Scales and Finger Exercises: Schirmer Library of Classic Volume 2107 (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)

Scales and Finger Exercises for Piano is an elementary to intermediate piano technique collection published by G. Schirmer as part of Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Volume 2107, bringing together a complete set of major and minor scales with selected exercises from six well-known piano method composers in one softcover volume.

The book opens with the full set of major and minor scales in melodic and harmonic form, then moves into finger-exercise excerpts drawn from Berens' Training for the Left Hand, Czerny's Practical Finger Exercises, Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist, Plaidy's Technical Studies, Schmitt's Preparatory Exercises, and Wieck's Pianoforte Studies, each presented in standard piano notation across 64 pages sized to sit open on a music stand.

Working through scales alongside exercises drawn from several method traditions in one volume gives a player more than one way to build the same technical foundation, and having that range in a single elementary to intermediate book makes it well suited to both structured lessons with a teacher and independent daily practice, keeping technique work varied from one session to the next.

Song List

Complete Major and Minor Scales, Melodic and Harmonic * Berens: Training for the Left Hand, Op. 89, Book 1 * Czerny: Practical Finger Exercises, Op. 802, Book 1, Section 1 * Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist, Book 1, Part 1 * Plaidy: Technical Studies, Section 1 * Schmitt: Preparatory Exercises, Op. 16, Exercises 1-32 * Wieck: Pianoforte Studies, Section 1

Whether it opens a daily practice routine, anchors a weekly lesson plan, or sits on the shelf as a long-term reference for scale and technique work, Scales and Finger Exercises for Piano brings six classic approaches to piano technique together in one elementary to intermediate volume, and makes a practical, lasting gift for any pianist working on their fundamentals.

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