A Dozen A Day All Year Round: Pre-Practice Technical Exercises for the Piano

Edna-Mae Burnam's A Dozen A Day books have been enjoyed by milions of Piano students around the world since they were first published in 1954. The six volumes of Burnam's original series provide a comprehensive, progressive course in Piano technique, combining pedagogical rigour with descriptive titles and iconic illustrations. This new anthology presents the complete series in a single volume for the first time. Together the exercises form a rich resource for Piano teachers and students to draw upon, and with the addition of this book's special thematic index, it's easy to focus on specific areas of technique. The possibilites for how the studies might be used as part of yourpractice routine are almost limitless, and with six specially-written performance pieces added to conclude each book, A Dozen A Day now has an excercise for ever day of the year.

CONTENIDO:

GROUP I .
1. Walking
2. Hopping
3. Bouncing A Ball With Right Hand
4. Bouncing A Ball With Left Hand
5. Rolling
6. Arms Up And Down
7. Skipping
8. Deep Breathing
9. Hammering With Right Hand
10. Hammering With Left Hand
11. Walking In A Water Puddle In Boots
12. Fit As A Fiddle And Ready To Go

GROUP II
1. Twisting Right And Left
2. Flinging Arms Out And Back
3. Touching Toes 4. Kicking Right Leg Up
5. Kicking Left Leg Up
6. Backward Bend
7. Stretching Legs Out And Back (sitting down)
8. Skipping
9. Deep Breathing
10. Jump Rope
11. Walking Down A Hill
12. Fit As A Fiddle And Ready To Go

GROUP III
1. The Splits
2. Deep Breathing
3. Wide Walk (stiff legged)
4. Right Knee Up And Back (lying down)
5. Left Knee Up And Back (lying down)
6. Both Knees Up And Back (lying down)
7. Backward Bend
8. Twirling To The Right
9. Twirling To The Left
10. Jumping Over A Bench
11. Jumping Off A Big Box
12. Fit As A Fiddle And Ready To Go

GROUP IV
1. Walking On A Sunny Day
2. Walking On A Cloudy Day
3. Skipping On A Sunny Day
4. Skipping On A Cloudy Day
5. Deep Breathing On A Sunny Day
6. Deep Breathing On A Cloudy Day
7. Baby Steps
8. Cartwheels
9. Leap Frog
10. Tightrope Walking
11. Walking On Tiptoes
12. Fit As A Fiddle And Ready To Go

GROUP V
1. Running
2. In A Swing
3. Teeter Totter
4. Whirly Gig Ride
5. Swimming
6. Going Down A Slide
7. Climbing Monkey Bars
8. Hanging By Knees On Acting Bar
9. Walking On Trapeze Rings
10. Jump Rope 11. Tether Ball
12. Fit As A Fiddle And Ready To Go