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A Dozen A Day Mini Book: Technical Exercises for the Piano to be done each day before practicing (Pink edition)
£7.60
Pre-practice technical exercises for the piano. The purpose of this book is to help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. The idea is to learn two or three exercises at a time, which should be played each day before practising. Only when these are mastered should you add another. When all in the first group are mastered, the next group may be introduced. Many of these exercises may be transposed to different keys.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Music Sales Ltd (1 Jan. 2000) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 24 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0711960186 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0711960183 |
by old joanna
A classic for the beginner pianist. Book in great condition.
by Kindle Customer
These books have been around for generations now and proved their worth. The concepts of the “physical” exercises make it easy to explain the techniques being demonstrated and capture the imagination of today’s children just as effectively as they did their parents and grandparents. The exercises start very simple and build in difficulty through each book, introducing new concepts gradually and with plenty of opportunity for repetition. A bonus is that repetition of patterns with small variations builds up into a good basis for sight-reading other music. Very useful alongside other tuition schemes.
by Richard Morrison
Bought on piano teacher’s advice to support my 6 year old’s practice time. Gives some structure, and has certainly helped with note recognition and muscle memory. Fun (simple) illustrations. Slightly small print. Would recommend.
by Vincent
Great starter exercises for little one beginning to play the piano.
by Kate Reading
These are great little books, and my pupils are often astounded that they can play ‘riffs’ that look and sound so impressive very early on – such as acciaccaturas and hand-over-hand arpeggios (these come later, in book 1). I also find that the repetition of notes and chords is invaluable for sight reading and confidence building.
What’s slightly more difficult as a teacher is encouraging pupils to play these as intended – a set of 12 exercises every day, as a warm up – which is the most effective way to use the book.
I don’t think there’s anything else like Dozen A Day out there, and as far as I’m concerned, every piano student will be a much better pianist for working through the whole series (and then moving on to Hanon and Czerny).
by Shaz
This book was recommended by my son’s primary school teacher.
by CherryB
This book introduces the children to different finger actions – thumb under as in scales etc. The second book actually seems slightly more straight forward, but it may be that the child has to do this book in order to do the more straight-forward things!
I get my grand-son to do one new page a day – I play the exercises first, so that he knows what he’s aiming for – and then try to get him to do the ones he has already done in the group – but I don’t be too strict with this.
Then on the second week I get him to play all twelve, if possible, every day. It doesn’t always work out so wonderfully as this – but he finds it good fun, and we don’t hang around with each exercise for long. Just till he’s got the basics. it seems to work.
by James
Very helpful for early learners