Historical harpsichord technique : developing la douceur du toucher /
Yonit Lea Kosovske surveys early music and writing about keyboard performance with the aim of facilitating the development of an expressive tone in the modern player. Reviewing the work of the pedagogues and performers of the late Renaissance through the late Baroque, she gives special emphasis to l...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2011.
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Colección: | Publications of the Early Music Institute.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / La douceur du toucher
- 1. Preparing to Play
- Beginning Lessons
- Selecting an Instrument
- Position at the Keyboard
- Posture
- Relaxation
- Arms and Elbows
- Wrists
- Curvature of the Hands and Fingers
- 2. Touching the Instrument
- Warm-up Exercises
- Touching the Keys
- Gravity
- Stroking the Keys
- Motion of the Hands and Wrists
- Dynamics
- Playing Different Keyboard Instruments
- 3. Articulation
- What Is Articulation?
- "Ordinary Manner"
- Legato
- Slurs
- Arpeggios
- Staggered Playing
- Grace Notes and Trills
- Cantabile
- Detached Playing
- Silences
- Agogic Accents
- Timing
- 4. Fingering
- Comfort and Context
- Strong and Weak Notes
- Use of the Thumb
- Contraction of the Hand
- Artistic Freedom
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Brief Biographical Notes on People Mentioned in the Text
- Notes.