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Date of Award

Spring 2023

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Department or Program Affiliation

Department of Music

Degree Name

Master of Music (MMus)

Department

Music

First Advisor

Jovanović, Milica Jelača

Second Advisor

Gilliam, Jeffrey

Third Advisor

Dudenbostel, Ryan

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to provide a survey of technical and postural methods that can be helpful in piano playing. Methodologies discussed include Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, György Sándor’s On Piano Playing: Motion, Sound, and Expression, and Seymour Bernstein’s With Your Own Two Hands. The first chapter of this paper is a discussion of these methods and how they can be helpful to pianists and piano teachers. The second introduces musical examples, including historical and musical information: Mozart’s Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332; Ravel’s Sonatine; and Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Op. 16. From a pedagogical standpoint, technical issues that I’ve encountered in my own study of these pieces will be explored, along with the implementation of some of the methods discussed.

Type

Text

Keywords

piano, music, music education, pedagogy, piano pedagogy

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

1381018132

Subject – LCSH

Piano--Instruction and study; Music--Instruction and study; Piano teachers--Training of; Alexander technique; Feldenkrais method

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

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