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The Golden Fingers Technique is a manual for pianists to improve passagework and piano technique at professional level.

This new and innovative book will teach you step by step to play with ease and with control over the finest dynamic shadings in even the fastest passagework.

Mastering control over dynamics in passagework is a crucial aspect for developing fine touch.

The Golden Fingers Technique is a text/workbook and provides you with 146(!) exercises. The goal is to balance your playing so that you can perform passagework NATURALLY, CALMLY and with EASE.

The Golden Fingers Technique is based on four generations of knowledge and experience in piano teaching and playing, which has been perfected over the years and has proven to give the finest and most secure piano technique.

You can buy The Golden Fingers Technique online for only €49,95

That is the price of less than one lesson from a master professor

PRAISE for The Golden Fingers Technique

'… An important contribution to professional piano technique…'

Prof. Ben Smits, pupil of Clara Haskil and C. Berkhout

'…Well elaborated, clear, easily understandable...'

Jan Wijn (Conservatory of Amsterdam)

pupil of Alicia de Larrocha and C. Berkhout

‘… Very intelligently executed and contains many interesting ideas...’

Prof. Bennett Lerner, pupil of Claudio Arrau

'…Surprising results... '

Frederik Martens, Concert pianist

'…Splendid, synoptic layout…' ‘….A Gradus ad Parnassum in passagework…’

Stijn Saveniers, conductor, cellist and pianist

‘…A jewel…’

‘…An eye-opener that makes you reconsider the way you play the piano...’

‘…Opens new dimensions… ’

Alejandro Serena Llinares (Spain), Prof. History of Piano

Methods Conservatory of Music Maastricht

Fellow pianist,

The 'Golden Fingers Technique’ is suitable for pre-conservatoire and conservatoire students whose technique has yet to acquire solid foundations, for professional pianists who feel the need to integrate their advanced technical skills into a natural whole and for piano teachers. Ultimately the book is for anyone who appreciates the long-term advantages to be derived from establishing a sound piano technique.

I hope that you will be able to embark on an absorbing voyage and that along the way you will make many discoveries which will give you much pleasure and enable you to play with greater ease.

I wish you every success!!!

Sincerely,

JEROEN RIEMSDIJK

Jeroen Riemsdijk at rehearsal

Concertgebouw Amsterdam October '08

THE GOLDEN FINGERS TECHNIQUE The art of Passagework

by JEROEN RIEMSDIJK

Publisher: NOBLE GOOSE BOOKS

First Print 2007

The book contains 180 pages with 146 exercises

Art director: René Verkaart

Book design: Stoere Binken Design

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