My Arpeggio Book: Piano

Arpeggios are essential but often boring in isolation; Hirschberg's graded approach keeps them purposeful by anchoring each exercise to the patterns students will encounter in actual repertory. The organization by level means you're not hunting through a massive book to find what your student is ready for, and the explicit connection to standard method books makes it easy to assign complementary work.

Purposeful and grounded. These exercises respect the student's intelligence by offering clear progression and immediate musical relevance rather than endless repetition of the same pattern.

Early intermediate piano students who have mastered basic scales and are beginning to encounter arpeggios in their repertory. Teachers seeking a systematic, graded resource that bridges the gap between method book exercises and the technical demands of standard solo literature.

• Start with slow, deliberate hand position checks before increasing tempo. Arpeggios demand consistent finger placement, and rushing past the fundamentals creates tension that compounds across octaves.
• Connect each arpeggio to a piece your student is currently learning. Naming the key or the specific passage it reinforces turns abstract technique into concrete preparation.
• Alternate between blocked and rolled versions as written, then experiment with different dynamic shapes to build agency and musicianship alongside mechanics.

Assign arpeggios weekly alongside the student's current method book and solo work, rotating through keys as new pieces introduce unfamiliar tonalities. The 40 pages give you plenty of material to customize assignments across an entire year without repetition.

• Finger dexterity and independence across multiple octaves
• Hand position stability and alignment through rapid interval jumps
• Recognition of arpeggio patterns found in standard repertory
• Fluency in major and minor arpeggio shapes across all keys
• Evenness and control at varied tempos and dynamics