A Dozen A Day Technical Excercises for the Piano (Book 3)

Many people do exercises every morning before they go to work. Likewise- we should give our fingers exercises every day before we begin our practicing. The purpose of this book is to help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. The finger exercises may be played slowly and softly at first; then gradually faster and louder. The chord exercises may be played mp, mf, and f for variation, and at a moderate rate of speed. Do not try to learn the entire first dozen exercises the first week you study this book! Just learn two or three exercises and do them each day before practicing. When these are mastereed, add another, then another, and keep adding until the twelve can be played perfectly. When the first dozen-or group1- has been mastered and perfected, group 2 may be introduced in the same manner, and so on for the other groups. Any of the groups may be transposed into different keys. In fact, this should be encouraged.