{"id":2955,"date":"2016-07-04T18:06:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T16:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/megustaelpiano.com\/en\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2016-07-05T09:38:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T07:38:12","slug":"easy-piano-etudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megustaelpiano.com\/en\/easy-piano-etudes\/","title":{"rendered":"Piano repertoire: easy piano etudes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pieanoOn this week, I will talk about several easy piano etudes and exercises for piano. I won’t be talking about the too well known pieces by Czerny or Berens but about more modern books on piano exercises that contain easy piano etudes that students can easily practise and learn during one week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For the next year I’m going to implement for my students the challenge set by the teacher Elissa Milne <\/strong>consisting on working on 40 pieces during one year, the 40 piece challenge.<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>The aim is getting students to play a number of pieces on varius styles, with diverse piano patterns and different structures so that they know and master the largest possible amount of resources. What would be better to achieve this goal than combining their repertoire practice with piano exercises or short etudes?<\/p>\n

With this in mind I have inmersed myself in the search of new material<\/strong>, some of which I have already used with excellent results, and I have also used some methods I already had.\u00a0I hope you like my recommendations as much as I do<\/p>\n

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Piano Adventures Technique and Artistry Book<\/h4>\n

\"PianoOn a previous post<\/a> I explained what Piano Adventures method deals with. For each level, there’s a book with small technical exercises <\/strong>and short pieces or etudes<\/strong> where these techniques are implemented. Each of the books start with the explanation of four techniques, gestures or movements that will be worked on during each of them with the exercises and small pieces I’ve already mentioned. Everything is perfectly sorted and explained on a way that is clear and attractive for students.<\/p>\n

There are seven levels: First, 1, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B and 4, all of them I highly recommend. They can be used with other Piano Adventures books or independently working great in both ways.<\/p>\n

Many of the piano exercises are conceived to be easily transposed to other keys<\/strong>. As an example, here are a couple of youtube videos: one with an exercise and another with an etude of Level 3B:<\/p>\n

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