Download or read book Exploring Piano Classics - Technique, Preparatory Level written by Nancy Bachus and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Exploring Piano Classics: A Masterworks Method for Developing Pianists series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. The Technique books are designed to give students a highly structured program of technical development. They include basic keyboard patterns (five-finger patterns, scales, chords, cadences, and arpeggios in the major and minor keys found in the Repertoire books), exercises and etudes, and other necessary technical drills for mastering each piece in the Repertoire books. Suggestions for efficient practice are also included.