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Informationen zum Autor Yonit Kosovske performs on both modern and historical keyboard instruments as a soloist and chamber artist. She has produced several solo CDs, the most recent of which include La Gracieuse , French chaconnes, passacailles, & preludes (La Douceur, 2010) and Keyboard Music of Girolamo Frescobaldi (Focus, 2010). Kosovske lives in Ireland, where she performs as a freelance artist and teaches at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. Klappentext Yonit Lea Kosovske surveys early music and writing about keyboard performance with the aim of facilitating the development of an expressive tone in the modern player. Reviewing the work of the pedagogues and performers of the late Renaissance through the late Baroque, she gives special emphasis to la douceur du toucher or a gentle touch. Other topics addressed include posture, early pedagogy, exercises, articulation, and fingering patterns. Illustrated with musical examples as well as photos of the author at the keyboard, Historical Harpsichord Technique can be used for individual or group lessons and for amateurs and professionals. Zusammenfassung A practical handbook for early keyboard technique Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: La douceur du toucher 1. Preparing to Play Beginning Lessons Selecting an Instrument Position at the Keyboard Posture Relaxation Arms and Elbows Wrists Curvature of the Hands and Fingers 2. Touching the Instrument Warm-up Exercises Touching the Keys Gravity Stroking the Keys Motion of the Hands and Wrists Dynamics Playing Different Keyboard Instruments 3. Articulation What Is Articulation? "Ordinary Manner" Legato Slurs Arpeggios Staggered Playing Grace Notes and Trills Cantabile Detached Playing Silences Agogic Accents Timing 4. Fingering Comfort and Context Strong and Weak Notes Use of the Thumb Contraction of the Hand Artistic Freedom Conclusion Appendix: Brief Biographical Notes on People Mentioned in the Text Notes Bibliography Index ...
