Play At Sight For Piano by Christine Brown

Play At Sight For Piano by Christine Brown

Play at Sight is a systematic course in the essential skills and techniques required for successful sight-reading, suitable for elementary pianists. Divided into four parts, each covering a specific range of skills, starting with separate hands within a compass of five notes, moving up to reading two staves together with varied keys, dynamics and articulation. One week's exercises are given on each page - the teacher can hear one or more at a weekly lesson. The technical point of each page is clearly explained. Specific problems such as keeping eyes on the music and reading two staves at once are discussed. The gradual pace encourages an accurate and musical performance at everystage, essential for confidence and enjoyment. Christine Brown is a renowned teacher and pedagogue of immense experience. She is highly respected for her lectures and articles on the subject of sight-reading and also a leading authority on the Hungarian composer, Bela Bartok.

If you're on the Iookout for some new sightreading material for the young elementary-level pianist, look no further than this excellent volume by Christine BrownThe course is divided into four clearly defined parts, each covering a particular range of skills such as time patterns, extensions, keys, chords and so forth, allowing teacher and pupil to work at their own pace. Beginning with separate hands within a span of five notes, the book progresses to reading two staves of music, with the introduction of octave leaps, expression marks, changing clefs, slurs and staccato playing along the way The technical 'lesson' of each page is explained throughout, and exercises are provided on each page…... Brown is a pedagogue whose experience in this area clearly shows. Her excellent introduction alone is worth reading for its invaluable advice.

International Piano Magazine, July/August 2008

With 264 tests in all, and with every page containing a week’s supply (one per day), the student cannot avoid finally overcoming this reading hurdle which stunts so many of our pupils in their musical development. This book is so well laid out that students will become proficient sight readers with minimum effort and realization…

Piano Professional  Magazine, Spring 2008

This is an excellent book for any beginner pianist wanting to improve their sight-reading skills and for any teachers who would like to understand what is involved in good sight-reading. Christine Brown inspires confidence with her contention that "all can improve if the necessary skills are developed" and goes on to prove it.

Music Teacher Magazine, February 2008

Brown, Christine: - Christine has been a person-centred practitioner for 20 years; she works privately as a counsellor/psychotherapist and supervisor and as a trainer at LC&CTA.

LC&CTA, a private counsellor training organisation, was co-founded by Christine and Juanita Harriot in 2007 with the support of Dame Ruth Silver when the Counsellor Training department at Lewisham College was disbanded. Over the years Christine has trained and supervised over 300 practitioners, and has worked with a diversity of clients from all walks of life.

Christine and Juanita have encouraged their students to participate in research and LC&CTA students have been successfully selected to present Research Posters at the BACP National Research Conference for seven consecutive years; winning two Conference Research Awards. Her own research work has focused on 'The Other Characteristic'/'Relational Depth' and she has presented four research papers at national level.

Christine has a chequered history, much of which she shares in this book to experientially example person-centred theory. She lived in Germany for six years and in her late twenties she back-packed across three continents, settling in Nepal for a year; her encounters with human difference has greatly increased her love of diversity and varied cultures in all their manifestations.

With Juanita and their team of associates, Christine is dedicated to providing access to quality practitioner training to students from all backgrounds. She profoundly believes that a counsellor's practical ability to process and be an effective practitioner are of far greater importance than his or her ability to academically demonstrate an understanding of theory; however, she does not underestimate the importance of the latter, especially in relation to clinical practice.

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ISBN 13	9780571525065
ISBN 10	0571525067
Title	Play At Sight For Piano
Author	Christine Brown
Series	Faber Edition Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Faber Music Ltd
Year published	2007-07-18
Number of pages	64
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.