Towards a Method for Piano Technique

The aim of my diploma thesis is to describe and to compare various methodical principles at technique of the piano playing. My study is divided to three main parts (chapters). The first chapter describes opinions o f great pianists and pedagogues for piano teaching. I'm writting about representatives o f so- called russian school - Anton Rubinstein, Konstatntin Igumnov and Genrich Neugauz, czech pianist Ilona Stepanova-Kurzova and also about famous english pedagogue Tobias Matthay. The second chapter focuse on piano technique in elementary teaching. In this part I'm using pieces o f knowledge selected from czech piano methodical literatury above all. The third chapter is about methods o f playing and practise individual elements of piano technique, for instans piano tone, chords, using o f piano pedal and so on. This diploma thesis could be usefull for students, which are preparing for pedagogical career as a teacher and also as a pianist. 66 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org