First grade studes : twenty-four studies for the development of fingers, wrists, and forearm, employing five-finger groups, broken chords and examples in phrasing

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First grade studes : twenty-four studies for the development of fingers, wrists, and forearm, employing five-finger groups, broken chords and examples in phrasing

by John Thompson

Willis Music Co., c1939

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"Supplementary material for use with John Thompson's Modern course for the piano"

Contents of Works

  • The Gypsy caravan : finger legato
  • Sunshine and shadow : broken chords
  • Ocean tides : chromatic progression
  • Evening bells : broken chords and left hand over
  • A voyage of discovery : finger legato and phrasing
  • Wind mills : five-finger groups
  • Trumpeters : broken chords and accents
  • Spinning wheels : right hand finger legato
  • Bridge building : repeated patterns
  • Rain-drops : wrist staccato
  • Gold fish : scales divided between both hands
  • The lonesome pine : extended broken chords
  • In a jaunting car : staccato and legato
  • The chariot race : finger independence and evenness
  • At the fairies ball : two-note phrases
  • Chipmunks : interlocking patterns and trills
  • A romp in the country : phrasing groups
  • The cuckoo : staccato, accents and scales
  • On an Irish green : finger legato, phrasing and melody playing
  • Sambo's banjo : syncopation
  • Rain dance : for the left hand alone
  • O'er hill and dale : a diversion in six-eight
  • The music box : broken chords
  • Twilight song : fore-arm chord playing

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