Here is a quick yet thorough summary of the books Cory stated in this video. Thank you Cory for sharing your most-used books when teaching the piano to students. ---*Sight-reading and Harmony by BachScholar (Dr. Cory Hall).* EXCELLENT FOR SIGHT-READING. His own book that has been a big success since he made it available. ---*The Piano Bench of Easy Classical Music by Amy Appleby.* EXCELLENT FOR SIGHT-READING. Simplified classical piano music. ---*J. S. Bach. Short Preludes and Fugues.* He has an Urtext edition by Schott but any Urtext edition will do. HIS FAVORITE OF ALL. They do sound very nice. But they are not all great preludes. Intermediate level. ---*J. S. Bach. French Suites.* He has a Peters edition. J. S. Bach. French Suites. The Alfred Edition. He does not like the Alfred Editions of books. He recommends buying any Urtext editions (Henle, etc.). THEY ARE THE LEAST DIFFICULT. IT IS FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. ---*J. S. Bach. Two-part inventions.* He mentioned it at the end saying that he should have mentioned it. They are more difficult than the French Suites. ---He does not mention the following titles because they are more difficult than the French Suites. --*The Well-Tempered Clavier, J. S. Bach.* --*Six Partitas, J. S. Bach.* --*The English Suites, J. S. Bach.* Very long. More for advanced pianists. ---*Clementi Sonatinas for the Piano, Op. 36, 37, 38.* He has a Schirmer edition and it is fine for Clementi but do not use Schirmer for other composers. HE SAYS IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE BOOK. It should be played by all piano students at some time. THEY ARE ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECES FOR BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PIANO STUDENTS. The pieces for Op. 36 are by progressive order of difficulty. ---*Kuhlau. Complete Sonatinas.* Schirmer edition where he shows some of them being very hard to read so choose a different edition. Roughly the same difficulty than the Clementi Sonatinas. More for advanced students. ---*Mendelson, Songs without words.* He has a Schirmer edition that is fine for this book. Good fingerings too. THEY ARE EXCELLENT PIECES BUT THEY ARE INTERMEDIATE THROUGH ADVANCED PIECES. ---*Chopin Mazurkas for the piano.* He has a Schirmer Edition that is fine for these pieces. NOT THE OTHER MORE FAMOUS PIECES LIKE NOCTURNES, ETC. BECAUSE THESE MAZURKAS ARE EASIER TO PLAY. It is his go-to for Chopin. AROUND A DOZEN THAT ARE NOT TOO DIFFICULT AND THAT ARE SHORT. He uses them with his students. GRADE 4 OR GRADE 5 FOR THE EASIEST ONES. ---*Burgmuller. 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100 for the piano.* He has a Schirmer Edition; he says it is fine for these pieces. He has recorded all of them. THEY ARE PROGRESSIVE PIECES FROM THE EASIEST TO THE MOST DIFFICULT PIECE. A MUST BOOK FOR ALL PIANISTS. ---*Grieg Complete Lyric Pieces for Piano.* He has a Schirmer edition that he says is fine for these pieces. Grieg was a composer for shorter pieces. They are excellent for piano students who want to venture out and do some things that are not played as much as other material. IT IS A GOLD MINE OF GREAT, BEAUTIFUL PIECES. Good for more difficult sight-reading pieces. ---He says he must have left out other titles but *it is his most-used books for the piano, especially when he teaches the piano.* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: I add the following information that could also be useful for various people. For the sake of completeness, I remind the one I summarize the list of recommended books by BachScholar that is by Dr. Cory Hall. ---*"The Most Useful Books for Piano Students & Teachers [by BachScholar that is by Dr. Cory Hall] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/ch97RJbMwyU/видео.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---FOR BEGINNERS - RECOMMENDED BOOKS. ---*"BEST Adult Piano Methods Books 2021 | Review [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/OyP9rwFswT0/видео.html ---*"BEST/Favourite BEGINNER Piano Books | Grades 1-3 [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/q02Cdo7Tg54/видео.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---*FOR INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED - RECOMMENDED BOOKS.* I repeat the first link in this section. ---*"The Most Useful Books for Piano Students & Teachers [by BachScholar that is by Dr. Cory Hall] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/ch97RJbMwyU/видео.html ---*"(FIRST) (EXCEL) THE Guide to Piano Music Editions by a University Professor [Lenora Brown, U of Utah Piano Faculty] [by Piano Lessons with Brillante Piano Duo] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/c6HOkVsbgis/видео.html Just download their pdf file that summarizes what this piano teacher said about the books she recommended in the video. There is a link in her comments section. ---*"BEST/Favourite INTERMEDIATE Piano Books | Grades 3-6 [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/M2UVawuyw-c/видео.html ---*"BEST | Pop - Jazz - Film - New Age - Modern | Beginner/Intermediate Piano Books [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/pFEbiCvlA_Q/видео.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---*FOR TECHNIQUE - RECOMMENDED BOOKS.* ------------------------------------------------------ ---*"Best/Favourite Technique Study Piano Books | Elementary to Advanced [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/WM4Qh0W4Ki4/видео.html ---*"Favourite/Best Czerny INTERMEDIATE Piano Books/Studies [by PianoTips, the Glasgow teacher] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/-9pLdppRPec/видео.html ------------------------------------------------------ *The TWO MAIN COMPOSERS to first use for piano technique are, according to what I read from experts, Béla Bartók and Carl Czerny.* ---[Béla Bartók] *Mikrokosmos Bände I-II, Urtext: Klavier zu zwei Händen by Béla Bartók* (Author), Yusuke Nakahara (Editor) The English translation is: ---[Béla Bartók] *Mikrokosmos Volumes I-II, Urtext: Piano for two hands by Béla Bartók* (Author), Yusuke Nakahara (Editor) This Henle edition is also in English. You have several other editions for this title Mikrokosmos by Béla Bartók. *BÉLA BARTÓK COULD BE CONSIDERED THE KING OF PIANO TECHNIQUE BECAUSE HE WROTE BOOKS ESPECIALLY ON THIS TOPIC OF PIANO TECHNIQUE.* *The first volume I-II that is above is for beginners but, even if you are an intermediate pianist, start by this one. BUT there are two other volumes, Volume III-IV and Volume V-VI that are for intermediate to advanced pianists.* *IN THESE 3 VOLUMES BY BÉLA BARTÓK, THE PIECES ARE GIVEN BY PROGRESSIVE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY.* ---*CZERNY COULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS ANOTHER KING OF PIANO TECHNIQUE BECAUSE HE, LIKE BÉLA BARTÓK, ALSO WROTE BOOKS ESPECIALLY ON THIS TOPIC OF PIANO TECHNIQUE.* Here are just a few titles on piano technique by Czerny. But he wrote a big number of books on piano technique. --*Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599: With CDs of Performances (Book/Online Audio)* (Hal Leonard Piano Library) - Carl Czerny (Includes Online Access Code) by Carl Czerny (Author), Matthew Edwards (Editor) --*First Piano Lessons in 100 Recreations (Edition Peters) by Carl Czerny* (Composer), Adolf Ruthardt (Composer) ------------------------------------------------------ See also the following piano technique books. --(EXCELLENT. START BY THIS BOOK FIRST.) *Fundamentals of Piano Technique - The Russian Method: Newly Revised by James & Susan Mckeever by Leon Conus* (Author), Olga Conus (Author), James McKeever (Contributor), Susan McKeever (Contributor) --(THE TITLE IS WRONG, IT IS OP. 100) *Burgmuller: 25 Progressive Pieces Op. 200* (with CD): Book & CD (Alfred Masterwork CD Edition) by Friedrich Burgmuller (Author)* ---[Johannes Brahms] *51 Exercises (Alfred Masterwork Edition) by Johannes Brahms* (Composer), Maurice Hinson (Composer) --[Franz Liszt] *Technical Exercises (Esteban) [Alfred Masterwork Edition] by Franz Liszt* (Composer), Julio Esteban (Composer) ------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- END.
Thank you so much for this excellent comment!!! Very helpful!!! Can I ask you a couple of questions?? 1. Do you know if has recommendations for piano 🎹 technique??? From beginners to advanced??? 2. What about music 🎼 🎶 books 📚 for intermediate advanced students??? Thank you so much 😊
@@ginaqc78 @ginaqc78 Hello ginaqc78, to be clear, for the summary of the video that I made of the piano books that he uses with his piano students, all the credits only go to BachScholar that is to Dr. Cory Hall so check his youtube channel at www.youtube.com/@BachScholar/playlists Now to answer your questions, here check these following links that should also be very useful. I believe they are currently the best recommended books for the piano that you can find on youtube. For the sake of completeness, I remind the one I summarize the list of recommended books by BachScholar that is by Dr. Cory Hall. ---*"The Most Useful Books for Piano Students & Teachers [by BachScholar that is by Dr. Cory Hall] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/ch97RJbMwyU/видео.html I will start by links that do not concern you because they relate to beginners but I put them there for people who are beginners. ---*"BEST Adult Piano Methods Books 2021 | Review [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/OyP9rwFswT0/видео.html ---*"BEST/Favourite BEGINNER Piano Books | Grades 1-3 [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/q02Cdo7Tg54/видео.html Here below is what concerns you because you seem focused on intermediate to advanced book recommendations: ---*"Best/Favourite Technique Study Piano Books | Elementary to Advanced [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/WM4Qh0W4Ki4/видео.html ---*"Favourite/Best Czerny INTERMEDIATE Piano Books/Studies [by PianoTips, the Glasgow teacher] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/-9pLdppRPec/видео.html ---*"THE Guide to Piano Music Editions by a University Professor [Lenora Brown, U of Utah Piano Faculty] [by Piano Lessons with Brillante Piano Duo] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/c6HOkVsbgis/видео.html Just download their pdf file that summarizes what this piano teacher said about the books she recommended in the video. There is a link in her comments section. ---*"BEST/Favourite INTERMEDIATE Piano Books | Grades 3-6 [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/M2UVawuyw-c/видео.html ---*"BEST | Pop - Jazz - Film - New Age - Modern | Beginner/Intermediate Piano Books [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/pFEbiCvlA_Q/видео.html
Thank you so much for your music recommendations Mr. Hall. Your channel has been very helpful and inspiring. I must say that I would not be playing Ragtime and Classical if I had not listened to your performances. Even though I already have piano lessons here in Iowa, I still hope to meet you in person someday. May God bless you and your family, have a wonderful day! Sincerely yours, Lane Watson
The Alfred books are very clearly printed black on white and the music is well spaced out. This is excellent for people whose eyesight is not as good as it was and for people starting off into some of the more difficult pieces as it doesnt look so daunting on the page, plenty of room to write your fingering and the excellent paper quality stands up well to erasure and rewriting. Pencil shows up clearly too. Even the covers are more friendly and inviting, less intimidating. I have various versions of most of the ones Cory has recommended here, picked up from music sales of second hand music/house clearances etc. Had not thought of Grieg lyric pieces that's a nice suggstion, thank you Cory. I had read that the Bach French Suites were approachable and am still struggling with some of the Preludes and Inventions so I am encouraged to take a look at those and try some for some "light relief" shall I say. Great overview Cory, thank you.
Hi Cory. A nice update to the youtube presentation from years ago on "must have" piano music. Particularly glad you included the "Piano Bench of EASY classical music" - perhaps that "one of my students" was me???? When my left hand is back in commission in 4 weeks or so, I'll look forward to taking up some of your recommendations! Thank you for being such a GREAT instructor and a good overall person too! Joe Norris
I will make a separate video on that topic because it requires a complete video. There are some Alfred Editions I like, and these are generally the ones that do not heavily edit and do not have the gray lines and written out ornaments all over the place. I would estimate 80% of the ornamentation suggestions are just flat out wrong in Alfred Editions. In the case of the French Suites, almost all the ornamentation suggestions are wrong or are physically impossible when played up to speed. Why do they show and explain Bach's table of ornaments in the preface, yet they write all the ornaments out incorrectly to contradict Bach's table? Also, several ornaments are added which Bach never indicated. Also, the excessive footnotes are a huge annoyance because nobody ever reads them and they stretch two-page pieces into 3 or 4 page pieces with awkward page turns. Take a Two-Part Invention, for example. They should all be two pages to eliminate page turns, yet Alfred litters it up with gray lines, footnotes, incorrect ornamentation, and stretches them out to three pages. Footnotes, gray lines, etc. bog the student down with too much information. The intent is to make their editions instructional for students, but this backfires the way they do it.
Thank you this was very helpful. I bought your sight reading book a few years back but i couldn't make it through. There was just so much. By any chance do u have a video on youtube that briefly goes over how to approach using the book ?
The book is not meant to be used from cover to cover. There is enough information in this book for a lifetime. This is like expecting to read and comprehend the entire Bible in one week. If you join WRP there are over 1000 videos on this book. I don't understand how people buy my sight-reading book and expect to go through it in a couple weeks or something. This is impossible.
@@BachScholar thanks for the response. I actually wasn't trying to cover it in a week. I was mainly just trying to figure out the best way to approach it as it a massive book (you said it best... lifetime worth of material!!). Happy to hear there are videos. I will register amd check them out. Thank you.
No Scott Joplin? After all those videos you have playing so many of his tunes? You're the only classical pianist I know who does this, which i love, btw.
Czerny is best for this. Playing Czerny makes Chopin. And Mozart and Beethoven easier and better. School of Velocity and Finger dexterity. Play them as fast as you can without mistakes and follow the fingerings. They are beautiful 2 to 5 page pieces. Hidden in them are lessons you learn without noticing you learning a lesson. If only the rest of life was so easy.
My opinion is absolutely not. Im a piano student and my teacher urges me to let her know what pieces i’d like to learn from the offered repertoire. Otherwise, in her experience, the learning process is hindered and motivation to learn is lost. Im currently learning on schirmer’s first lessons in bach and im loving it!
Here is a quick yet thorough summary of the books Cory stated in this video. Thank you Cory for sharing your most-used books when teaching the piano to students.
---*Sight-reading and Harmony by BachScholar (Dr. Cory Hall).*
EXCELLENT FOR SIGHT-READING. His own book that has been a big success since he made it available.
---*The Piano Bench of Easy Classical Music by Amy Appleby.*
EXCELLENT FOR SIGHT-READING. Simplified classical piano music.
---*J. S. Bach. Short Preludes and Fugues.*
He has an Urtext edition by Schott but any Urtext edition will do.
HIS FAVORITE OF ALL. They do sound very nice. But they are not all great preludes. Intermediate level.
---*J. S. Bach. French Suites.*
He has a Peters edition.
J. S. Bach. French Suites. The Alfred Edition. He does not like the Alfred Editions of books. He recommends buying any Urtext editions (Henle, etc.).
THEY ARE THE LEAST DIFFICULT. IT IS FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.
---*J. S. Bach. Two-part inventions.*
He mentioned it at the end saying that he should have mentioned it.
They are more difficult than the French Suites.
---He does not mention the following titles because they are more difficult than the French Suites.
--*The Well-Tempered Clavier, J. S. Bach.*
--*Six Partitas, J. S. Bach.*
--*The English Suites, J. S. Bach.* Very long. More for advanced pianists.
---*Clementi Sonatinas for the Piano, Op. 36, 37, 38.*
He has a Schirmer edition and it is fine for Clementi but do not use Schirmer for other composers.
HE SAYS IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE BOOK. It should be played by all piano students at some time. THEY ARE ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECES FOR BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PIANO STUDENTS.
The pieces for Op. 36 are by progressive order of difficulty.
---*Kuhlau. Complete Sonatinas.*
Schirmer edition where he shows some of them being very hard to read so choose a different edition.
Roughly the same difficulty than the Clementi Sonatinas.
More for advanced students.
---*Mendelson, Songs without words.*
He has a Schirmer edition that is fine for this book.
Good fingerings too.
THEY ARE EXCELLENT PIECES BUT THEY ARE INTERMEDIATE THROUGH ADVANCED PIECES.
---*Chopin Mazurkas for the piano.*
He has a Schirmer Edition that is fine for these pieces.
NOT THE OTHER MORE FAMOUS PIECES LIKE NOCTURNES, ETC. BECAUSE THESE MAZURKAS ARE EASIER TO PLAY.
It is his go-to for Chopin.
AROUND A DOZEN THAT ARE NOT TOO DIFFICULT AND THAT ARE SHORT. He uses them with his students.
GRADE 4 OR GRADE 5 FOR THE EASIEST ONES.
---*Burgmuller. 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100 for the piano.*
He has a Schirmer Edition; he says it is fine for these pieces.
He has recorded all of them.
THEY ARE PROGRESSIVE PIECES FROM THE EASIEST TO THE MOST DIFFICULT PIECE.
A MUST BOOK FOR ALL PIANISTS.
---*Grieg Complete Lyric Pieces for Piano.*
He has a Schirmer edition that he says is fine for these pieces.
Grieg was a composer for shorter pieces. They are excellent for piano students who want to venture out and do some things that are not played as much as other material.
IT IS A GOLD MINE OF GREAT, BEAUTIFUL PIECES.
Good for more difficult sight-reading pieces.
---He says he must have left out other titles but *it is his most-used books for the piano, especially when he teaches the piano.*
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Update: I add the following information that could also be useful for various people. For the sake of completeness, I remind the one I summarize the list of recommended books by BachScholar that is by Dr. Cory Hall.
---*"The Most Useful Books for Piano Students & Teachers [by BachScholar that is by Dr. Cory Hall] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/ch97RJbMwyU/видео.html
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---FOR BEGINNERS - RECOMMENDED BOOKS.
---*"BEST Adult Piano Methods Books 2021 | Review [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/OyP9rwFswT0/видео.html
---*"BEST/Favourite BEGINNER Piano Books | Grades 1-3 [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/q02Cdo7Tg54/видео.html
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---*FOR INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED - RECOMMENDED BOOKS.*
I repeat the first link in this section.
---*"The Most Useful Books for Piano Students & Teachers [by BachScholar that is by Dr. Cory Hall] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/ch97RJbMwyU/видео.html
---*"(FIRST) (EXCEL) THE Guide to Piano Music Editions by a University Professor [Lenora Brown, U of Utah Piano Faculty] [by Piano Lessons with Brillante Piano Duo] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/c6HOkVsbgis/видео.html
Just download their pdf file that summarizes what this piano teacher said about the books she recommended in the video. There is a link in her comments section.
---*"BEST/Favourite INTERMEDIATE Piano Books | Grades 3-6 [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/M2UVawuyw-c/видео.html
---*"BEST | Pop - Jazz - Film - New Age - Modern | Beginner/Intermediate Piano Books [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/pFEbiCvlA_Q/видео.html
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---*FOR TECHNIQUE - RECOMMENDED BOOKS.*
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---*"Best/Favourite Technique Study Piano Books | Elementary to Advanced [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/WM4Qh0W4Ki4/видео.html
---*"Favourite/Best Czerny INTERMEDIATE Piano Books/Studies [by PianoTips, the Glasgow teacher] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/-9pLdppRPec/видео.html
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*The TWO MAIN COMPOSERS to first use for piano technique are, according to what I read from experts, Béla Bartók and Carl Czerny.*
---[Béla Bartók] *Mikrokosmos Bände I-II, Urtext: Klavier zu zwei Händen by Béla Bartók* (Author), Yusuke Nakahara (Editor)
The English translation is:
---[Béla Bartók] *Mikrokosmos Volumes I-II, Urtext: Piano for two hands by Béla Bartók* (Author), Yusuke Nakahara (Editor)
This Henle edition is also in English. You have several other editions for this title Mikrokosmos by Béla Bartók.
*BÉLA BARTÓK COULD BE CONSIDERED THE KING OF PIANO TECHNIQUE BECAUSE HE WROTE BOOKS ESPECIALLY ON THIS TOPIC OF PIANO TECHNIQUE.*
*The first volume I-II that is above is for beginners but, even if you are an intermediate pianist, start by this one. BUT there are two other volumes, Volume III-IV and Volume V-VI that are for intermediate to advanced pianists.*
*IN THESE 3 VOLUMES BY BÉLA BARTÓK, THE PIECES ARE GIVEN BY PROGRESSIVE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY.*
---*CZERNY COULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS ANOTHER KING OF PIANO TECHNIQUE BECAUSE HE, LIKE BÉLA BARTÓK, ALSO WROTE BOOKS ESPECIALLY ON THIS TOPIC OF PIANO TECHNIQUE.*
Here are just a few titles on piano technique by Czerny. But he wrote a big number of books on piano technique.
--*Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599: With CDs of Performances (Book/Online Audio)* (Hal Leonard Piano Library) - Carl Czerny (Includes Online Access Code) by Carl Czerny (Author), Matthew Edwards (Editor)
--*First Piano Lessons in 100 Recreations (Edition Peters) by Carl Czerny* (Composer), Adolf Ruthardt (Composer)
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See also the following piano technique books.
--(EXCELLENT. START BY THIS BOOK FIRST.) *Fundamentals of Piano Technique - The Russian Method: Newly Revised by James & Susan Mckeever by Leon Conus* (Author), Olga Conus (Author), James McKeever (Contributor), Susan McKeever (Contributor)
--(THE TITLE IS WRONG, IT IS OP. 100) *Burgmuller: 25 Progressive Pieces Op. 200* (with CD): Book & CD (Alfred Masterwork CD Edition) by Friedrich Burgmuller (Author)*
---[Johannes Brahms] *51 Exercises (Alfred Masterwork Edition) by Johannes Brahms* (Composer), Maurice Hinson (Composer)
--[Franz Liszt] *Technical Exercises (Esteban) [Alfred Masterwork Edition] by Franz Liszt* (Composer), Julio Esteban (Composer)
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Thank you so much for this excellent comment!!! Very helpful!!!
Can I ask you a couple of questions??
1. Do you know if has recommendations for piano 🎹 technique??? From beginners to advanced???
2. What about music 🎼 🎶 books 📚 for intermediate advanced students???
Thank you so much 😊
@@ginaqc78 @ginaqc78 Hello ginaqc78, to be clear, for the summary of the video that I made of the piano books that he uses with his piano students, all the credits only go to BachScholar that is to Dr. Cory Hall so check his youtube channel at www.youtube.com/@BachScholar/playlists
Now to answer your questions, here check these following links that should also be very useful. I believe they are currently the best recommended books for the piano that you can find on youtube.
For the sake of completeness, I remind the one I summarize the list of recommended books by BachScholar that is by Dr. Cory Hall.
---*"The Most Useful Books for Piano Students & Teachers [by BachScholar that is by Dr. Cory Hall] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/ch97RJbMwyU/видео.html
I will start by links that do not concern you because they relate to beginners but I put them there for people who are beginners.
---*"BEST Adult Piano Methods Books 2021 | Review [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/OyP9rwFswT0/видео.html
---*"BEST/Favourite BEGINNER Piano Books | Grades 1-3 [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/q02Cdo7Tg54/видео.html
Here below is what concerns you because you seem focused on intermediate to advanced book recommendations:
---*"Best/Favourite Technique Study Piano Books | Elementary to Advanced [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/WM4Qh0W4Ki4/видео.html
---*"Favourite/Best Czerny INTERMEDIATE Piano Books/Studies [by PianoTips, the Glasgow teacher] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/-9pLdppRPec/видео.html
---*"THE Guide to Piano Music Editions by a University Professor [Lenora Brown, U of Utah Piano Faculty] [by Piano Lessons with Brillante Piano Duo] - RUclips"* at ruclips.net/video/c6HOkVsbgis/видео.html
Just download their pdf file that summarizes what this piano teacher said about the books she recommended in the video. There is a link in her comments section.
---*"BEST/Favourite INTERMEDIATE Piano Books | Grades 3-6 [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/M2UVawuyw-c/видео.html
---*"BEST | Pop - Jazz - Film - New Age - Modern | Beginner/Intermediate Piano Books [by PianoTips, Stefan Wyatt from Glasgow, UK] - RUclips"* at
ruclips.net/video/pFEbiCvlA_Q/видео.html
Thank you so much for your music recommendations Mr. Hall. Your channel has been very helpful and inspiring. I must say that I would not be playing Ragtime and Classical if I had not listened to your performances. Even though I already have piano lessons here in Iowa, I still hope to meet you in person someday. May God bless you and your family, have a wonderful day!
Sincerely yours,
Lane Watson
The Alfred books are very clearly printed black on white and the music is well spaced out. This is excellent for people whose eyesight is not as good as it was and for people starting off into some of the more difficult pieces as it doesnt look so daunting on the page, plenty of room to write your fingering and the excellent paper quality stands up well to erasure and rewriting. Pencil shows up clearly too. Even the covers are more friendly and inviting, less intimidating. I have various versions of most of the ones Cory has recommended here, picked up from music sales of second hand music/house clearances etc.
Had not thought of Grieg lyric pieces that's a nice suggstion, thank you Cory. I had read that the Bach French Suites were approachable and am still struggling with some of the Preludes and Inventions so I am encouraged to take a look at those and try some for some "light relief" shall I say.
Great overview Cory, thank you.
Hi Cory. A nice update to the youtube presentation from years ago on "must have" piano music. Particularly glad you included the "Piano Bench of EASY classical music" - perhaps that "one of my students" was me???? When my left hand is back in commission in 4 weeks or so, I'll look forward to taking up some of your recommendations! Thank you for being such a GREAT instructor and a good overall person too! Joe Norris
That Clementi Sonatina book is my go to book! I have learned quite a few... very enjoyable. It's a fantastic book!
Great video. Useful advice here
Thanks so much, Cory!!
Thank you, professor! This video is really useful.
Excellent video! I will be ordering a few of these. Thank you.
Thank you for this. I learn so much from your videos.
I love books! Thank you for making this!
Excellent info. Thank you for sharing.
Mmm…now I need to get that Songs without Words book.
Hi, I actually bought 2 Schumann books by Alfred, op. 68 and op.15. Why do you advise people to stay away from Alfred, I'd like to know, thanks.
I will make a separate video on that topic because it requires a complete video. There are some Alfred Editions I like, and these are generally the ones that do not heavily edit and do not have the gray lines and written out ornaments all over the place. I would estimate 80% of the ornamentation suggestions are just flat out wrong in Alfred Editions. In the case of the French Suites, almost all the ornamentation suggestions are wrong or are physically impossible when played up to speed. Why do they show and explain Bach's table of ornaments in the preface, yet they write all the ornaments out incorrectly to contradict Bach's table? Also, several ornaments are added which Bach never indicated. Also, the excessive footnotes are a huge annoyance because nobody ever reads them and they stretch two-page pieces into 3 or 4 page pieces with awkward page turns. Take a Two-Part Invention, for example. They should all be two pages to eliminate page turns, yet Alfred litters it up with gray lines, footnotes, incorrect ornamentation, and stretches them out to three pages. Footnotes, gray lines, etc. bog the student down with too much information. The intent is to make their editions instructional for students, but this backfires the way they do it.
Thank you this was very helpful. I bought your sight reading book a few years back but i couldn't make it through. There was just so much. By any chance do u have a video on youtube that briefly goes over how to approach using the book ?
The book is not meant to be used from cover to cover. There is enough information in this book for a lifetime. This is like expecting to read and comprehend the entire Bible in one week. If you join WRP there are over 1000 videos on this book. I don't understand how people buy my sight-reading book and expect to go through it in a couple weeks or something. This is impossible.
@@BachScholar thanks for the response. I actually wasn't trying to cover it in a week. I was mainly just trying to figure out the best way to approach it as it a massive book (you said it best... lifetime worth of material!!). Happy to hear there are videos. I will register amd check them out. Thank you.
Thank you very much!
No Scott Joplin? After all those videos you have playing so many of his tunes? You're the only classical pianist I know who does this, which i love, btw.
I only assign Joplin to students who want it. Many students don't care for ragtime and I never make them play it if they don't want to.
Nice video. Bit disappointed you didnt say which Mazurkas to start with or the one you "discovered"
Sorry, no time for that.
Are these books useful for composers?
I can’t play the piano well at all but I read alot of piano music in my head.
They are if you plan to study other composers' works as a composer.
No hablo ingles budna idea poner la explicacacion soy maestra de piano. 😊
Czerny is best for this. Playing Czerny makes Chopin. And Mozart and Beethoven easier and better. School of Velocity and Finger dexterity. Play them as fast as you can without mistakes and follow the fingerings. They are beautiful 2 to 5 page pieces. Hidden in them are lessons you learn without noticing you learning a lesson. If only the rest of life was so easy.
no Mikrokosmos?
Do you think that it is beneficial for students to learn to play pieces that they have heard but do not really like?
My opinion is absolutely not. Im a piano student and my teacher urges me to let her know what pieces i’d like to learn from the offered repertoire. Otherwise, in her experience, the learning process is hindered and motivation to learn is lost. Im currently learning on schirmer’s first lessons in bach and im loving it!
I think it's best to stick to pieces the student likes, however, the length of the piece matters as does the level of the student.
what if they like crap lol, at the very least you should make an effort to communicate the greatness of certain pieces, and the deficiencies of others
I have agreed to learn something I don't particularly love to gain a particular skill...
oh no, czerny is absent
I cant hear the horses. A, Mendelssohn, carriage without horses? And nobody told you, the 19.th Century is over?