Technique Dept.

Question|Title Issue Authors
Is technique really necessary for beginners? 1990, 1-1 Steven Roberson, E.L. Lancaster
What are the technical requirements for entering the intermediate level? 1990, 1-2 Steven Roberson, Margaret Saunders Ott, Cathy Albergo, Reginald R. Gerig, Katherine Beard
How do students develop the hands equally? 1990, 1-3 Christopher Giles
What do you teach students about the position of the wrist? 1990, 1-4 Dorothy Munger, David Kraehenbuehl, Robert Dumm
How do you ensure good posture at the piano, especially in home practice? 1991, 2-1 Boyce Reid Sher, Marilyn Brown, Janet Lyman, Jeanine Jacobson
When and how do you introduce the damper pedal? 1991, 2-2 Reid Alexander, Frances Larimer, Carol Winborne
How do you teach your students to maintain firm, non-collapsing fingers? 1991, 2-3 Lola McIntyre, David Pope, Karen Taylor
What do you teach your students about weight and relaxation? 1991, 2-4 Barbara Coles, Karen Thickstun, Caroline Sullivan
What devices do you use in your studio to teach technique? 1992, 3-1 William Hughes
What do you teach your students about rotary motion? 1992, 3-2 Steven Roberson, Robert Shannon, Joyce Cameron
What are the problems of the thumb and how do you solve them? 1992, 3-3 Jane Allen, Phyllis Alpert Lehrer, Bruce Berr
What etudes do you use with your elementary and intermediate students and why? 1992, 3-4 Amanda Byars, Leanne Hedges Kirkham, Kerry carlin
What do you teach your students about arpeggio playing? 1993, 4-1 Verna Abe, John Kozar
What are the essential principles of a student's technique? 1993, 4-2 Steven Roberson
What do you mean by TECHNIQUE, anyway? 1993, 4-3 Scott McBride Smith
What are the important aspects of technique to cover in the first years of piano study? 1993, 4-4 Miyoko Makaya Lotto, Jane Magrath, Louise Savage
How do you teach your students to play loud in one hand and soft in the other? 1994, 5-1 Mary Ann Hanschu, Samuel Wong, Scott Smith
Do you have a favorite technical regimen for early-level students? 1994, 5-2 Margery Ellesmere-Jones, Erna Gulabyan, Boyce Sher
How do you teach pedal to young students? 1994, 5-3 Scott McBride Smith, Craig W. Combs, Florence Zook
What about piano study in Australia and the People's Republic of China? 1994, 5-4 Max Cooke, Zhou Guang-Ren
What do students think about the technique they are practicing? 1995, 6-1 Scott McBride Smith, Donna Maxwell
How do you motivate your students to practice technique? 1995, 6-2 Catherine W. Cox, Jean M. Fox, Jed A. Galant
What can research studies teach us about piano technique? 1995, 6-3 Justin D. Call, MD; Joanne Haroutounian, Colleen Tosi Ludeker
What are you learning from your students? 1995, 6-4 Scott McBride Smith, Justin Call
Do you develop specific exercises from pieces? 1996, 7-1 Virginia Marks, Scott McBride Smith
What do you say when students ask: Why do I have to practice scales? 1996, 7-2 Scott McBride Smith, Michael Sitton, Amanda Penick
How do you teach non-legato? 1996, 7-3 Jan Houser, Mandarin Cheung-Yeuh, Roma J. Eicher
How do you develop user-friendly technique in young students? 1996, 7-4 Scott McBride Smith
Piano teaching in other countries, Part II: What about piano teaching in Taiwan? 1997, 8-1 Scott McBride Smith, Jennifer Lim
Why is scale fingering important? 1997, 8-2 Scott McBride Smith
How do you integrate movement into the piano lesson? 1997, 8-3 Stephen Moore, Jeanine M. Jacobson, Mary Gae George
How can we become better teachers of bicultural students? 1997, 8-4 Deborah Rosen
What role does choreography play in teaching technique? 1998, 9-1 Phyllis Lehrer
How do you develop a sound technique with beginning students? Part I 1998, 9-2 Scott McBride Smith, David Westfall
How do you develop a sound technique with beginning students? Part II 1998, 9-3 David Westfall
It may be a scale, but is it technique? 1998, 9-4 Richard Chronister, Louise Lepley, Elvina Pearce
What was the secret of Jane Allen's success? 1999, 10-1 Scott McBride Smith
How does piano technology affect technique? 1999, 10-2 Virgil E. Smith, Milton Stern
Do all hands fit the keyboard? 1999, 10-3 Kathleen Kranz, Terry Moran, Tara Wohlberg
 Revisiting: What do we really mean by technique, anyway??  1999, 10-4 Scott McBride Smith
What do videos on technique have to offer teachers of early-level students? A conversation with Barbara Lister-Sink. 2000, 11-1 Scott McBride Smith
How do you work with a student who plays everything loudly? 2000, 11-2 Teresa de Jong Pombo, Mary Beth Shaffer, Claire Wachter
How do you teach early level students to play with good tone? 2000, 11-3 Maryen Herrett, Scott McBride Smith, Adrienne Wiley
How do you supplement method book technique? 2001, 12-1 Judy Baker, Shearon Smith Horton, Christine Kefferstan
How do you introduce scale playing? 2001, 12-2 Stephen Cook, Debra Ronning, Elier Suárez
How do you teach students to play softly? 2001, 12-3 Jackson Leung, Karen Owen, Janice Park
A tribute to Boris Berlin: Canada's pioneer of the piano 2001, 12-4 Laura Beauchamp, Linda Metelsky, Scott McBride Smith
Legato, portato, staccato: how do you teach articulation? 2002, 13-1 Charles Asche, Karen Bartman, Marc Widner
Are curved fingers important in the early stages of piano study? 2002, 13-2 Virginia Hutchings, Elizabeth Manduca, Pamela Worchester
How do you adjust technical requirements for a small hand? 2002, 13-3 Lora Deahl, Jocelyn Makowski, Jerie Gail Ramsey, Brenda Wristen
How do you help beginners develop implicit technique?  2002, 13-4 Melanie Foster Taylor
What are some strategies for developing optimal performance in early level students?  2003, 14-1 Gail Berenson, Seymour Fink, Barbara Lister-Sink
What "away-from-the-piano" practice techniques do you use for young students?  2003, 14-2 Neil Rutman, Timothy Schorr, Beverly Talley
How do you help students control physical tension?  2003, 14-3 Lois Finlay, Ronald J. Morgan, Ronald Shinn
What role does the wrist play in early-level technique? 2003, 14-4 Elaine Felder, Daniel Paul Horn, Nancy Longmyer
How do you teach good tone to early level students?  2004, 15-1 Polli Chambers-Salazar
How do you help students who say, "I know what I want, but my hands just won't do it!"?  2004, 15-2 Lotus Cheng Brown, Lynda Metelsky, David Tacher
Is there a way to make technical practice fun? 2004, 15-3 Stephen Cook, Christy Dolan, Peter Mack
How do you teach weight transfer to early-level students? 2004, 15-4 Carol Gingerich, Kathleen Kranz, Anita Renfroe
How do you adapt your technical approach to allow for individual student differences?  2005, 16-1 Judith Fairchild, Cheryl Gingerich, Tianshu Wang
How do you help students learn to control their thumbs? 2005, 16-2 Theresa Bogard, Nicole Narboni, Scott McBride Smith
Joanne Baker - Memories of one of piano teaching's great ladies 2005, 16-3 Scott McBride Smith
Elementary Graduation Exercises  2005, 16-4 Richard Chronister
What practice methods do you use to help students develop technical fluency?  2006, 17-1 Rose Grace, Chiu-Ling Lin, Lucia Unrau
What are some of your favorite etudes and exercises? 2006, 17-2 Catharine Lysinger, Nehama Patkin, Krista Wallace-Boaz
Can we learn good technique by fixing mistakes? 2006, 17-3 Hanna Wu Li, Andrea McAlister, Mary Beth Barteau Shaffer
How do different pianos affect your use of technique in performance?  2006, 17-4 Scott McBride Smith

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