Product Description
Book 1, the first book in a series of 5, containing the the exercises 1-22 from Carl Czerny's 110 Easy and Progressive Exercises as an addition to the free Klavarscore Beyer Piano Course (See www.klavarscore.org).
This book in Half-Letter/A5 format can be sight-read from a tablet or e-book reader. It is also possible to print two pages on one Letter/A4 sheet in landscape orientation. A version of this book in the Letter/A4 format for printing is also available.
For more information about the KlavarScore notation and Scrolling KlavarScore visit www.klavarscore.org.
The Video example shown on this site is exercise No.16, the audio example is exercise No.22.
In this book you will find links for free download of the audio files and Scrolling KlavarScore files, so you can play these pieces (with an appropriate app) from your cellphone, tablet or desktop PC. Perhaps not only for exercising, but also because it is such nice music to play and hear.....
Books 2, 3 and 4, each also containing 22 exercises are also available.
Book 5, also containing 22 exercises will be coming soon.
By practicing the exercises found in this and the other 4 books of this series, the student will quickly discover how Czerny must have intended these to be much more than simple exercises. As exercises, Czerny would of course want them to be meticulously practiced, revisited and improved upon, but in doing so, students will find them to be very pleasurable pieces of music to play, even for the enjoyment of an audience.
These books contain instructions in Czerny's own words. Translations of Czerny's words are included in the Prefaces or in some cases as footnotes after the exercises, regarding choosing a proper tempo, the proper playing of ornaments, etc., mostly taken from Czerny's Piano School, Opus 500. In this way, Czerny himself becomes the teacher to students in need of one.
Carl Czerny (1791-1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works. His books of studies for the piano are still widely used in piano teaching. He was one of Beethoven's numerous pupils, Franz Liszt was his most famous pupil.
Source: Wikipedia.
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