Book 2 of this series includes etudes selected for technique and musicality, Hanon exercises, and information about each composer. It is carefully organized into four units, each focusing on mastering a particular skill. A must-have for any studio teacher or serious piano student.
Contents:
| Acknowledgements | |
| Foreword to Students | |
| About This Edition | |
| About the Composers | |
| Johann Friedrich Burgmüller | |
| Carl Czerny | |
| Charles-Louis Hanon | |
| Stephen Heller | |
| Practicing Hanon to Promote Technical and Musical Mastery | |
| Practice Alternatives for Hanon Exercises & Scales | |
| Additional Ways to Practice | |
| UNIT ONE | |
| 1. Czerny Op. 823, No. 19 | |
| 2. Czerny Op. 139, No. 15 | |
| 3. Burgmüller Op. 100, No. 12 "Farewell" | |
| 4. Czerny Op. 599, No. 63 | |
| 5. Heller Op. 138, No. 9 "Curious Story" | |
| 6. Czerny Op. 139, No. 19 | |
| 7. Burgmüller Op. 100, No. 6 "Progress" | |
| 8. Hanon No. 36 | |
| 9. Hanon No. 37 | |
| 10. Czerny Op. 139, No. 36 | |
| 11. Czerny Op. 599, No. 56 | |
| 12. Heller Op. 45, No. 18 "Impatience" | |
| UNIT TWO | |
| 1. Czerny Op. 139, No. 38 | |
| 2. Czerny Op. 718, No. 12 | |
| 3. Czerny Op. 599, No. 57 | |
| 4. Heller Op. 47, No. 14 "Etude in G Minor" (In Venice) | |
| 5. Czerny Op. 139, No. 23 | |
| 6. Heller Op. 47, No. 2 "At the Brookside" | |
| 7. Czerny Op. 849, No. 4 | |
| 8. Burgmüller Op. 100, No. 13 "Consolation" | |
| 9. Burgmüller Op. 109, No. 1 "Confidence" | |
| 10. Czerny Op. 849, No. 10 | |
| 11. Czerny Op. 849, No. 29 | |
| 12. Heller Op. 45, No. 2 "The Avalanche" | |
| UNIT THREE | |
| 1. Czerny Op. 599, No. 68 | |
| 2. Czerny Op. 599, No. 44 | |
| 3. Burgmüller Op. 100, No. 17 "The Chatterbox" | |
| 4. Hanon No. 46 (excerpt) | |
| 5. Czerny Op. 599, No. 65 | |
| 6. Czerny Op. 599, No. 74 | |
| 7. Burgmüller Op. 100, No. 8 "Gracefulness" | |
| 8. Czerny Op. 599, No. 76 | |
| 9. Czerny Op. 599, No. 83 | |
| 10. Burgmüller Op. 100, No. 14 "Austrian Dance" | |
| UNIT FOUR | |
| 1. Burgmüller Op. 100, No. 24 "The Swallow" | |
| 2. Czerny Op. 599, No. 86 | |
| 3. Czerny Op. 599, No. 90 | |
| 4. Heller Op. 45, No. 1 "The Brook" | |
| 5. Hanon No. 20 | |
| 6. Heller Op. 45, No. 24 "Over Hill and Dale" | |
| 7. Burgmüller Op. 100, No. 25 "The Knight Errant" |