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International Teacher Education Conference 2014
playing. Their note reading is slowed down tremendously, to the point none-existence and progress is very slow.
Unfortunately, most of the units in Book One deal with the different five finger positions of playing, instead of
having multi-faceted for the syllabus of reading the note.
Rote's method, it is an effective method in teaching the piano. It focuses on teaching students the basics of
piano playing. In this way, the students became aware of the keyboard first before starting in reading the notes
from the staff. The student learns hearing, thinking, sight reading and harmony on the keyboard. So, it is in the
very beginning easier and better. Concentrating on the keyboard opens before the student several chances for
extemporization and melodizing. As a result, a concept for a better piano, and music as a whole, develops.
Pace's Method is of the right style, educationally for teaching the beginners. It introduces the scientific
subject in a summed up way and in specific points. This way of piano teaching prepares the students for an early
classic store. Note reading and strong playing skills are great benefits of the Pace Method. Moreover, he avoids
the position playing method, which limits the basic skills for students’ from the very beginning. Although this
method is difficult, the student's only complaint was that the music had been from the old style. The method can
use more sight reading exercises and material. It requires a lot of effort on the part of both the student and the
teacher, in spite of its effectiveness.
Hanz Hoiman's Method depended for teaching the piano to the beginners upon removing fear far from them
and relying on a fast playing for the piano and not on training. He was interested in writing down all his
compositions in an educational way, going from easiness to the more difficult gradually, to what suits the
student's educational level. As well he gave importance to coping with the modern age in composing such as; the
Jazz, Rock, Pop and Folk but in graduation in difficulty level. His style relied upon specifying music period
time, only on playing the piano but in a daily manner with concentration and mixing information in a short
period to defect students' fear. He used excitement style in learning in his musical notes whether by means of a
teacher or without to be a powerful base in playing practically and theatrically. (Yassen. A., 2006, p.97-99)
Many of the research methods of teaching piano, was conducted. Including, for example, (Leila Zidan, 1972)
study in which she made a comparison for the piano playing methods in the 19 th c., and knowing their effect on
the piano playing teaching. She collected between "matte's style" which relied upon showing the theoretical and
physiological bases, necessary for playing the piano with "kurto's way" which is based upon the practical
applications for theses bases. She got out a method collects between the two methods. She introduces exercises
for training on the varied technical kinds with an explanation, fits the beginning scholar. Has been reported (El
Rakhawy N., 1979) to the importance of putting the correct technical base in singing playing which is of well
expression, and encouraging students in studying the piano instrument. (Gomaa G., 1992) study in which he
dealt with the most important different modern attitudes in teaching the piano in the second half of the 20 th c. ,
and how to get use of these attitudes and the range of its fit for the Egyptian student. (Koutb M., 1996) study
which targeted towards student's wishing for training on playing on the piano and guiding him to the correct way
of training till getting his fruits through some of exercises to break down some of performance difficulties. As
well, giving the student a chance for taking part in choosing a piano instrument syllabus which fits his
individual abilities.
Method and procedures
The current study is based upon using the descriptive syllabus which lies an registering and describing what
is being, and the experimental syllabus through running a questionnaire for the misers experts and specialists in
the field of piano playing in the items which is suitable for the suggested presented method and which is based
on constructing a scientific theoretical content, includes a theoretical background about the methods and styles.
The beginner student is exposed to, when starting to learn playing on the piano. Its idea depended upon
collecting between Rote's method and all methods and styles which are used currently for the students of the
specific educational faculty Alex University.
The Questionnaire items came to include:- 1) A hint about the piano instrument constructions. 2) The
instrument mechanism and how to get sound out of it. 3) The correct sitting to the piano instrument. 4) The bases
of playing on the piano. 5) The most important performance of playing skills intended to be acquired and
development (Subject Search) and includes "The Technique - The Musical sentence and phrase - The constant
playing - The intermittent playing - The Melodic line - The Short expressional bow - The Musical scale - The
Arpeggio - The Ornaments -The Strong pressure - The Pedal.! The researcher presented the most important
points, which are: -
Sitting right in front of the piano, Attention must be paid to sit in front of the piano session right until the
student gets used to hearing right from the beginning of training.
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