With left - or right
Far too good to be used only in medical emergencies: Piano pieces for one hand alone, which enable differentiated work and are also musically convincing.
With One Hand Piano piano teacher Barbara Arens has succeeded in presenting 40 pieces that are more than just a makeshift solution for teaching injured pupils. They are certainly very welcome in this case too and help to bridge the time in a meaningful way. However, they also enable differentiated musical/technical work. Whether different articulation or dynamics in one hand, large hand shifts, double stops or polyphonic voice leading, there are imaginative pieces for many typical pianistic challenges, from easy to moderately difficult. Playing difficulties, which are usually tackled with dry special exercises, can thus be worked on in a musical context, which has a positive effect on practice motivation and learning success.
The stylistic palette ranges from classical to film music to folk and many pieces can be played well by either the left or the right hand. Why not perform a special kind of piece at a school concert - with the left hand, so to speak!
Barbara Arens, One Hand Piano, 40 pieces for left or right hand, EB 8646, € 16.00, Edition Breitkopf, Wiesbaden
