, 5-3 Scott McBride Smith, Craig W. Combs, Florence Zook
What do students think about the technique they are practicing? Technique 1995, 6-1 Scott McBride Smith, Donna Maxwell
How do you motivate your students to practice technique? Technique 1995, 6-2 Catherine W. Cox, Jean M. Fox, Jed A. Galant
What can research studies teach us about piano technique? Technique 1995, 6-3 Justin D. Call, MD; Joanne Haroutounian, Colleen Tosi Ludeker
Do you develop specific exercises from pieces? Technique 1996, 7-1 Virginia Marks, Scott McBride Smith
Practicing technique exercises—Why? When? How? Home practice 1996, 7-3 Alys Terrien-Queen, Carmen Shaw, Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield
How do you teach non-legato? Technique 1996, 7-3 Jan Houser, Mandarin Cheung-Yeuh, Roma J. Eicher
How do you develop user-friendly technique in young students? Technique 1996, 7-4 Scott McBride Smith
How do you use exploration to solve technical problems? Motivation 1996, 7-4 Mary Hall Kogen, Joanne Haroutounian
Should students read the technique they practice? Music Reading 1997, 8-3 Arthur Wilson, Tony Caramia, Deborah Merrifield
How do you integrate movement into the piano lesson? Technique 1997, 8-3 Stephen Moore, Jeanine M. Jacobson, Mary Gae George
What role does choreography play in teaching technique? Technique 1998, 9-1 Phyllis Lehrer
How do you develop a sound technique with beginning students? Part I Technique 1998, 9-2 Scott McBride Smith, David Westfall
How do you develop a sound technique with beginning students? Part II Technique 1998, 9-3 David Westfall
It may be a scale, but is it technique? Technique 1998, 9-4 Richard Chronister, Louise Lepley, Elvina Pearce
How important is technique for adult leisure students? Adult Piano Study 1998, 9-4 Scott McBride Smith, Janet Vogt, Laurel Ince
How does piano technology affect technique? Technique 1999, 10-2 Virgil E. Smith, Milton Stern
Do all hands fit the keyboard? Technique 1999, 10-3 Kathleen Kranz, Terry Moran, Tara Wohlberg
What is your favorite repertoire for the teaching of alberti bass, trills, different articulations between the hands, and balance of melody and accompaniment? Repertoire 1999, 10-3 Teachers in North Carolina and Colorado
Revisiting: What do we really mean by technique, anyway? Technique 1999, 10-4 Scott McBride Smith
What do videos on technique have to offer teachers of early-level students? A conversation with Barbara Lister-Sink.? Technique 2000, 11-1 Scott McBride Smith
How do you work with a student who plays everything loudly? Technique 2000, 11-2 Teresa de Jong Pombo, Mary Beth Shaffer, Claire Wachter
How do your students practice to avoid/overcome common technical problems? Home Practice 2000, 11-2 Sue Haug, Virginia Campbell, Kenneth Williams
How do you teach early level students to play with good tone? Technique 2000, 11-3 Maryen Herrett, Scott McBride Smith, Adrienne Wiley
How do you supplement method book technique?  Technique 2001, 12-1 Judy Baker, Shearon Smith Horton, Christine Kefferstan
How do you teach students to play softly? Technique 2001, 12-3 Jackson Leung, Karen Owen, Janice Park
What steps do you assign for pedal practice? Home Practice 2001, 12-4 Rick Andrews, Gregory Nagode
Legato, portato, staccato: how do you teach articulation? Technique 2002, 13-1 Charles Asche, Karen Bartman, Marc Widner
What technique exercises do your students do as warm-ups for practice? Home Practice 2002, 13-2 Birgit Matzerath, Melanie Foster Taylor, Karen Zorn
Are curved fingers important in the early stages of piano study? Technique 2002, 13-2 Virginia Hutchings, Elizabeth Manduca, Pamela Worchester
How do you adjust technical requirements for a small hand? Technique 2002, 13-3 Lora Deahl, Jocelyn Makowski, Jerie Gail Ramsey, Brenda Wristen
How do you help beginners develop implicit technique? Technique 2002, 13-4 Melanie Foster Taylor
What are some strategies for developing optimal performance in early level students? Technique 2003, 14-1 Gail Berenson, Seymour Fink, Barbara Lister-Sink
What "away-from-the-piano" practice techniques do you use for young students? Technique 2003, 14-2 Neil Rutman, Timothy Schorr, Beverly Talley
How do you help students control physical tension?  Technique 2003, 14-3 Lois Finlay, Ronald J. Morgan, Ronald Shinn
What role does the wrist play in early-level technique? Technique 2003, 14-4 Elaine Felder, Daniel Paul Horn, Nancy Longmyer
How do you teach good tone to early level students? Technique 2004, 15-1 Polli Chambers-Salazar
How is rhythm enhanced by solid technique skills? Rhythm 2004, 15-1 Scott McBride Smith, Bruce Berr
How do you help students who say, "I know what I want, but my hands just won't do it!"? Technique 2004, 15-1 Lotus Cheng Brown, Lynda Metelsky, David Tacher
Is there a way to make technical practice fun? Technique 2004, 15-3 Stephen Cook, Christy Dolan, Peter Mack
Can we teach piano technique without physically touching the student? Perspectives 2004, 15-3 Gail Berenson
How do you teach weight transfer to early-level students? Technique 2004, 15-4 Carol Gingerich, Kathleen Kranz, Anita Renfroe
How do you adapt your technical approach to allow for individual student differences?  Technique 2005, 16-1 Judith Fairchild, Cheryl Gingerich, Tianshu Wang
What technical warm-ups do your early level students practice?  Home Practice 2005, 16-2 Kathy Christian, Carole Flatau, Carmen Shaw
How do you help students learn to control their thumbs? Technique 2005, 16-2 Theresa Bogard, Nicole Narboni, Scott McBride Smith
Elementary Graduation Exercises  Technique 2005, 16-4 Richard Chronister
What practice methods do you use to help students develop technical fluency? Technique 2006, 17-1 Rose Grace, Chiu-Ling Lin, Lucia Unrau
What are some of your favorite etudes and exercises? Technique 2006, 17-2 Catharine Lysinger, Nehama Patkin, Krista Wallace-Boaz
Can we learn good technique by fixing mistakes? Technique 2006, 17-3 Hanna Wu Li, Andrea McAlister, Mary Beth Barteau Shaffer
How do different pianos affect your use of technique in performance?  Technique 2006, 17-4 Scott McBride Smith

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