Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

To those who recommend some books for me to get in order to improve my 
piano chops, is this the Hanon book you were referring to:

Hanon: Virtuoso Pianist Complete 60

Also, I'm trying to find the Bartok Mikrokosmos stuff as well, should I 
just get the scores, or is their some type of instructional book that 
features these pieces?  I  plan on stopping and picking these up today if 
I can fidn them, so any clarification would be great!

rEalm

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my old battered copy is just volume 1 of the scores
Dana
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> To those who recommend some books for me to get in order to 
improve my 
> piano chops, is this the Hanon book you were referring to:
> 
> Hanon: Virtuoso Pianist Complete 60
> 
> Also, I'm trying to find the Bartok Mikrokosmos stuff as well, 
should I 
> just get the scores, or is their some type of instructional book 
that 
> features these pieces?  I  plan on stopping and picking these up 
today if 

> I can fidn them, so any clarification would be great!
> 
> rEalm
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Microkosmos isn't going to do you much good without an instructor.  I
actually brought my Vol.1 into work today and was going to scan a page
or two, but I'm feeling lazy at the moment.

One section from the Preface is very telling:

"These three books differ from a "Piano Method" in the traditional
sense by the absence of any technical and theoretical description and
instruction.  Every teacher knows what is required in this respect and
is able to give the earliest instruction without reference to a book or
method."

In other words, the book has ONLY short (like < 16 bars) piano pieces. 
There is not a single line of text in the book at all, except for the
preface, appendix, and song titles (which are like "In Dorian Mode"). 
Great book, but you'll need someone to teach you.  The book won't help
with that, it only provides material to play.

-Aaron

--- dwoodaman <dwoodaman@...> wrote:
> my old battered copy is just volume 1 of the scores

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