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Summary
Editor's review
As an editor, I believe the book's greatest value lies in its gradual progression and practicality. The pairing of technical exercises and pieces is carefully designed; for example, after intensive practice on octaves and chords, corresponding classical miniatures that require these techniques are introduced, allowing learners to immediately experience how technical points function in actual music. The selected pieces range from Baroque to modern and contemporary, with diverse styles, but the difficulty is appropriately controlled, avoiding the frustration that could come from uneven progression.
Xu Pinghua's teaching background makes the book's annotations and practice tips highly instructive. They not only tell you how to play but also briefly explain why to approach it that way, which is crucial for cultivating learners' independent analysis and musical aesthetics. For amateur enthusiasts in a plateau period or teachers who need to supplement their teaching repertoire, this is a practical textbook with a clear structure and solid content. It does not pursue a pile of showy pieces but steadily builds a bridge to more advanced performance.
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Piano learners who have completed beginner and intermediate introductory levels and wish to systematically improve technique and musical expressiveness
- Piano teachers seeking a scientific, step-by-step supplementary textbook for daily teaching
- Amateur enthusiasts who have hit a plateau and need targeted exercises to break through technical barriers
- Music learners who wish to explore different musical styles and broaden their repertoire
Not a good fit for
- Absolute beginners with zero foundation who have never touched piano performance
- People who only want to quickly learn a few pop pieces and are not interested in systematic training or classical music
Reading tips
- It is recommended to study in the order of the book's chapters and not skip the earlier basic exercises, as they prepare for the later pieces
- When practicing each piece, be sure to combine the performance tips and fingering suggestions on the page and think about their relationship to musical expression
- Compare the pieces in the book with recordings by different performers to deepen your understanding of musical style
About the publisher
Shanghai Music Publishing House focuses on music and dance books and textbooks, with a brand identity built around piano literature and music classics. Its catalogue of about 592 titles includes categories such as film and television and theory. Representative works include the Norton series on music history by period—Twentieth-Century Music, Romantic Music, Classical Music and Baroque Music—as well as Feinberg on the Art of Piano Playing, A History of European Music and Beethoven's Symphonies: An Artistic Vision. Its contributors include authors and scholars such as Philip Downs, Leon Plantinga, Robert Morgan and Richard Hoppin, along with translators and scholars Liu Danni, Chen Hongduo, Gan Fangmeng and Liang Qing. The press emphasizes translations of Western music scholarship while also supporting Chinese-language writing on music history and theory, giving its list a core strength in period histories, style histories and performance art; public information on other areas is limited.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 作者简介
- 前言
- 简易乐理与技巧解说
- 男歌手
- 山水之间
- 阴天快乐
- 世界
- 可以了
- 特别的人
- 如果不能好好爱
- 寂寞来了怎么办
- 在一起
- 独处的时候
- 丑八怪
- 意外
- 步步
- 他不懂
- 樱吹雪
- 女歌手
- 泡沫
- 后会无期
- 克卜勒
- 尚好的青春
- 三月
- 我不能哭
- 明天，你好
- 星星
- 爱着爱着就永远
- 爱不可及
- 匆匆那年
- 是什么让我遇见这样的你
- 外文歌曲
- Let it Go
- My Destiny
- 再见
- Red
- Everything has Changed
- Don't You Remember
- We Are Young
FAQ
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About the author
Public information about Xu Pinghua is very limited. His nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, and professional experience cannot be confirmed, and no English name has been recorded. According to the available catalog records, three works are listed under his name in the Chinese book database: Shou Dao Qin Lai I, Shou Dao Qin Lai II, and Shou Dao Qin Lai III. These titles are commonly classified in film and television-related categories, suggesting a connection between his writing and film or television subjects. The numbered titles indicate that the three books may form a consecutive series. Owing to the scarcity of information, it is difficult to assess his writing style, creative approach, or the influence of his works, or to determine his specific role in this field. Readers seeking to learn about this author can only begin with the subjects and arrangement of these three works; further biographical details remain to be supplied by public sources.
