Joseph Banowetz is Professor of Piano at the University of North Texas. An internationally renowned pianist and piano pedagogue, he is author of The Pianist's Guide to Pedaling.

"The Performing Pianist's Guide to Fingering is a very practical and highly useful (and musical!) approach to the subject. . . . [It] is an excellent resource and guide for informing pianists about factors that influence and impact their fingering choices and options."—Murray McLachlan, Chair, European Piano Teachers' Association

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Fingering Techniques1. Fingering Keyboard Works of Selected Composers and StylesAppendix: The Fingering of Benno Moiseiwitsch in Manuscript IllustrationsBibliographyPart II: Baroque Fingering and Interpretation: What Can a Modern Pianist Learn?Introduction: The Pianist's Dilemma2. An Overview of General Baroque Fingering Concepts3. Articulation (attack, decay, lifting, slurring, Affekt)4. Hand splitting or Re-distributions, Stemming, and Cross hands5. Crossing and Turning of the Fingers6. Repeated Notes, Glissandi, Musical Figures, and the Overdot7. Fingering in Ornamentation8. Fingering in Chords and in Chordal Realizations9. Bach's Poetic Meter10. Singing with the Fingers11. Dancing with the Fingers: A Guide to Understanding Scarlatti's Iberian Sonatas when Choosing a FingeringConclusionBibliographyIndex

Joseph Banowetz is Professor of Piano at the University of North Texas. An internationally renowned pianist and piano pedagogue, he is author of The Pianist's Guide to Pedaling.

"The Performing Pianist's Guide to Fingering is a very practical and highly useful (and musical!) approach to the subject. . . . [It] is an excellent resource and guide for informing pianists about factors that influence and impact their fingering choices and options."—Murray McLachlan, Chair, European Piano Teachers' Association

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Fingering Techniques1. Fingering Keyboard Works of Selected Composers and StylesAppendix: The Fingering of Benno Moiseiwitsch in Manuscript IllustrationsBibliographyPart II: Baroque Fingering and Interpretation: What Can a Modern Pianist Learn?Introduction: The Pianist's Dilemma2. An Overview of General Baroque Fingering Concepts3. Articulation (attack, decay, lifting, slurring, Affekt)4. Hand splitting or Re-distributions, Stemming, and Cross hands5. Crossing and Turning of the Fingers6. Repeated Notes, Glissandi, Musical Figures, and the Overdot7. Fingering in Ornamentation8. Fingering in Chords and in Chordal Realizations9. Bach's Poetic Meter10. Singing with the Fingers11. Dancing with the Fingers: A Guide to Understanding Scarlatti's Iberian Sonatas when Choosing a FingeringConclusionBibliographyIndex

Joseph Banowetz is Professor of Piano at the University of North Texas. An internationally renowned pianist and piano pedagogue, he is author of The Pianist's Guide to Pedaling.

"The Performing Pianist's Guide to Fingering is a very practical and highly useful (and musical!) approach to the subject. . . . [It] is an excellent resource and guide for informing pianists about factors that influence and impact their fingering choices and options."—Murray McLachlan, Chair, European Piano Teachers' Association

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Fingering Techniques1. Fingering Keyboard Works of Selected Composers and StylesAppendix: The Fingering of Benno Moiseiwitsch in Manuscript IllustrationsBibliographyPart II: Baroque Fingering and Interpretation: What Can a Modern Pianist Learn?Introduction: The Pianist's Dilemma2. An Overview of General Baroque Fingering Concepts3. Articulation (attack, decay, lifting, slurring, Affekt)4. Hand splitting or Re-distributions, Stemming, and Cross hands5. Crossing and Turning of the Fingers6. Repeated Notes, Glissandi, Musical Figures, and the Overdot7. Fingering in Ornamentation8. Fingering in Chords and in Chordal Realizations9. Bach's Poetic Meter10. Singing with the Fingers11. Dancing with the Fingers: A Guide to Understanding Scarlatti's Iberian Sonatas when Choosing a FingeringConclusionBibliographyIndex