Seating position -- Hand and finger positions -- The thumb, wrist, elbows -- Depressed knuckles, collapsed fingers -- The thumb -- Scales -- Weight of arm -- The accent, controlled dynamics -- Massaging exercises -- Trill exercises -- Four-finger exercises without the thumb -- Exercises in progressive difficulty -- Studies with accent on fourth and fifth fingers -- Broken chords -- Skips and leaps -- Etudes -- Tone, touch -- Chords -- The critical ear -- Practicing and fingering, chromatic scales -- The pedals -- Sight-reading -- Memorizing -- Embellishments -- Octaves -- Phrasing and style -- Slurs and legato -- Legatissimo -- Leggiero -- Ritardando -- Rubato -- Summary of various composers' styles and approach to studying their works -- Teaching beginners -- The scales -- Tree of keyboard masters and students.
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