This is the first book that teaches piano practice methods systematically, based on my lifetime of research, and containing the teachings of Combe, material from over 50 piano books, hundreds of articles, and decades of internet research and discussions with teachers and pianists. Genius skills are identified and shown to be teachable; learning piano can raise or lower your IQ. Past widely taught methods based on false assumptions are exposed; substituting them with efficient practice methods allows students to learn piano and obtain the necessary education to navigate in today's world and even have a second career. See http: //www.pianopractice.org/
Author Biography
I was born in Tainan, Taiwan (1938), grew up in Japan (1945-1958), was granted a BS degree in Physics from RPI, Troy, NY (1958-1962) and PhD in Physics from Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (1967). Worked in materials science using electron spectroscopy, mostly at Bell Laboratories at Murray Hill, NJ (1967-1998). Took piano lessons (1949-1957) and practiced almost every day, up to eight hours on weekends. Published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in major scientific journals and wrote about 1,000 internal company reports. Self-taught piano tuning.
