Index

Total Videos (week of Sept. 18-24, 2023):

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WHAT IS NEW (for the three weeks of Sept. 3-24, 2023 — newest videos on top) — 7 VIDEOS

  • (in 3 parts) JOPLIN: Peacherine Rag | How to Learn & Play — FREE Sheet Music for members
  • (in 2 parts) J.S. BACH: Gigue from Lute Suite in E Minor (BWV 996) | How to Learn & Play — FREE Sheet Music for members
  • C.P.E. BACH: March in E-flat Major (BWV Anh. 127) | “Super Slow” — FREE Sheet Music for members
  • SCARLATTI: Sonata in A Major (K. 533) | “Super Slow” — FREE Sheet Music for members

GENERAL TOPICS (talks, demonstrations, and mini-lectures on general topics, newest videos on top) — 37 VIDEOS

  • How to play the trills in Mozart’s K. 545 Sonata (18:03)
  • A New & Improved Method of Counting (18:54)
  • How to Play Octaves with Small Hands (15:12)
  • How to Use the Damper Pedal (30:09)
  • Lecture on Pachelbel and His “Canon in D” (21:00)
  • Excellent Technical Regimen (Warm-Up) (11:07)
  • Always Sight-Read at Half Speed or Less (11:25)
  • Recommended Reference Book For All Pianists (5:36)
  • An Introduction to Baroque Composer, WILLIAM BOYCE (4:53)
  • The BIGGEST Error Made by Pianists (31:54)
  • Theory vs. Technique (9:34)
  • Nothing Is Ever “Finished” (12:00)
  • Recommended & Required Books for Students & Teachers (24:21)
  • Some Insight on Metronomes & Their Use — February 1, 2019 (10:15)
  • Call for “Sight-Reading & Harmony” Testimonials! (2:35)
  • Words of Encouragement for New Members! (6:11)
  • Call for Testimonials! (2:43)
  • Personalized Assessment & Recommended Practice Plan! (5:40)
  • A Short Tour Through “The Well-Rounded Pianist” (9:30)
  • The Best Source for Free Sheet Music on the Internet (15:01)
  • 7 Videos on Schumann’s Träumerei totaling 90 minutes! (3:40)
  • How To Organize Your Practice Sessions (25:16)
  • Sight-Reading Yesterday vs. Today (14:46) 
  • Do I Believe in “Warm-ups”? (5:31)
  • BachScholar® Publishing Books (Part 1) (13:52)
  • BachScholar® Publishing Books (Part 2) (8:37) 
  • Why Practice Scales? (9:10)
  • So You Want To Play Ragtime? (12:02)
  • “Meta Triads” or “Triad Families” (8:26)
  • A New Addition to WRP’s Teaching Ministry (1:38)
  • Metronome Exercises & Improving Rhythm (12:53)
  • Two Announcements: Check Spam Inbox & Requests! (6:34)
  • Proper Thumb-Under & Finger-Over Motion (11:17)
  • Fingering: Not Writing In vs. Writing In (12:22)
  • Proper Thumb Height (6:43)
  • Thoughts and Reflections on Practicing “Sight Reading & Harmony” (13:45)
  • Economy of Motion & Use of the Thumbs (17:49)

THE BACHSCHOLAR® PIANO METHOD (in progress) — 316 VIDEOS

GRADE 1

GRADE 2

GRADE 3

GRADE 4

DAILY EXERCISES  (original, innovative & useful technical studies)

  • 5-Finger Exercises, Beginning-Advanced (13 videos):  (in 13 parts) Pentatonic Exercises on Black Keys – beginning through advanced
  • Triads (14 videos): Special Fingering Exercise: Changing Fingers on Triad, ESSENTIAL Fingering Exercise With Triads, (in 12 parts) ESSENTIAL Fingering Exercise With Triads (How To Play)
  • Broken Chords & Arpeggios, Beginning-Advanced (16 videos):  (1/2) Broken Chords & Inversions (RH), (2/2) Variations on Broken Chords (RH, LH), (in 13 parts) “Spider” Arpeggios – beginning through advanced, “Chopin” LH Arpeggios for Stretching and their Mirror Image Patterns
  • Double 3rd Scales (17 videos):  (in 5 parts) Chromatic Double 3rd Scales, (in 12 parts) Major Double 3rd Scales
  • Octaves (14 videos):  (in 14 parts) Octave Exercises 1-14 | beginning to advanced
  • Polyrhythms (13 videos):  How to Learn 2:3 Polyrhythms, 2:3 Polyrhythm Exercise, 3:4 (4:3) Polyrhythm Exercise, 4:3 Polyrhythm Exercises, (in 5 parts) The Three Levels of 4:3 Polyrhythms, Chromatic Double 3rd Scale with 3:4 Polyrhythms, How to Play 3:4 and 4:3 Polyrhythms (applied to “Fantaisie Impromptu”), Rhythmic Acceleration Exercise, Rhythmic Acceleration Exercise with Polyrhythms
  • Other Topics of Piano Interpretation & Technique (4 videos):  Correct Arpeggio Technique, Hand Independence in Piano Playing, (1/2) Memorization Techniques, (2/2) Memorization Techniques, The Pianistic Process: Learning, Memorization, Technique

SIGHT-READING & HARMONY (PARTS 3 & 4) — 1001 VIDEOS

PART 3

PART 4

THE WELL-ROUNDED PIANIST PIANO METHOD — 14 VIDEOS

  • Major & Minor Scales – Grade 1 (14 videos):  Lesson 1: C Major, Lesson 2: G Major, Lesson 3: D Major, Lesson 4: A Major, Lesson 5: E Major, Lesson 6: B major, Lesson 7: Articulation, Lesson 8: Slurring, Lesson 9: F Major, Lesson 10: B-flat major, Lesson 11: E-flat Major, Lesson 12: A-flat major, Lesson 13: D-flat Major, Lesson 14: G-flat Major

SIGHT-READING & RHYTHM — 27 VIDEOS

UNIT 1: COUNTING FUNDAMENTALS

  • Counting in Groups (27 videos):  Description of Metronome Requirement, Introduction to Counting in Groups, (in 5 parts) Counting in Groups of Two, (in 5 parts) Counting in Groups of Three, (in 5 parts) Counting in Groups of Four, (in 5 parts) Counting in Groups of Five, (in 5 parts) Counting in Groups of Five (2+3)

THE HOLY TRINITY OF PIANO TECHNIQUE — 151 VIDEOS

  • LISZT: Scales in Chords (73 videos):  (in 3 parts) C Major, (in 3 parts) C Minor, (in 3 parts) Db Major, (in 3 parts) C# Minor, (in 3 parts) D Major, (in 3 parts) D Minor, (in 3 parts) E-flat Major, (in 3 parts) E-flat Minor, (in 3 parts) E Major, (in 3 parts) E Minor, (in 3 parts) F Major, (in 3 parts) F Minor, (in 3 parts) G-flat Major, (in 3 parts) F-sharp Minor, (in 3 parts) G Major, (in 3 parts) G Minor, (in 3 parts) A-flat Major, (in 3 parts) G-sharp Minor, (in 3 parts) A Major, (in 3 parts) A Minor, (in 3 parts) B-flat Major, (in 3 parts) B-flat Minor, (in 3 parts) B major, (in 3 parts (B Minor)
  • TAUSIG: Study 91 (36 videos):  (in 3 parts) Key of C, (in 3 parts) Key of Db, (in 3 parts) Key of D, (in 3 parts) Key of E-flat, (in 3 parts) Key of E, (in 3 parts) Key of F, (in 3 parts) Key of F-sharp, (in 3 parts) Key of G, (in 3 parts) Key of A-flat, (in 3 parts) Key of A, (in 3 parts) Key of B-flat, (in 3 parts) Key of B
  • HALL: Better than Hanon (43 videos):  (in 13 parts) All Patterns in the Key of C, (in 3 parts) D Positions, (in 3 parts) E-flat Positions, (in 3 parts) E Positions, (in 3 parts) F Positions, (in 3 parts) F-sharp Positions, (in 3 parts) G Positions, (in 3 parts) A-flat Positions, (in 3 parts) A Positions, (in 3 parts) B-flat Positions, (in 3 parts) B Positions

HYMNS & CHORALES — 116 VIDEOS

PIANO CLASSICS TUTORIALS (“HOW TO LEARN & PLAY”) — 458 VIDEOS

  • J.S. Bach (83 videos):  Bourrée from Lute Suite No. 1 in E Minor (BWV 996), (in 3 parts) Sinfonia No. 6 (BWV 792, (in 3 parts) “Gott durch deine Güte” (BWV 600) from “Orgelbüchlein, (in 2 parts) “Puer natus in Bethlehem” (BWV 603) from “Orgelbüchlein, (in 3 parts) “In dulci jubilo” (BWV 608) from “Orgelbüchlein, (in 2 parts) “Jesu meine Freude” from “Orgelbüchlein”, (in 3 parts) BACH-BUSONI: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland(in 3 parts) Fugue in E Minor (BWV 855), (in 3 parts) Little Prelude in C, BWV 939, (in 3 parts) Invention No. 1 in C Major, (in 3 parts) Invention No. 4 in D Minor, (in 3 parts), (in 3 parts) Invention No. 13 in A Minor, (in 3 parts) Invention No. 14 in B-flat major, BACH-SILOTI: “Siciliano” from Flute Sonata, BWV 1031, (in 5 parts) Sinfonia from Cantata 29: Etude on One Staff with Two Hands, (in 3 parts) An Introduction to Bach’s “Passacaglia in C Minor”, (in 5 parts) How to Learn Fugues, using Fugue No. 2 from Bach’s “WTC”, (in 9 parts) Tutorial Series on Bach’s “Goldberg Variations, BACH: Invention No. 8, (in 2 parts) BACH: “Goldberg” Aria, (in 4 parts) Sheep May Safely Graze (trans. Petri), BACH-PETRI: How to Play “Sheep May Safely Graze”, (in 5 parts) BACH: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (arr. Hall), (in 5 parts) BACH-GALYA: Air in D Major (BWV 1068), (in 5 parts) BACH-SILOTI: Air on the G String (BWV 1068), (in 3 parts) BACH-SILOTI: “Siciliano” from Flute Sonata, BWV 1031
  • Baroque (19 videos):  (in 2 parts), STÖLZEL/BACH: Bist du bei mir (from “Anna Magdalena Notebook”, (in 8 parts) VIVALDI-BACH: Concerto in D major (BWV 972), (in 5 parts) HANDEL: Passacaglia in G Minor, SCARLATTI: Sonata in B Minor (K. 27), SCARLATTI: Sonata in D Minor (K. 64), (in 2 parts) SCARLATTI: Sonata in E Major (K. 380)
  • Classical (43 videos):  (in 3 parts) HAYDN: Sonata in G Major, 1st movt. (Hob. XVI: G1), (in 3 parts) MOZART: Minuet in F Major (K. 2), (in 3 parts) MOZART: Rondo in D Major (K. 15d), (in 2 parts) MOZART: Contradance in F Major (K. 15h), (in 3 parts) MOZART: Minuet in B-flat Major (K. 15pp), (in 9 parts) MOZART: Sonata in A Major, K. 331 (1st movt.), (in 7 parts) SCHUBERT: Ständchen (Serenade), D. 957, SCHUBERT: Moment Musicaux No. 3, (in 4 parts) BEETHOVEN: Für Elise, (in 3 parts) BEETHOVEN: “Moonlight” Sonata (3rd movt.), BEETHOVEN: “Moonlight” Sonata (3rd movt.) at Five Progressively Increasing Tempos, (in 4 parts) BEETHOVEN: “Appassionata” Sonata, Op. 57 (3rd. movt.)
  • Romantic (100 videos):  (in 3 parts) BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Woo 1), (in 4 parts) BRAHMS: Intermezzo in C# Minor (Op. 117, No. 3), (in 3 parts) ALBENIZ: Tango in D (Op. 165, No. 2), (in 4 parts) SINDING: Rustle of Spring (Op. 32, No. 3), (in 4 parts), TCHAIKOVSKY: June: Barcarolle from “The Seasons” (Op. 37, No. 6, (in 2 parts) TCHAIKOVSKY: Chanson triste (Op. 40, No. 2), (in 3 parts) MENDELSSOHN: Song Without Words (Op. 19, No. 1), (in 3 parts) MENDELSSOHN: Contemplation (Op. 30, No. 1), (in 10 parts) Mazeppa (Transcendental Etude No. 4), (in 4 parts) LISZT: Consolation No. 3, (in 8 parts) LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Friska), (in 12 Parts) LISZT: La Campanella, (in 3 parts) SCHUMANN: From Foreign Lands and People (Op. 15, No. 1), (in 2 parts) SCHUMANN: Curious Story (Op. 15, No. 2), (in 6 parts) SCHUMANN: Träumerei (Op. 15 No. 7), (in 5 parts) TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from “Nutcracker”, (in 3 parts) TCHAIKOVSKY: March from “Nutcracker”, (in 5 parts) TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Reed Flutes from “Nutcracker”, (in 4 parts) How to Learn “October” by Tchaikovsky, (in 2 parts) GRIEG March of the Trolls (Op. 54, No. 3), (in 4 parts) GRIEG: In the Hall of the Mountain King, Op. 46, (in 3 parts) SCRIABIN: Prelude in E Major (Op. 11, No. 9), (in 2 parts) SCRIABIN: Prelude in G-flat Major (Op. 16 No. 3), RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee (trans. Rachmaninoff), (in 3 parts) LYSENKO: Elegie (Op. 41, No. 3)
  • Chopin (93 videos):  (in 3 parts) Mazurka in G Minor (Op. 24, No. 1), (in 2 parts) Mazurka in A=flat Major (Op. 24, No. 3), (in 5 parts) Nocturne in F# Minor (Op. 48, No. 2), (in 3 parts) Nocturne in G Minor (Op. 37, No. 1), (in 4 parts) Funeral March (from Sonata No. 2, Op. 35), (in 3 parts) Waltz in A Minor (B. 150), (in 5 parts) Polonaise in G Minor (Op. Posth. No. 2), (in 3 parts) Étude in E Major (Op. 10, No. 3), (in 6 parts) Étude in C-sharp Minor (Op. 10, No. 4), (in 5 parts) “Revolutionary” Etude (Op. 10, No. 12), (in 6 parts) Etude in A-flat major (Op. 25, No. 1), (in 4 parts) Prelude in E Minor (Op. 28, No. 4), (in 4 parts) Prelude in B Minor (Op. 28, No. 6), (in 3 parts) Prelude in A Major (Op. 28, No. 7), (in 9 parts) “Raindrop” Prelude (Op. 28, No. 15), (in 7 parts) CHOPIN: Prelude in C Minor (Op. 28, No. 20), (in 8 parts) “Heroic” Polonaise (Op. 53), (in 4 parts) Fantaisie Impromptu, Op. 66 (middle section), (in 3 parts) Mazurka in G Minor (Op. 67, No. 2), (in 3 parts) Mazurka in A Minor (Op. 67, No. 4), Tricks to learning the Polyrhythms in Chopin’s First Nocturne, CHOPIN: Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9 No. 2
  • Modern (73 videos):  (in 3 parts) GERSHWIN: Prelude No. 2 (from “Three Preludes”), (in 3 parts) GERSHWIN: I Got Rhythm, (in 2 parts) HINDEMITH: Pastorale from “Ludus tonalis”, (in 2 parts) HINDEMITH: Interludium 5 from “Ludus tonalis”, (in 6 parts) PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 (3rd movt.), (in 5 parts) DEBUSSY: Rêverie, (in 4 parts) DEBUSSY: Arabesque No. 1, (in 4 parts) DEBUSSY: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, (in 5 parts) DEBUSSY: The Sunken Cathedral, (in 10 parts) DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, (in 5 parts) KABALEVSKY Sonatina Op. 13 No. 1 (1st movt.), (in 3 parts) KABALEVSKY Sonatina Op. 13 No. 1 (2nd movt.), (in 4 parts) KABALEVSKY Sonatina Op. 13 No. 1 (3rd movt.), RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5, BOLCOM: Graceful Ghost Rag, (in 5 parts) DVORAK-HALL: “Humoresque: Concert Arrangement for Piano”, How to Play “Happy Birthday” — a basic version for all pianists , (in 4 parts) COPLAND: Four Piano Blues, BARBER: Excursions, Op. 20 (No. 1), (in 4 parts) BILLY JOEL: Root Beer Rag
  • “Mercuzio” Piano Arrangements (11 videos): (in 6 parts) MOON RIVER by Henry Mancini, (in 5 parts) SCHINDLER’S LIST by John Williams (arr. Mercuzio)

“SUPER SLOW” VIDEOS — 284 VIDEOS

  • J.S. Bach (33 videos): Bourrée from Lute Suite No. 1 in E Minor (BWV 996), Sinfonia No. 6 (BWV 792), Gott, Durch seine Güte (BWV 600) from “Orgelbüchlein”, Fugue in E Minor (BWV 855), BACH-SILOTI: “Siciliano” from Flute Sonata, BWV 1031, Sinfonia from Cantata 29: Etude on One Staff with Two Hands, BACH-GALYA: Air in D major (BWV 1068), Toccata in D Minor (BWV 565), Fugue in D Minor BWV 565), Courante from French Suite No. 5, Allemande from French Suite No. 6, Courante from French Suite No. 6, Bourrée from French Suite No. 5, Gigue from French Suite No. 5, Invention No. 1, Invention No. 8, Invention No. 13, Sinfonia No. 3, Fugue in C Major WTC 1, Fugue in C Minor WTC 1, Prelude in C-sharp Major WTC 1, Fugue in E-flat Major WTC I, (in 2 parts) Prelude and Fugue in C Minor WTC 2, (in 2 parts) Prelude and Fugue in D Minor WTC 2, Six “Little Preludes” BWV 933-938, Italian Concerto (1st movt.), Italian Concerto (3rd movt.), Aria and 12 Variations from “Goldberg Variations”, Contrapunctus 1 from “The Art of Fugue”, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (arr. Hall), “Jesu” in D Minor (the saddest of all keys) (arr. Hall), BACH-BUSONI: Sleepers Wake (Wachet auf), Passacaglia in C Minor (BWV 582)
  • Baroque (22 videos):  VIVALDI-BACH: Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 (1st movt.), VIVALDI-BACH: Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 (1st movt.), (in 5 parts) PACHELBEL: Canon in D (arr. Galloway), (in 7 parts) PACHELBEL: Canon in D (arr. Lyapunov), WILLIAM BOYCE: Voluntary IV (Allegro section), WILLIAM BOYCE: Fugue in D Minor, SCARLATTI: Sonata in D Minor (K. 1), SCARLATTI: Sonata in B Minor (K. 27), SCARLATTI: Sonata in B Minor (K. 377), SCARLATTI: Sonata in B Minor (K. 380), SCARLATTI: Sonata in D Minor (K. 64)
  • Classical (32 videos):  HAYDN: Sonata in G Major, 1st movt. (Hob. XVI: 8), HAYDN: Sonata in G Major, 1st movt. (Hob. XVI: G1), C.P.E. BACH: Solfeggietto, MOZART: Rondo alla Turca, MOZART: Sonata in C, K.545 (1st movt.), MOZART: Sonata in C, K.545 (3rd movt.), MOZART: Sonata in D, K.576 (1st movt.), MOZART: Sonata in D, K.576 (3rd movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 1 (1st movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 1 (3rd movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 2 (1st movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 2 (3rd movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 3 (1st movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 3 (3rd movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 4 (1st movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 4 (3rd movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 5 (1st movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 5 (3rd movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 6 (1st movt.), CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 6 (2nd movt.), SCHUBERT: Moment Musicaux No. 3, (in 3 parts) SCHUBERT: Impromptu in E-flat Major (Op. 90, No. 2), (in 3 parts) SCHUBERT: Impromptu in G-flat Major (Op. 90, No. 3), (in 3 parts) SCHUBERT: Impromptu in A-flat Major (Op. 90, No. 4), SCHUBERT: Ave Maria (trans. Horn), PARADIES: Toccata (from Sonata No. 6)
  • Beethoven (35 videos): Turkish March, Für Elise, Sonata, Op. 2 No. 1 (1st. movt.), “Pathetique” Sonata (3rd movt.), Sonata Op. 14 No. 1) (1st movt.), Sonata in E, Op. 14 No. 1 (3rd movt.), Sonata Op. 14 No. 2 (1st movt.), (in 3 parts) “Waldstein” Sonata (1st movt.), (in 3 parts) “Moonlight” Sonata (1st movt.), “Moonlight” Sonata (2nd movt.), “Moonlight” Sonata (3rd movt.), (in 6 parts) “Appassionata” Sonata (1st movt.), (in 4 parts) “Appassionata” Sonata (3rd movt.), Sonata Op. 78 (1st movt.), (in 6 parts) Sonata in A-flat, Op. 110 (complete)
  • Romantic (58 videos):  BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Woo 1), SINDING: Rustle of Spring (Op. 32, No. 3), CZERNY: Studies (Op. 299, Nos. 1-8), CZERNY: Study (Op. 740, No. 3), CZERNY: Etude (Op. 740, No. 4), CZERNY: Study (Op. 740, No. 40), CZERNY: Etude (Op. 740, No. 43), CZERNY: Etude (Op. 740, No. 444), MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Boat Song No. 1 (Op. 19, No. 6), MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Boat Song No. 2 (Op. 30, No. 6), MENDELSSOHN: On the Seashore (Op. 53, No. 1), MENDELSSOHN: Spring Song (Op. 62, No. 6), MENDELSSOHN: Boat Song (Op. 102, No. 7), SCHUMANN: Curious Story (Op. 15, No. 2), SCHUMANN: Blindman’s Bluff (Op. 15, No. 3), SCHUMANN: Perfect Happiness (Op. 15, No. 5), SCHUMANN: Important Event (Op. 15, No. 6), SCHUMANN: Träumerei (Op. 15, No. 7), SCHUMANN: Knight of the Hobby Horse (Op. 15, No. 9), SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (movt. 1), (in 4 parts) Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (movt. 2), SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (movt. 8), SCHUMANN: Knight Rupert (Op. 68, No. 12), BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Major (Op. 76, No. 6), LISZT: Consolation No. 3, LISZT: La Campanella, LISZT: Transcendental Étude No. 2, LISZT: Harmonies du soir (No. 11 from Transcendental Études), LISZT: Liebestraum No. 3, LISZT: Fugue section from Sonata in B Minor, (in 6 parts) LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Friska), TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (from “Nutcracker”), TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Reed Flutes (from “Nutcracker”), (in 2 parts) GRIEG: March of the Trolls (Op. 54, No. 3),  DVORAK: Humoresque (Op. 101, No. 7), SCRIABIN: Étude in D# Minor, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee (trans. Rachmaninoff), GRIEG: In the Hall of the Mountain King, Op. 46
  • Chopin (43 videos): Waltz in A Minor (B. 150), Polonaise in G Minor (Op. Posth. No. 2), Fantaisie-Impromptu (Op. 66), Etude (Op. 10, No. 4), “Revolutionary” Etude, (in 4 parts) Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, (in 4 parts) Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, (in 6 parts) Ballade No. 4 in F Minor (Op. 52), Mazurka Op. 7 No. 1, Nocturne in B-flat Minor (Op. 9, No. 1), Nocturne in E-flat Major (Op. 9, No. 2), Nocturne in F-sharp Major (Op. 15, No. 2), Nocturne in G Minor (Op. 15, No. 3), “Winter Wind” Etude (Op. 25, No. 11), Mazurka in G Minor (Op. 24, No. 1), Mazurka in A-flat Major (Op. 24, No. 3), Prelude in B-flat Minor (Op. 28, No. 16), Prelude in D Minor (Op. 28, No. 24), (in 6 parts) “Heroic” Polonaise (Op. 53), Mazurka in A-flat Major (Op. 59, No. 2), “Minute” Waltz (Op. 64, No. 1), Mazurka in G Minor (Op. 67, No. 2), Mazurka in A Minor (Op. 67, No. 4), Waltz in B Minor (Op. 69, No. 2), Mazurka in C-sharp Minor (Op. 63 No. 3), Mazurka in F Major (Op. 68 No. 3), Nocturne in E Minor (Op. 72, No. 1)
  • Burgmüller (25 videos): Op. 100 complete
  • Modern (36 videos):  GERSHWIN: I Got Rhythm, GERSHWIN: Prelude No. 1, GERSHWIN: Prelude No. 2, PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 (3rd movt.), KABALEVSKY: Sonatina Op. 13 No. 1 (1st movt.), KABALEVSKY: Sonatina Op. 13 No. 1 (3rd movt.), PONCE: Romanza de Amor, DEBUSSY: Reverie, DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, DEBUSSY: Arabesque No. 1, DEBUSSY: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, DEBUSSY: The Sunken Cathedral, DEBUSSY: Pagodes (from “Estampes”), RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in C# Minor, Op. 3 No. 2, RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in D Major op. 23 No. 4, RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5, RACHMANINOFF: Etude in D Major, Op. 38 No. 9, KONDO: Super Mario Main Theme, RADNICH-HALL: Pirates of the Caribbean, DVORAK-HALL: Humoresque | Concert Arrangement for Piano, NAZARETH: Brejeiro, NAZARETH: Odeon, NAZARETH: Nêne (Baby), NAZARETH: Bambino (Baby), ABREU: Tico-Tico no flub, KABALEVSKY: Toccatina (Op. 27, No. 12), (in 4 parts) COPLAND: Four Piano Blues, SCHULHOFF: Nos. 2 and 5 from “Hot Music”, BARBER: Excursions Op. 2 (Nos. 1 and 4), FINA: Bumble-Boogie, BILLY JOEL: Root Beer Rag
  • “Mercuzio” Piano Arrangements (2 videos): MOON RIVER by Henry Mancini, SCHINDLER’S LIST by John Williams
  • Ragtime:  see “WRP’s Ragtime Academy” (above) for its own list of Super Slow® videos   

RAGTIME ACADEMY — 119 VIDEOS

  • Exercises (15 videos):  Beginning Ragtime Exercise, So You Want To Play Ragtime? (mini-lecture), JOPLIN: School of Ragtime, (in 2 parts) Left-Hand Ragtime Technique, (in 5 parts) Most Common Ragtime Left-hand patterns (C Major), (in 5 parts) Most Common Ragtime Left-hand patterns (F Major) 
  • Tutorials (52 videos):  (in 4 parts) JOPLIN: Pineapple Rag, (in 4 parts) JOPLIN: Fig Leaf Rag, (in 3 parts) JOPLIN: The Entertainer (Easy Version), (in 3 parts) JOPLIN: The Easy Winners (Easy Version), (in 3 parts) JOPLIN: Elite Syncopations (Easy Version), (in 4 parts) BOWMAN: 12th Street Rag (arr. Wheeler), JOPLIN: The Chrysanthemum, (in 6 parts) JOPLIN: Magnetic Rag, (in 3 parts) JOPLIN: Maple Leaf Rag, (in 4 parts) JOPLIN: The Entertainer, (in 3 parts) JOPLIN: The Easy Winners, (in 5 parts) JOPLIN: Bethena, BOLCOM: Graceful Ghost Rag, (in 4 parts) JOPLIN: Pleasant Moments (Ragtime Waltz), (in 3 parts) HUPFELD: As Time Goes By
  • Joplin “Super Slow” (32 videos):  Original Rags (1899), Maple Leaf Rag (1899), Swipesy (1900), The Easy Winner (1901), Peacherine Rag (1901), Sunflower Slow Drag (1901), Elite Syncopations (1902), The Entertainer (1902), March Majestic (1902), Palm Leaf Rag (1903), Weeping Willow (1903), The Favorite (1904), The Sycamore (1904), The Cascades (1904), Eugenia (1905), Bethena (1905), The Ragtime Dance (1906), Rose leaf Rag (1907), Gladiolus Rag (1907), The Nonpareil (1907), Felicity Rag (1913), Searchlight Rag (1907), Heliotrope Bouquet (1907), Sugar Cane (1908), Fig Leaf Rag (1908), Pineapple Rag (1908), Solace (1909), Pleasant Moments (1909), Kismet Rag (1913), Magnetic Rag (1914), Reflection Rag (1917), Silver Swan Rag (date unknown)
  • Other Composers “Super Slow” (20 videos):  BOWMAN: 12th Street Rag (arr. Wheeler), LAMB: Sensation Rag (1908), LAMB: Ragtime Nightingale (1915), LAMB: Champagne Rag (1910), LAMB: Patricia Rag (1916), SCOTT: Frog Legs Rag (1906), SCOTT: Kansas City Rag (1907), SCOTT: Great Scott Rag (1909), SCOTT: Grace and Beauty (1909), SCOTT: The Ragtime Betty (1909), SCOTT: Modesty Rag (1910), SCOTT: Hilarity Rag (1910), JANZA: The Lion Tamer Rag (1913), BOWMAN: 12th Street Rag (1915), SCOTT: Troubadour Rag (1919), CONFREY: Kitten on the Keys (1921), SCOTT: Broadway Rag (1922), CONFREY: Dizzy Fingers (1923), BERLIN/HALL: Puttin’ on the Ritz (1930, 2009), HUPFELD: As Time Goes By, from “Casablanca” (1931)

MUSIC THEORY — 68 VIDEOS

  • Beginner Basics (20 videos):  Note-Reading Exercise for Intermediate and Advanced, “Meta Triads” or “Triad Families”, Learning the Circle of 5ths & 4ths, Sharps & Flats, Authentic Cadences in C Major and A Minor, CIRCLE OF 5THS (SHARPS): Major & Relative Minor Scales, CIRCLE OF 4THS (FLATS): Major & Relative Minor Scales, Easy Trick To Learning The Circle of 5ths (SHARP KEYS), Easy Trick To Learning The Circle of 4ths (FLAT KEYS), Easy Trick To Learning The Order of SHARPS, Easy Trick To Learning The Order of FLATS, Relationship Between SHARPS & FLATS, How Major & Natural Minor Scales Are Constructed, Everything You Need To Know About Intervals, The Four Types of Triads, Up or Down — All About Note Stems, How to Write Sharps & Flats in the Correct Order, Note Reading Basics (Part 1): The Three Directions or Motions, Note Reading Basics (Part 2): Identifying Intervals, An Introduction to Roman Numeral Analysis (Part 1), An Introduction to Ear Training, EAR TRAINING: Matching Pitches & Intervals within the Major Scale
  • Triads & Chords (39 videos):  (Part 1) The Four Types of Triads (M-m-d-A) — (“One of the BEST OVERALL EXERCISES for Piano” as seen on YouTube), (in 12 parts, Part 1) M-m-d-A Triad in Each Key Explained, (Part 2) The Four Types of Triads (M-m-d-A) — (“One of the BEST OVERALL EXERCISES for Piano” as seen on YouTube), (in 12 parts, Part 2) M-m-d-A Triad in Each Key Explained, (Part 3) The Four Types of Triads (M-m-d-A) — (“One of the BEST OVERALL EXERCISES for Piano” as seen on YouTube), (in 12 parts, Part 3) M-m-d-A Triad in Each Key Explained   
  • Composition & Improvisation (5 videos):  How I Composed My “HUMORESQUE: Concert Arrangement for Piano”, (in 4 parts) Classical Improvisation using the “Pachelbel Progression”
  • Formal Analysis (4 videos): (in 4 parts) Analysis of Sonata Form

GREAT PIANISTS OF YESTERYEAR — 67 VIDEOS

  • The Art of Piano (Great Pianists of the 20th Century) — Full Documentary (1 hour, 46 minutes)
  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”
  • Josef Hofmann (1876-1957):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”, Beethoven’s “Emperor Piano Concerto (3rd movt.)”; Chopin’s “G-Minor Ballade” (audio); Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in C# Minor”
  • Alfred Cortot (1877-1962):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”, Documentary and Rare Footage, Chopin’s “Preludes, Op. 28” (Recording, 1933), Chopin’s “Ballade No. 1 in G Minor” (Recording, 1933) 
  • Olga Samaroff (1880-1948):  Virtuoso: The Olga Samaroff Story, Samaroff’s transcription of Bach’s “Organ Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578” (audio, 1930), Liszt’s “Liebestraum No. 3” (audio, 1921), Paul Juon’s “Etude, Opus 18 No. 1” (audio, 1923)
  • Myra Hess (1880-1965):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”, Her famous arrangement of Bach’s “Jesu”; “Adagio” from Bach’s “Toccata, Adagio & Fugue”
  • Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”, Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 4”
  • Edwin Fischer (1886-1960):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”
  • Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”
  • Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890-1963):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”, Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in B Minor”; Wagner-Liszt “Overture to Tannhäuser”; Schumann’s “Fantasiestucke op. 12”
  • Clara Haskil (1895-1960):  Five Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (audio); Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 20, K466” (audio); Schumann’s “Kinderszenen, Op. 15” (audio)
  • Wilhelm Kempff (1895-1991):  (in 3 parts) Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata (complete)
  • Solomon (1902-1988):  Schubert’s “Impromptu No. 4”;Beethoven’s “Appassionata” (1st movt.);Beethoven’s “Appassionata” (3rd movt.)
  • Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”
  • Claudio Arrau (1903-1991):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”, Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata (complete), Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata (complete)
  • Rudolf Serkin (1903-1991):  Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata (3rd movt.), (in 3 parts) Beethoven’s “Sonata, Op. 110”
  • Grigory Ginzburg (1904-1961):  Liszt’s “La Campanella”; Chopin’s “Waltz in C-sharp Minor”; Bach’s “Siciliana from BWV 1031” (live audio, 1957); Schubert/Liszt “Ständchen” (audio, 1947)
  • Art Tatum (1909-1956):  Dvorak’s “Humoresque”, Three Performances of Rare Footage, “Yesterdays” by Kern and Harbach
  • Jorge Bolet (1914-1990):  Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt in the 1980’s on French TV;  Liszt’s “Grand Galop Chromatique”
  • Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano” 
  • Emil Gilels (1916-1985):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”
  • Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”, Scarlatti’s “Sonata in B minor”; Chopin’s “G-Minor Ballade”
  • György Cziffra (1921-1994):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”, Liszt’s “Grand Galop Chromatique”; Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6”
  • Abbey Simon (1922-  ):  A Conversation With Abbey Simon; Brahms “Paganini Variations, Op. 35, Books I and II” (audio, 1955); Live Recital (1965) — Liszt’s “Six Grand Études after Paganini” (live, audio) 
  • Aldo Ciccolini (1925-2015): Paraphrase on Verdi’s “Rigoletto”, 2 Nocturnes Op. 62 by Chopin, Gymnopedie No. 1 by Satie
  • Glenn Gould (1932-1982):  Documentary from “The Art of Piano”
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