oA P SNe FOR THE PIANOBOOK ONE A DOZEN A DAY Technical Exercises FOR THE PIANO to be done each day BEFORE practicing by Edna-Mae Burnam SBN 978-0-87718.031-9To my family A DOZEN A DAY Many people do exercises every morning before they go to work. Likewise —we should all 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. Do not try to lear the entire first dozen exercises the first week you study this book! Just leam two or three exercises and do them each day before prac- ticing. When these are mastered, add another, then another, and keep adding until the twelve can be played perfectly. When the first dozen— or Group I~ has been mastered and perfected, Group I may be introduced in the same manner. When the entire book is finished, any of the groupings may be transposed to different keys. In fact, this should be encouraged. EDNA MAE BURNAMINDEX Group I. Group II. Group MIL... Group IV..... Group V..Group I 1. Walking and Running Ist time—egato (smooth, connected) 2nd time—staccato (sharp, detached) 1 5 2. Skipping & 2 legato—staccato 3 . 35 1 13 3. Hopping 3 i4. Deep Breathing 5. Deep Knee Bend & i+ § 5 e794 oO uo 6. StretchingA 7. Stretching Right Leg Up 2 rt Pao! 9. Cartwheels 42 ca10. The Splits €2 , legato—staccato tan ra 11. Standing on Head cary €| legato—staccato 134 iS 3 TS 12. Fit as a Fiddle and Ready To Go legato—staccato 1 pie ie 205Group II 1. Morning Stretch 13] eo i uo _*—_ B..-------- 2. Walking legato—staccato iy 3. Running =e legato—staccato° 4. High Stepping & legato—staccato iasieauawseseana! 5. Jumping éh go a Sy 5 3 i A 5 6. Kicking Right Les GR & PF7. Kicking Left Leg Ex e[19] 8. The Splits 42 ein a 9. Leg Work (lying down) & ced ond. og! oe legato—staccato Rileg Rleg Both legs 1st 1 1 Lileg Lileg10. Sitting Up and Lying Down Se ome legato—staccato 1 5 3 1 1 5 5 1 11. A Hard Trick 22 <[23] Practice this first: Then practice this: legato—staccato legato—staccato 1 31 V3 31 sl 13 1 113 Now do the whole trick: Bw da F legato—staccato s 1 34 1 3) B34 13 1 3 v3 oT oT 3 TT 77 3 12. Fit as a Fiddle and Ready To Go & YsGroup III 1. Deep Breathing to Bt Ei 2. Rolling ¢ Q legato—staccato15 3. Climbing (in place) & legato—staccato 3. 3 3. Besa Se cee ee Cee eT eee eee simile 3 pa2rs2137tia 5. Baby Steps GB legato—staccato 13134 6. Giant Steps8. Somersaults : loge Ll TL TL —1 L 1 9. Touching Toes & 33 = ca 10. Ballet Exercise (Entre chat quatre") @- oF e 34] a2 3legato—staccato s 134 13k y3 14 13 a 12. Fit as a Fiddle and Ready To Go legato—staccato 1 5Group IV 1. Morning Stretch 2. Climbing (in place) on legato—staccato 1 1 1 120 3. Tip-toe Running (in place) & 432143214 4 4, 4 4 4 4 4 legato—staccato21 5. Cartwheels” 7. Hopping cal 5 rs 5 5 8. Baby Steps a4 3-4 legato—staccato 1223 9. Giant Steps cant lo) 10. Flinging Arms Out and Back @& legato—staccato | f ) |24 11. Standing on Head legato—staccato 1 31 3 7 4 12. Fit as a Fiddle and Ready To Go & legato—staccato 31 1325 ' poe Vv . Deep Breathi a ng e[43 Leen eee EE)26 3. Hopping 4. Climbing aLadder @) legato—staccato 7 51m ma 1313123) 3) 2 2131 Smb2 1313 i T staat Tiss sas 2! 3 i5. Jumping Rope (Slow, and "Red Pepper") & "Red Pepper" legato—staccato28 7. Hand Springs 2 3 wy 8. Walking Like a Duck &30 10. Sliding Down the Bannister (GC 11. A Hard Trick (& Practice this first: legato—staccato Now practice this: legato—staccato : 1 3} Tees 1Now do the whole trick: legato—staccato 31» 12, Fit as a Fiddle and Ready To Go legato—staccato 1Also available: A DOZEN A DAY SONGBOOKS The A Dozen A Day Songbook series contains wonderful Broadway, movie, and pop hits that may be used as companion pieces to the memorable technique exercises in the A Dozen A Day series, The pieces have been arranged to progress gradually, applying concepts and patterns from Edna Mae Burnam’s technical exercises whenever possible. ‘Teacher accompaniments and suggested guidelines for use with the original series are also provided. These arrangements are excellent supplements for ANY method and may also be used for sight-reading practice for more advanced students. 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