CARL CZERNY AND FERDINAND BEYER IN INITIAL PIANO EDUCATION REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON EDUCATIONAL APPROACHES

Abstract

The piano is one of the few polyphonic instruments in the world that requires a high level of coordination in both hands. For this reason, besides the composers writing works for the introductory piano, the piano methods of Carl Czerny and Ferdinand Beyer, two composers who only focused on piano education, are still used today. However, the technically different approaches of both composers to piano education constituted the basic building block of this work. First of all, Ferdinand Beyer's educational perspective was formed with the information compiled from the sources obtained as a result of the researches and comments on the composer's basic piano method. Evaluation in terms of school and expectations at the beginner piano level and an observation about the achievements of the students were included in the study. In the second part, examinations on Carl Czerny's initial piano method and the composer's technical point of view are given with examples on the research and work mentioned in the previous section. Finally, the data obtained in both sections were collected and comparisons were made in the last section, and as a result of the comparisons, results were written on their suitability for students both technically and musically.