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Introducing Etudes
for Building piano technique
BOOK 1: LATE ELEMENTARY TO EARLY INTERMEDIATE
Introducing Etudes is a three-book series of studies specially designed to help students learn technique as effectively as possible. Each etude is matched to the technical challenge it was meant to teach. These pieces are arranged in order of difficulty. Book 1 includes three original compositions by Ward Bowen, along with etudes by Beyer, Czerny, Berens, Bartók, Schwing, Streabbog, Duvernoy, and Gurlitt.
Introducing Etudes
for Building piano technique
BOOK 2: EARLY INTERMEDIATE TO INTERMEDIATE
Book 2 works on technical concepts such as playing an Alberti bass, voicing a melody while playing other notes in the same hand, hand crossings, etudes on thirds and sixths, finger independence, triplets, and trills. The compilation includes etudes by Streabbog, Köhler, Gurlitt, Duvernoy, Czerny, Le Couppey, Concone, and Burgmüller, as well as three new compositions by Ward Bowen.
Introducing Etudes
for Building piano technique
BOOK 3: INTERMEDIATE TO LATE INTERMEDIATE
The more advanced etudes in Book 3 work on technical challenges such as tremolos, chromatic scales, speed, arpeggios, octaves, and singing tone. Among the collections surveyed are The Alphabet by Le Couppey, Bertini’s Studies for Piano, Burgmüller Op. 100 and Op. 109, Czerny Op. 139, Duvernoy’s School of Mechanism, Gurlitt’s School of Velocity, and Streabbog Op. 64. The book also includes two original etudes by Ward Bowen.