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Tables of Contents for Art of Piano Playing
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
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Foreword
Preface
PART 1 HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THEORIES OF PIANO TECHNIQUE
Technique Based on Fingers Alone
1
5
Invention and Development of the Pianoforte
1
1
First Approaches to Problems of Piano Technique
2
1
The Finger School
3
2
Mechanical Devices
5
1
Participation of the Arm
6
5
Progressive Ideas in Nineteenth-Century Teaching
6
1
The Impasse of the Old School
7
1
Ludwig Deppe's Ideas
8
1
The Anatomic-Physiological School
9
2
Growing Awareness of the Role of the Mind
11
10
New Theories of Movement and Exercise
11
1
Oscar Raif's Experiments
12
1
Steinhausen on the Psychic Origin of Technique
13
1
Twentieth-Century Trends
14
1
The Psycho-Technical School
15
6
PART 2 THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND PIANO PLAYING
Structure and Function of the Central Nervous System
21
9
Inborn and Conditioned Reflexes
23
1
The Second Signaling System
23
1
Analysis and Synthesis
24
1
Proprioception
24
1
Excitation and Inhibition of Nervous Processes
25
1
Irradiation and Concentration of Nervous Processes
26
1
Establishing Stable Conditioned Reflexes: The Reflex of Purpose
27
3
Development of Motor Skill
30
2
Development of Velocity
32
4
PART 3 PROBLEMS OF PIANO PLAYING AND TEACHING
Esthetics and Technique
36
4
Theory of Movement
36
1
Individual Technique
37
1
Tone Production
37
1
Relaxation and Tension
38
2
Coordination and Adjustment
40
5
Adjustment to the Keyboard
40
1
Finger Dexterity
41
1
Spacial Orientation
42
1
Regulation of Energy
43
2
Mental Work
45
7
Mental Dexterity
45
1
Grouping and Regrouping
46
4
Mental Practicing
50
2
Stage Fright
52
2
Conclusion
54
4
Bibliography
58
History and Theory of Pianism
58
6
Physiology
64
References
57
9
Index
66