A Dozen A Day - Piano Technique Books | Full Review | How to Use Them?
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I learned that Prelude in C minor as a child and I LOVED IT! I've looked for it for almost 20 years now. I didn't know what the song was called but I remember these beautiful chords I learned. Thank you for mentioning it! I'm so excited you helped me find it!
Thanks for this video! I am a piano teacher that loves Dozen A Day and love especially the first 4 books and have been making detailed tutorials on them on my channel since the beginning of the pandemic for my students. Appreciate you mentioning the Burgmuller and Czerny as finger exercises because here in the US sometimes those get overlooked. Very much appreciate what you are doing for the piano community! You have a new subscriber😀
Thanks, that's very kind of you!
These are the absolute best beginner books whether child or adult. The real value comes once the learner pianist begins to transpose them to the different keys where creative fingering and hand positions break the break and shape the way a developing pianist approaches technique. I have the entire set and I'll be passing them on to my children when I do become a father.
I do have a question for you - what pieces would complement the different books and the levels they present?
Edit - you answered my question somewhat with the suggestion you named regarding more musical examples of technical exercises. I want to take a look at those.
I just discovered your channel- now a subscriber! I love the information that you put out. I quit playing organ as a child (a life regret) and now I'm picking up piano as an older adult. I'm not a novice but not yet an intermediate. Your channel has great information and advice. Please keep sharing your wisdom and experience!
Merci beaucoup for this Stefan. I am using the Faber Piano Adventures for adults.
I also have La Méthode Rose since I need to learn music in French so I can talk with people at the music store here in Western Switzerland.
Thank you for the video! I'm in the process of searching for technique books for my beginner students and your comments on those books are valuable. I have subscribed!
Excellent review and summary!
Love your sheet music reviews and have shared them all in my sheet music group on Facebook.
Thanks!
I would question any teacher who uses A Dozen a Day Series beyond the first year or two. Also, shouldn't the exercises be practiced beyond 2 octaves? And, as the student begins mastering the Major and Minor scales, shouldn't the Dozen a Day exercises be transposed so as to learn and master that skill? At what point should Hanon be introduced? It's good you advised introducing classical music that demonstrates the Exercise skills being taught. If the piano teacher simply assigns A Dozen a Day to be practiced as an end in and of itself, I would look for a more knowledgeable teacher or even a University school-age program. There's no time to waste on inferior pedagogy or teachers who treat learning piano as a hobby. If the child is interested and wants to learn classical music there's not a minute to waste. 💜🎹
Very useful, thanks!😊
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Do you have to be able to read music to use these-or do they include the notes and numbering of the fingers to use? Thanks for taking a moment to answer when you can. Am enjoying your very clear videos (and love Scotland!)
You need to read music. But I already uploaded tutorials for them. Will have more soon
Got it, just found them for the Primary Book, Groups I and II. I love this kind of thing, thanks!
Do you have any idea about dozen a day songbooks? Could you explain the difference between a dozen a day books and dozen a day songbooks? Are a dozen a day songbooks only repertoire books or do we have thecnical, etc. benefits with songbooks? Thank you.
Dozen A Day Songbooks are only collections of songs, so repertoire books. They are not method/lesson books, just a few songs. The standard Dozen a Day is a technique/finger exercise book, there are no songs in it.
You can, of course, practise technique from the songbooks too but it's far less efficient and they don't have so many technical challenges as the finger exercises. At the end of the day, we do technical exercises to play pieces better. A technical exercises is just a pattern from a song that we practise isolated, so it will be easier to do when it appears in an actual song. Hope this helps.
@@pianotips2623 thanks
Thanks alot :)
what is the Chopin piece you talk about at 12:40?
Ocean Etude
What do you mean youre not supposed to do 12 in one go..? Isn't it called "A DOZEN"... "A DAY"..?
I meant when you're learning them, so you can focus on the 2-3 a day. When you know them all, you can play through all 12 as a warm up.
@@pianotips2623 Hi Stefan. Say that I learn the exercises from book 1, should I use only the last 12 exercises in the book to warm up? or should I use the previous one as well? Also, during warm up should I play each exercise once or is there a preferred number of repetitions for each?