An Innovative Piano Study for Non-Piano Major

Abstract

This article outlines of “An Innovative Piano Study for Non-Piano Major”. A set of piano study is specially designed for non-piano major who has competent musical foundation and basic piano skill. A Collection of short piano studies comprises of 36 technical exercises with varied difficulties and styles arranged in order of difficulty. Most are only about 2 pages in length based on tone center and unfamiliar scales. This uniqueness will prove to cultivate better reading, aural, and technical skills. Such development on piano technique helps facilitate studies of piano pieces and polyphonic music for students and provides good foundation for advance piano playing. However, this set of studies can also be used for piano students in general as they have unconventional harmony and styles in comparison to the usual exercises regularly used today. It provides an interesting alternative to the practice of piano technique.