Bastien Essentials Technic – Classics Level 2

Level: Elementary

Exercises by the master 19th century pedagogues appear more frequently throughout this book than the previous levels.

Many exercises are included that build the skills needed for hands-together playing, agility development, finger crossing skills (needed to play full octave scales), melodic and harmonic 6ths, as well as I chords, inverted IV and V7 chords for cadences.

Also included are hand-over-hand exercises and early experiences in voicing some notes louder than others within a series of eighth notes. Includes 58 exercises on 32 pages.