Patterns When learning a new piece, it’s important to first scan the music to get an overall feel for its structure, a process called pre-reading. Look for elements like key signature, challenging rhythms and pitches, and musical patterns. Identifying...
Fingerings Fingerings provide clues to organize both right-and left-hand movements when learning a piece of music. Music may include a sprinkling of fingerings, too many fingerings, or none at all. Sometimes a “hard” passage may be made...
Темрява—Temryava (pronounced “tem-ye-vah,” meaning “darkness” in Ukrainian) is an intermediate level piece that features one-hand harmonics. If you’re new to the technique or need to develop better coordination, begin with the R.H. study,...
View and download This is an arrangment of two traditional Scottish Tunes—Bottom of the Punch Bowl and My Nanie O (or When Bidden to the Wake) merged into one. The work is also found in the Shearer Method Book III: Learning the Fingerboard (and in the article...
View and download Inventions in the Shearer Method Books II, III, and V are duets; both parts are student playable, generally with an upper-register higher part and a lower-register lower part. They are designed as reading studies in a variety of keys and fixed...
