Fundamentals of Piano Practice

[CC]

AOL abruptly terminated their web hosting service (with only the legally required 30d notice), which is why my home page has disappeared, with no way to re-direct the broken links -- terrible, irresponsible. I have now moved my book to:

https://www.pianopractice.org/

the site is not yet complete, but at least you know where it is.

[goldentone]

Thank you.  Your book is a treasured tome.

[mostlyclassical]

Thank you for the info. Also love your book.

[claude_debussy]

Sorry to hear about your problems - but I am glad to see your work offered online at Amazon. 

Personally, I find your book the most valuable I have ever read on piano technique, and on piano practice.  Concert pianists and piano teachers apparently are not the right people to attempt a book like this - they tend to write swamp gas, bloviating self-inflating nonsense and lack a clear-minded, disciplined approach.  Every other book in my library - and I have bought nearly everything available on this topic - is a complete waste by comparison.

Among the virtues of your book - its organization: it's organized the way a scientist would organize such a discussion. 

Its ideas - particularly about separate hand practicing, and the 'infinite' speed of an arpeggio as a chord - really the only way to practice arpeggio passages such as those near the end of the Liszt 'Mephisto Waltz' - are invaluable. 

Because your approach is rooted in the practical work of a high-level teacher and pianist, it reflects a high level of instruction that is sadly unavailable to most students. 

Another of the issues raised by your book is the extremely poor quality of piano teaching - a racket that destroys most of the talented, inspired young people who attempt to learn music from people who should not be allowed to give lessons.

I don't mean all this to sound harsh!  But "The Fundamentals of Piano Practice" is an extraordinary achievement, and I hope more discussions arise from its specific points and issues - I don't agree with everything in it! - and stimulate a more scientific and methodical approach to the hitherto rather mystical realm of achieving virtuosity on the piano keyboard - thanks and congratulations to Dr. Chang for a most significant contribution.