ee “The Art of Bee a 4 Plane Pe id eindfe ippiddeb EERE SEE EE UsContents Foreword, Preface PART 1 HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THEORIES OF PIANO TECHNIQUE Chapter 1 Technique Based on Fingers Alone. . 1 Invention and Development of the Pianofote 1 Fis Approaches to Pens of Pana Terniqu % ‘The Finger School 3 Mechanical Devices. ss. csces4 : 5 ‘Chapter 2 Participation of the Arm... a 6 Progresve Ideas in Nineteenth Century Teaching. 6 ‘The Impasse of the Old Schoo} 7 Ladwig Deppe's Ideas 8 ‘The AnatomicPhysiological Schoo! Chapter 3 Growing Awareness of the Role of the Mind. New Theories of Movement and Exercise... scar Rait's Experiments, i. Steinheusen on the Psychic Origin of Technique ‘Twenticth Century. Trends... ‘The Psyche-Technieal Schon PART 2. THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND PIANO PLAYING Chapter 4 Steucture and Function of the Central Nerwous System. ..,ee0s00.21 Inbom and Conditioned Reflexes... Tene ‘The Second Signaling System. ..2..-2es es fee DB Analysis and Synthesis... 4 i 24 i Irradiation and Concentration of Nervous Processes. 28 Establishing Stable Conditioned Reflexes: The Tefer ef Pps. 7 Chapter § Development of Motor Skill... ..sessceses Chapter 6 Development of VelocityContents Foreword, Preface PART 1 HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THEORIES OF PIANO TECHNIQUE Chapter 1 Technique Based on Fingers Alone. . 1 Invention and Development of the Pianofote 1 Fis Approaches to Pens of Pana Terniqu % ‘The Finger School 3 Mechanical Devices. ss. csces4 : 5 ‘Chapter 2 Participation of the Arm... a 6 Progresve Ideas in Nineteenth Century Teaching. 6 ‘The Impasse of the Old Schoo} 7 Ladwig Deppe's Ideas 8 ‘The AnatomicPhysiological Schoo! Chapter 3 Growing Awareness of the Role of the Mind. New Theories of Movement and Exercise... scar Rait's Experiments, i. Steinheusen on the Psychic Origin of Technique ‘Twenticth Century. Trends... ‘The Psyche-Technieal Schon PART 2. THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND PIANO PLAYING Chapter 4 Steucture and Function of the Central Nerwous System. ..,ee0s00.21 Inbom and Conditioned Reflexes... Tene ‘The Second Signaling System. ..2..-2es es fee DB Analysis and Synthesis... 4 i 24 i Irradiation and Concentration of Nervous Processes. 28 Establishing Stable Conditioned Reflexes: The Tefer ef Pps. 7 Chapter § Development of Motor Skill... ..sessceses Chapter 6 Development of Velocity