Isidore Philipp takes the viewpoint of all noted thinkers on the subject of piano playing: there can be no satisfying interpretation of the great works until the performer is so fully a master of technique that his mind can freely assert itself in tone production and in the musical rendering of the phrase, the sentence, and the entire piece. The exercises found in this book will ensure that the student acquires command over instantaneous muscular contraction and relaxation, and a consequent ease...

• Introduction
• Flexibility and Independence of the Fingers
• Exercises in Velocity
• Exercises Based upon the Chromatic Scale
• Miscellaneous Exercises
• Scales
• Chromatic Scale
• Various Models for Scale Practice
• Scales for Both Hands Alternately
• Finger Extension and Independence
• Exercises on Short Arpeggios
• Arpeggios
• Broken Chords
• Double Thirds
• Double Fourths
• Double Sixths
• Major and Minor Scales in Double Thirds
• Major and Minor Scales in Double Sixths -...