Title The physiological mechanics of piano technique; an experimental study of the nature of muscular action as used in piano playing and of the effects thereof upon the piano key and the piano tone. / Introd. by Arnold Schultz.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	MT221 .O78 1962	Available	---
Talbott: Circulating Collection	MT 221 .Or8	Available	---

Description	395 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Series	A Dutton paper back ; D104
	Dutton paperback ; D104.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-386) and index.
Contents	pt. 1. The physiological organism. Mechanical principles ; The skeleton ; The muscles ; States and properties of muscles ; The neural and circulatory systems -- pt. 2. General aspects of physiological movement. Geometrics of physiological movement ; Action and reaction ; Activity and passivity ; Coördination and incoördination ; Relaxation ; Weight-transfer ; Vertical arm-movement ; Lateral arm-movement -- pt. 3. The touch-forms of piano technique. Arm-legato ; Tremolo ; Staccato ; Finger-stroke ; Scales ; Arpeggio ; Miscellaneous movements ; Individual differences : general ; Individual differences : the hand -- Tone-qualities ; Style ; Resumé.
Subject	Piano -- Instruction and study.
	Piano -- Instruction and study.
	Hand.
	Hand.
	Piano pedagogy.