Haroutounian, Joanne - Palette of Touches: Piano Exercises & Repertoire that Develop Colorful Tonal Qualities - Intermediate - Piano Method Volume*

Palette of Touches, Intermediate
Composed by Joanne Haroutounian

Palette of Touches–Intermediate offers a way for developing pianists to gain an aural awareness of tonal colors available on the piano and the technical tools needed to produce them in performance.

The book introduces a variety of legato, staccato, and chordal touches through the following:

• Detailed descriptions, photographs, and online video clip demonstrations
• Recommended touch symbols to apply to printed exercises and scores
• Exercises specifically written to match each touch
• Excerpts from traditional piano literature for quick application
• Selected pieces of classic repertoire that feature each touch

Teachers and students learn to define interpretive decisions in music being studied using a descriptive, clear-cut "touch vocabulary," assigning a level of weight into the key (key depth) to define dynamics, and through exercises and repertoire that allow students to physically fine-tune the sound and feel of these touches. The results can be remarkable. Student performances suddenly gain life and vitality!

Edition Number: WP619
ISBN 10 digit: 0849798124
ISBN 13 digit: 9780849798122
Media Type: Music Books
Instrument: Piano
Level/Grade: Intermediate

Contents:

Introduction
Single key and weight-into-the-key exercises
Legato touches

• Rotating Wrist Legato
• Old French Song - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Simple Legato
• Polonaise in F Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Articulate Legato
• Little Prelude - Johann Christoph Bach
• Flat-Finger Legato
• The Doll's Funeral - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Caramel Legato
• Evening in the Meadow - Vladimir Rebikoff
• Legato Collage Exercise
• Legato Collage Repertoire
• To A Wild Rose - Edward MacDowell

Staccato touches

• Wrist Staccato
• Polka - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Up Staccato
• Allegro Scherzando - Franz Joseph Haydn
• Portato
• Sonatina - Cornelius Gurlitt
• Scratch Staccato
• Minuet in F Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Brush Staccato
• Siclienne - Robert Schumann
• Dig (Down) Stacatto
• Playing Soldiers - Vladimir Rebikoff
• Legato Collage Exercise
• Legato Collage Repertoire:
• Minuet - Pasquale Ricci

Chordal touches

• Placed Chord
• Menuet in C - Ludwig van Beethoven
• Up Chord
• Waltz in Bb - Franz Schubert
• Toss Chord
• Le Petite Reunion - Freidrich Bugmuller
• Shove Chord
• Sailor's Song - Edvard Grieg
• Cling Chord
• In Church - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Legato Collage Exercise
• Legato Collage Repertoire:
• Waltz in C - Franz Schubert

Contemporary repertoire recommendations
Quick glance table of touches.