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David Pearl is the author of The Art of Steely Dan and Color Your Chords. His other books include Burt Bacharach Piano Solos, jazz transcriptions of artists such as Grover Washington, Jr. and Dave Douglas, and arrangements of jazz tunes, classical pieces, and opera arias for piano. He has taught piano and performed jazz and classical music professionally for more than 30 years.
Introduction | |
Waking Up Your Fingers | |
Getting Ready to Practice | |
Isolating and Exercising Your Fingers | |
Music for Five Fingers | |
Developing a Strong, Supple, and Speedy Hand | |
Passing Under and Crossing Over | |
Playing Intervals | |
Playing Chords Without Tension | |
Including Your Arms and Body | |
Extending Your Scales | |
Parallel and Contrary Motion | |
Footwork: Using the Damper Pedal | |
Jumping Across the Keyboard | |
Integration and Independence | |
Playing Arpeggios | |
Alternating Hands | |
Stretching Out with Octaves and Broken Octaves | |
Chord Progressions and Cadences | |
Trilling Thrills and Other Fancy Ornaments | |
Maximum Independence: Challenging Rhythms and Syncopations | |
The Part of Tens | |
Ten Dances for Your Hands | |
Ten Great Composers and Their Daily Workouts | |
Appendix: About the CD | |
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