Penelope Roskell’s progressive approach to healthy piano technique, from the first lesson through to approximately Grade 1.
Format: Fixed-layout ePub with videos accessed via QR codes
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Winner of Education Publication of the Year at the Presto Music Awards 2023
Penelope Roskell, author of the award-winning book The Complete Pianist, is recognised as one of the world’s leading exponents of a natural and healthy piano technique. Her series Essential Piano Technique draws on the principles of The Complete Pianist to develop a strong foundation of healthy, coordinated technique, helping pianists to progress confidently from their first lessons through to early intermediate level.
Essential Piano Technique provides a progressive pathway through the early stages of piano technique:
Levels 2 and 3 continue the approach established in the first three books, extending Penelope Roskell’s principles of healthy, musically focused technique as the pianist progresses.
Complete five-book collection - £40
Includes Primer A, Primer B, Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. Ideal if you would like the complete Essential Piano Technique series, from the first stages of learning through to early intermediate level.
Buy the complete five-book collection - £40
Levels 2 & 3 - £18
Already have Primer A, Primer B and Level 1? Continue the series with Essential Piano Technique Levels 2 and 3.
Primer A, Primer B & Level 1 - £22.50
The original three-book collection takes pianists from their first lessons through to approximately Grade 1 level.
Buy Primer A, Primer B & Level 1 - £22.50
The publications are supplied as fixed-layout ePubs, preserving the design and presentation of the original publications for viewing on compatible devices and eBook applications. Video demonstrations are accessed via QR codes within the publications.
Penelope Roskell is a Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London. She is a world leader in the field of healthy piano playing, and Piano Adviser to the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine. Her award-winning book, The Complete Pianist, is the leading book on healthy piano technique. As a soloist she has performed in major concert halls in more than thirty countries.
"Ms Roskell’s book demonstrates that she has a profound understanding of the obstacles - technical, musical, physiological or psychological - encountered by pianists of any age, and an ability to express that understanding in logical terms. I wish I had had access to her book when I was younger."
Peter Donohoe CBE, writing about Penelope Roskell's The Complete Pianist
"In terms of its quantity and quality, its detail and depth, I know of no comparable resource."
Andrew Eales, pianodao.com, writing about Penelope Roskell's The Complete Pianist
“Any child that heeds Roskell’s advice will develop a solid technical foundation. In sum, this is a fantastic set of beginner technique books.”
Michael McMillan, Pianist Magazine, September 2023