Playing Beyond the Notes A Pianist's Guide to Musical Interpretation [Paperback]

Playing Beyond the Notes: A Pianist's Guide to Musical Interpretationdemystifies the complex concepts of musical interpretation in Western tonal piano music by boiling it down to basic principles in an accessible writing style. Author and veteran piano instructor Deborah Rambo Sinn tackles a different interpretive principle, explaining clearly, for example, how to play effective ornaments and rubatos. As a whole, the book helps pianists understand concrete ways to apply interpretive concepts to their own playing and gives teachers practical ways to teach interpretation to their students. The book is illustrated with over 200 repertoire excerpts and supplemented by a companion website with over 100 audio recordings.Playing Beyond the Notesis essential reading for all performing pianists, independent piano teachers, and piano pedagogy students.

About the Companion Website
Musical Examples and Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. The Score
2. Getting Started
3. The End
4. Boxes and Beams
5. Voicing from the Bottom Up
6. Messy Basses
7. Ornamentation: Understanding the Small Print
8. Rubato: Stealing as an Art
9. Deconstructing Phrases
10. Transitions: Getting from Here to There
11. Staccato Means Short and Other Myths
12. Pedaling

Afterword
Glossary
Common Stylized Dances or Dance-Related Forms
Further Reading
Index

I find the book by Deborah Rambo Sinn a most valuable addition to the library of a performer, teacher, and music lover. It is in my opinion a must for any music shelf. --Menahem Pressler, Distinguished Professor of Music, Indiana University, pianist of Beaux-Arts Trio, and soloist

Deborah has written an amazingly thorough compendium of the pianist's interpretive dilemmas. With precision, insight, and a strong dash of unique humor, she has addressed complex issues in a highly understandable way - providing an excellent resource for lãÍ