Exploring Piano Classics Technique, Level 3: Piano Book

The page-by-page correlation between technique and repertoire means students never practice in isolation. Technical drills become immediately purposeful because they directly prepare fingers and minds for the pieces they're learning, which keeps motivation high and practice sessions focused.

Purposeful and rewarding. Students experience the direct payoff of technical work because each exercise maps onto the music they care about playing. There's a clarity here that turns scales and arpeggios from drudgery into preparation.

Early intermediate pianists who benefit from a cohesive, structured approach to building technical facility alongside repertoire. Teachers looking for a system that eliminates guesswork about which exercises support which pieces will find this pairing especially valuable.

• Work through the five-finger patterns and scale exercises in the corresponding key before tackling a new piece. This primes the hand for the intervallic and harmonic landscape students will encounter.
• Apply the cadence and arpeggio studies to the harmonic progressions in each repertoire selection. Recognizing these patterns in context builds both technical security and musical understanding.
• Reference the practice suggestions included in the Technique book when a student hits a rough passage. The structured approach often reveals exactly where technique and musicality need reinforcement.

Use the Technique book as your primary source for assigning weekly drills and etudes throughout a semester or year of study. The coordinated structure means you can teach repertoire and technique in tandem, making efficient use of lesson time while keeping both elements equally present in student thinking.

• Five-finger patterns in major and minor keys
• Scale playing across octaves with fluency and control
• Arpeggio technique in major and minor tonalities
• Cadence recognition and execution (authentic, plagal, deceptive)
• Sight-reading accuracy in early intermediate repertoire
• Efficient practice strategies and self-correction habits
• Harmonic awareness through technical study of chord progressions