TY  - MUSIC
AU  - Czerny,Carl
AU  - Vogrich,Max
AU  - Hale,Philip
TI  - The art of finger dexterity: fifty studies for the piano op. 740
U1  - M 786.2 20
PY  - 1893///
CY  - New York
PB  - G. Schirmer
KW  - Piano
KW  - Studies and exercises
N1  - Schirmer's library of musical classics no. 154 is a compilation of :
Book I Studies 1-8 (No. 155) ; Book II Studies 9-16 ; Book III 17-24 ; Book IV 25-32 ; Book V 33-41 ; Book VI 42-50
; BOOK I Contents; 1. Action of the fingers, and hand quiet --; 2. The passing under of the thumb --; 3. Clearness in rapidity --; 4. Light motion in quiet staccato --; 5. Evenness in double passages --; 6. Clearness in broken chords --; 7. Changing the fingers on one and the same key --; 8. Light action of the left hand --; BOOK II Contents; 9. Delicate skips and detached notes --; 10. Exercise in thirds --; 11. Readiness in changing the fingers --; 12. Flexibility of the left hand --; 13. the utmost velocity --; 14. Chord-passages --; 15. Extension, with great strength --; 16. Changing the fingers in rapid playing --; BOOK III Contents; 17. Minor cales in rapid tempo --; 18. Crossing the hands quietly and with delicate touch --; 19. Extension, the hand quiet --; 20. Double octaves --; 21. The same movement in each hand --; 22. Trill-Exercises --; 23. Light touch in the fingers of the left hand --; 24. The thumb on the black keys, the position of the hand perfectly quiet --; BOOK IV Contents; 25. Clearness in running passages --; 26. The utmost velocity in chord passages --; 27. Independence of the fingers --; 28. A quiet hand, the fingers active --; 29. Mordent-exercise --; 30. To acquire a firm touch --; 31. Practice in the passing under of the thumbs --; 32. Uniformity in raising the fingers --; BOOK V Contents; 33. Octave leaps, the hand light --; 34. Trills in thirds --; 35. Changing the fingers on one and the same key --; 36. Light arm, the fingers flexible --; 37. Clearness in great strength --; 38. Uniformity in raising the hands --; 39. Exercise in thirds --; 40 Light breaking off or detaching of chords --; 41. Action of the fingers of the left hand --; BOOK VI Contents; 42. Double-Mordent-Exercise --; 43. Skill in the passing under of the thumb --; 44. The lightest touch, the fingers exerted to utmost --; 45. Legato melody with broken chords --; 46. Bravura in touch and action --; 47. Delicate and distinct touch in broken chords --; 48. Trill-Exercise --; 49. Octaves-Bravura --; 50. Bravura in touch and tempo
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