Médard Ferrero wrote 4 books for CBA published by Hohner.
They are Blue – 1st Year, Mauve – Superior, Orange – Virtuosity and Yellow – Complete. I have only seen the Yellow book.
You will find one for around £15 and there is no CD. The book has 98 pages in A4 (approx). This is a method of “pure technique,” music theory has been left out but there are lots of books available.
The original finger notation (0 -4) has been kept with “standard practice” (1-5) added in red. Thumb not used. PA fingering also present.
Ferrero strongly advises using only 3 rows on the RH until good technique has been developed. Using the minor 3rd bass row is seen as the easy way out and to be avoided.
I’m guessing this book was not designed as a Teach Yourself Guide. This means that your teacher would give the necessary extra help.
There are 17 pieces (Récréations) to go with the exercises.
Part 1. There are 30 exercises which are essentially those used for C major transposed to the other keys. The opening exercise has whole notes in the RH played against a LH of c G c G (X8) then d G7 g G7 (X8) and so on for a total 54 bars.
The 6 “recreations” are in C Amin G Emin D Bmin and A. All have full LH with counter bass and runs. I wonder if the teacher is supposed to play the LH or offer a simpler one. Does it assume the student has access to additional material?
I am at a loss how Ferrero’s “method” would have been used. If there is a member who followed a similar progression I’d be really interested to hear how it was done.
They are Blue – 1st Year, Mauve – Superior, Orange – Virtuosity and Yellow – Complete. I have only seen the Yellow book.
You will find one for around £15 and there is no CD. The book has 98 pages in A4 (approx). This is a method of “pure technique,” music theory has been left out but there are lots of books available.
The original finger notation (0 -4) has been kept with “standard practice” (1-5) added in red. Thumb not used. PA fingering also present.
Ferrero strongly advises using only 3 rows on the RH until good technique has been developed. Using the minor 3rd bass row is seen as the easy way out and to be avoided.
I’m guessing this book was not designed as a Teach Yourself Guide. This means that your teacher would give the necessary extra help.
There are 17 pieces (Récréations) to go with the exercises.
Part 1. There are 30 exercises which are essentially those used for C major transposed to the other keys. The opening exercise has whole notes in the RH played against a LH of c G c G (X8) then d G7 g G7 (X8) and so on for a total 54 bars.
The 6 “recreations” are in C Amin G Emin D Bmin and A. All have full LH with counter bass and runs. I wonder if the teacher is supposed to play the LH or offer a simpler one. Does it assume the student has access to additional material?
I am at a loss how Ferrero’s “method” would have been used. If there is a member who followed a similar progression I’d be really interested to hear how it was done.
