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Mastering piano technique : a guide for students, teachers, and performers / Seymour Fink ; with illustrations by Donald G. Bell.

By: Fink, Seymour.
Contributor(s): Bell, Don, 1935-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press, 1992 1993Description: 187 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0931340462.Subject(s): Piano -- MethodsDDC classification: 786.2193

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This holistic approach to the keyboard, based on a sound understanding of the relationship between physical function and musical purpose, is an invaluable resource for pianists and teachers. Professor Fink explains his ideas and demonstrates his innovative developmental exercises that set the pianist free to express the most profound musical ideas. HARDCOVER.

Bibliography: p. 183-184 - Includes index.

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Professor Seymour Fink, retired senior piano professor in the Department of Music, University of New York at Binghamton, has made a lifetime study of piano technique and its pedagogy. An active solo and chamber pianist, Professor Fink gives numerous master classes and lecture demonstrations on piano teaching and technical development. He brings to this study a wealth of European and American educational experience, worldwide travel and observation of the pianistic scene, and more than 35 years of piano teaching experience.