This TEACHERS MANUAL is the place to start for a complete revamp of your piano technique and those of your pupils. It distills the 250 Awareness Through Piano Movement lessons from Fraser's previous books into a concise, effective compendium of all the most salient points. The book's contents include:
* an introduction
* detailed descriptions of the exercises
* illustrations
* the music with accompaniments
* appendices
Pianimals brings the ideas of Piano Somatics to the beginning pianist and the beginning pianist's teacher. Treating the hand as a mini-body, Pianimals offers exercises that help it lie down, stand up, walk, run and leap on the keyboard as effectively as kids do in real life. Each exercise is linked to an animal who moves similarly in nature, and to compositions which incorporate the basic movement into a musical setting.
Read the Introduction pages 2 & 3
See the Pianimals exercises demonstrated in these online video tutorials
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