The interest in piano and the desire to play, has increased tremendously in the past few years. Especially is this noticeable among adults who have either had some elementary piano instruction in their youth or have been denied this study for verious reasons. This increased interest is partly due to the widespread influence of radio. Hearing music almost daily has become an integral part of our lives and it is this constant influence which has awakended a keen and natural desire to become an active participant. Is is to the furtherance and stimulation of this natural desire that this course was planned. The adult approach has been kept constantly in mind, however not to the exclussion of certain basic principles which are necessary in order to make rapid and satisfactory progress. The logical and stepwise manner of progression in this course should prove of inestimable ain to both the student and teacher.

Spis treści:
Introduction to Music Right Hand Position Time Signatures, Notes and Rhythmic Patterns Ode to Joy - Beethoven Left Hand Position Song of the Cello Both Hands Alpine Melody Intermezzo - Schubert How Can I Leave Thee? Rest and New Positions of left Hand Progress Introducing 3rd Space C Lullaby Slurs and Tied Notes The Three C's The C Major Scales Co-ordination of the hands Around and Around Expression marks Soft, soft, music is stealing Contrary Motion G Position Eighth Notes Hunting Song and Rhythmic Pattern Double Note Studies Old English Dance Sight Reading Up and down groups (line notes) Up and down groups (Space notes) Six-eight Rhythm and Three blind Mice The Half Step (Sharps and Flats) The Whole Step and Major Scale Pattern Leger Lines and Spaces Thoughts at Twilight - Aaron Finger Drills Scale and key of G major He's a Jolly Good Fellow Finger Drill The Damper Pedal Drink to me only with thine eyes Scale and key of F major Carnival Time - Aaron Triads The Three Major Triads Song of Happiness Inversion of triads Fanfare The Dominant - Seventh Chord Dotted Quarters Cradle Song - Brahms Scale and key of B Flat Major Romance - Rubinstein Chord Studies The Rose of Tralee - Glover Alouette Marche Slave - Tschaikowsky Home on the Range Scale and key of D major A Hundred Pipers Sweet and Low - Barnby Staccato Strummin' on the old Banjo - Aaron Scale and key of E flat Major Down on the Delta - Aaron La Cucaracha Liebestraume - Liszt Waves of the Danube - Ivanovici The Major scale and chords Dictionary of musical terms

Lista utworów:
Accord De Do Majeur Accord De Fa Majeur Accords De Sol Majeur Accords De Trois Sons Accords Sur Chque Note De La Gamme Majeure Avancement Chanson De Chasse Chant Printanier Chant Vesperal Danse Guerriere Indienne De La Transposition Debout Demi-tons (Dieses Et Bemols) Des Intervalles Des Silences Dessin Rythmique Deux Nouvelles Notes Ding Din Don Doubles Notes A La Main Droite Doubles Notes A La Main Gauche Du Detache Du Rythme En Canot En Place Pour Une Berceuse Etude Dans Le Ton De Sol Etude Du Trille Etude Pour Les 5 Doigts Exercices De Doigtes Exercices De Lecture De Notes Expieglerie Formation De La Gamme Majeure Frere Jacques (Ronde) Gamme Ascendante Gamme Descendante Gammes Et Accords Majeurs Gazouillis D'oiseaux Incitation Au Sommeil La Balancoire La Becarre La Gamme La Manecanterie La Marguerite La Plongee La Ronde Des Sabots De Bois La Sauterelle L'aube Du Vieux Moulin L'avance Et Le Recul Le Banjo Le Carillom Vesperal Le Chant Du Batelier Le Cor Le Coule Le Fifre Le Moulin Qui Jase (Notes Pointees) Le Murmure Du Ruisseau Le Petit Tambourineur Le Ton Le Ton De Sol Lecture De Notes Lectures De Notes Les Trois Accords Majeurs Lexique De Termes Musicaux L'heure De La Musique Mesures A Six-huit Necessite D'un Bon Doigte Notes Dansantes Orgie Carnavalesque Per' Noel Position De La Main Position De La Main Gauche Pratiques Journalieres Premiere Lecon Priere Signes Indicateurs De La Mesure Spectres Nocturnes Suivons Notre Chef (Croches) Sur La Patinoire Trille A La Main Droite Trille A La Main Gauche

Lista utworów:
Il Y A De La Joie Dessin Rythmique Deux Autres Notes Deux Nouvelles Notes Ding Din Dong (Sur Les Trois Do) Do Troisieme Espace Dors Mon Bebe, Dors L'horloge Parlante (Staccato) Suivez Le Chef (En Sol) Suivez Le Chef (En Do) Solo Pour M.G. Sur La Si Do Signes De Duree Retour Du Printemps? Rayon De Soleil Petit Tour De Bac Petit Questionnaire Ou-es Tu Mon Chien? En Position De Sol Main En Place Pour Le Premier Morceau Encore Deux Nouvelles Notes Les Trois Do Les Trois Chatons La Ferme Du Bonhomme Macdonald Marche Des Do Jumeaux Moyens Jeanne Et Jean Le Temps De La Pratique La Gamme La Joute De La Balle Au Camp La Montee Et La Descente L'aimable Saint Nicolas Le Banjo Le Beau Yankee Le Do Moyen Le Petit Chinois Le Pievert L'agnelet De Marie Introduction A La Musique

The Adult Piano Course was designet not only for the adult students but also for the "teen-ager" and older beginner. The last two groups, although not classified as adults are nevertheless past the childhood stage and require special material in order to stimulate and sustain their interests.

Spis treści:
College song Major and minor triads Etiude in C - Aaron Beautiful dreamer - Foster High tide - Aaron Mexican hat dance Extension study no. 1 Extension study no. 2 Jeanie with the light brown hair - Foster Interwals Trill study Day-dreams - Aaron Old english folk dance Thum crossing, chromatic scale Etude in B flat - Aaron Swiss yodler Cadence chords Land of the midnight sun - Aaron Rest tones and active tones Rigoletto - Verdi Rivulet - Aaron Minor scale Swanee river - Foster Dolores - Waldteufel Major and minor sixths Study insixths (wrist staccato) Oh! Susanna - Foster Study in broken chords The maiden's wish - Chopin The star-spangled banner Mazurka - Aaron Arpeggio study Skip to my Lou Prayer - Aaron Gold and silver - Lehar Prelude in A Major - Chopin Augmented and diminished triads Songs my mother taught me - Dvorak Major scales and major triads Minor scales and minor triads Major tonich chord arpeggios Minor tonic chord apreggios Dictionary of musical terns

Especially designed to create student interest and progress by combining basic elements of piano technic with melody.

Spis treści:
Introduction to music, reference and review The scale Preparation for "First lesson" fingering "First lesson" "Up and down" "Two new notes" "Dancing notes" "Up the scale" "Down the scale" "Ding Dong" "Diving" Note reading tests The grasshopper Rests New positions for the left hand Progress Hand positionfor "Sandman's lullaby" Slurs and ties "Sandman's lullaby" Note reading test Hands together "Our new horn" "The swing" Trill study for right hand Trill study for left hand The half step The sharp sign "Sharpen up!" The flat sign "Flatten out!" The natural sign "You're a natural" The whole step Major scale pattern New position for "Study in G" Study in G" "Slurs" Note reading test "The old mill wheel" "Follow the leader" (eight notes) Dynamic chart "Hunting song" Transposition Correct fingering "Boatsaman chant" "The busy mill" (dotted quarters) Double notes study for right hand Double notes study for left hand "Music hour" "Are you sleeping?" "Prayer" Triads Triads for the major scale The three major triads "Evening song" "Chord study in C major" The sunflower" New time signature "In a canoe" Study in staccato "Banjo" "Dance of the wooden shoes" Note reading tests Finger study "Spring song" "Rockin' on" Chord study in F major "Wake up!" "At the skating rink" Chord study in G major "Fun in the sun" 'The Birdling's serenade" "Evening chimes" Trill study "The choir" Scale study "The pied piper" Scale study "The sinking brook" "Ghosts at midnight" "Drummer boy" "Chopsticks revels" "Jingle bells" The major scales and chords The major scales and chords Dictionary of musical terms Certificate of achievement

Especially designed to create student interest and progress by combining basic elements of piano technic with melody. A greater variety of music to play in this progressive book.

Spis treści:
The turn "Colonial days" - Aaron Sonata allegro form "Sonatina" - Clementi "In a gypsy camp" - Aaron "Raindrops" (repeated notes) - Aaron Diminished seventh chord Diminished sevent arpeggio "Music box" (Contraction of hand) - Aaron Merrie olde englande - Aaron Ocave study - Aaron "andante" - Tchaikowsky "Elfin dance" - (Arpeggio study for right hand) - Aaron Arpeggio study (for left hand) - Aaron "Lullaby of the brooks" (Etude) - Aaron Sleepy hollow legend (Study in 3rds) - Aaron "Magic flute" (Etude) - Aaron Spring impromptu" - Aaron "Prelude" (chord playing) Chopin "Nocturne" - Field "Pizzicato Polak" - Strauss "Sonata in A" - Mozart "Perpetual motion" Aaron "Minuet" - Beethoven "Prelude" - Bach "Spanish dance" - Moszkowski "Moonlight sonata" - Beethoven "Solfeggietto" - Bach "Waltz in B minor" - Chopin "The butterfly" - Merkel Dominant seventh chords Dominant seventh arpeggiosn Dictionary of musical terms Certificate

Grade Three is an important milestone for the piano student. Having arrived at this point, after mastering the early elementary stages, the student is looking forward with eager anticipation to music of a more 'serious' nature. Bearing this in mind, Grade Three has been very carefully designed!

Spis treści:
"Victory bells" (study in triads) "Singing cowboy" (study for left hand) Augmented and diminished triads "Water Lilies" "At the races" (velocity study) Czerny "In Mexico" (rhythm) "Aria" Bach The cadence and cadence chords "Off to the hunt" (broken chords) "Wheatlands" Knipper Study in wrist staccato - Duvernoy "Fur Elise" Beethoven Trill Study - Czerny Rest tones and active tones "The Donkey" "Study in G Minor" Krause "Norwegian village dance" "Elegy" Study in broken chords "Butterfly etude" (octave study) Chopin "Two jugglers" (chromatic study) Arpeggio study Sight reading "Ballade" - Burgmuller "Country dance" - Beethoven "Spinning song" - Ellmenreich "Etude in D flat" (for left hand) "April shower" - Burgmuller "Waltz of the flowers" - Tchaikowsky "Allegro" - Haydn "Prelude" - Berens "Curious story" - Heller "Happy-go-lucky" "Minuet in G" - Beethoven "Hungarian dance" - Brahms Major tonic chord arpeggios Minor tonic chord arpeggios Minor scales and minor triads Keyboard harmony Dictionary of musicial terms Certificate

Spis treści:
Die Tonleiter Erste Handposition Erste Ubung Die Notenwerte Der Rhythmus Aufwarts und Abwarts Zwei neue Noten Tanznoten Die Tonleiter aufwiirts Die Tonleiter abwarts Ding Dong Verteilung der Hande Vbung im Notenlesen Der Grashiipfer Pausen Neue Positionen der linken Hand Fortschritt Neue Positionen fUr das Wiegenlied Der Bindebogen Wiegenlied Vbung im Notenlesen Fiinf-Finger-Ubung Unser neues Horn Schwingen und Singen Triller- Vbung fUr die rechte Hand Triller- Vbung fUr die linke Hand Der Halbton Die Auflosung Der Ganzton Dur-Tonleiter-Muster Neue Positionen fur die Ubung in G Ubung in G Der Bindebogen Vbung im Notenlesen Das alte Miihlrad Tonleiterfolge Rhythmisches Muster fUr Jagdlied Jagdlied Die Transposition Korrekte Fingertechnik Schifferlied Die flessige Miihle (Punktierte Viertel) Doppelnoten-Vbung fUr die linke Hand Musikstunde Doppelnoten-Vbung fUr die rechte Hand Intervalle Schlaflied Gebet Der Dreiklang Dreiklange der Dur-Tonleiter Die drei Dur-DREIKLANGE Abendlied Akkord-Ubungen in C-Dur Die Sonnenblume Der 6/8 Takt In einem Kanu Staccato- Ubung Banjo Holzschuhtanz Ubung im Notenlesen Finger. Ubungen Friihlingslied Indianer-Kriegstanz Akkord-Ubungen in F-Dur Wach auf! Auf der Schlittschuhbahn Akkord-Vbung in G-Dur Spass Die Vogelserenade Abendlauten Triller- Ubung Der Chor Tonleiter-Ubung Der Rattenfanger von Hameln Tonleiter-Vbung Der singende Bach Mittemachtsgeister Der kleine Trommler Der Esstabchenschmaus Jingle Bells Die Dur-Tonleitem und Akkorde Die Dur- Tonleitem und Akkorde Musikalische Bezeichnungen Ubungstagebuch

The Michael Aaron Piano Primer was written especially for young children. Many years of specialization in the teaching of children have made the author keenly aware of three essentials in a teacher's approach. They are understanding, sympathy and encouragement. These thoughts have guided and influenced the author in his general plan and selection of material for this book.

This book features

Spis treści:
GOING UP AND DOWN THE LADDER ALLEGRO IN G MAJOR (TURCK) STUDY IN C MAJOR (GURLITT) ALLEGRETTO (HAYDYN) SOFT ROCK SONNET BE MY PLAYMATE BEAR DANCE (SCHUMANN) FREE FOR ALL IN-LINE SKATES BLUE WALTZ FANFARE MINUET (DUNCOMBE) IN OUTER SPACE (AARON) CHORALE IN C MINOR MINUET (BARTOK) AUSTRIAN FOLK TUNE (KOHLER) GYPSY DANCE (HAYDN) MINUET IN C MAJOR (MOZART) MUSETTE (Le COUPPEY) A FABLE (KABALEVSKY_

Lista utworów:
Wesoły ptaszek (Garscia Janina) Spacerek (Garscia Janina) Grzeczne kaczuszki (Garscia Janina) Sanna (Garscia Janina) Śnieżek (Garscia Janina) Gil (Garscia Janina) Stokrotka (Garscia Janina) Chory miś (Garscia Janina) Piosenka góralska (Garscia Janina) Marsz (Garscia Janina) Walczyk (Garscia Janina) Smutny piesek (Garscia Janina) Wesoły kotek (Garscia Janina) Kołysanka (Garscia Janina) Wróbelki (Garscia Janina) Wietrzyk (Garscia Janina) Pastuszek (Garscia Janina) Przechadzka (Garscia Janina) Pochód karzełków (Garscia Janina) Piosenka (Garscia Janina) Pożegnanie (Garscia Janina)

Piano Technique Book 5, the final book in our piano technique series, builds upon technical skills mastered in previous levels, with imaginative exercises appropriate for the intermediate-level student. Through engaging warm-ups and etudes, students are encouraged to explore diatonic and chromatic scales, chords, inversions, and chord progressions. The exercises also focus on important intermediate-level skills, including: finger substitutions, extended and contracted hand positions, grace notes, playing a waltz bass, and refinement of articulation and coordination. The exercises are carefully correlated to the music in Piano Lessons Book 5 of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. This book continues to emphasize our message that 'the music makes a difference!'

Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun and creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music they are learning as well as the music they create themselves.

Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun and creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music they are learning as well as the music they create themselves.

Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun and creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music they are learning as well as the music they create themselves.

Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun and creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music they are learning as well as the music they create themselves.

Unit 1 of Book 3 opens with eighth notes first in 4/4 time, then in 2/4 time. Swing eighths are also presented in the first half of the book. Folk, jazz, classical, and contemporary selections provide students with an interesting variety of repertoire. In the second half of Book 3, five-finger patterns and triads in C Major, and F Major are presented, as well as their relative minors - A Minor, E Minor, and D Minor. This value-added package includes both the Lessons Book and the accompaniment CD that makes practice and performance more fun for student and parents!

Podręcznik przeznaczony jest dla dzieci rozpoczynających naukę w wieku 5-6 lat. Materiał podzielony jest na cztery części. Pierwsza zawiera duety dla ucznia i nauczyciela, opracowane z wykorzystaniem metody beznutowej oraz proste utwory do grania z nut. Wiele z nich to piosenki, których proste teksty służą oswojeniu z nowymi zagadnieniami i ułatwiają ich zapamiętanie. Druga część poświęcona jest nauce gry legato i ćwiczeniu niezależności rąk, wprowadzane są dwudźwięki i trójdźwięki. Część trzecia to zbiór utworów podsumowujących, w których wprowadzone wcześniej techniki pojawiają się w bardziej zaawansowanej formie, a ostatnia to wybór miniatur dydaktycznych kompozytorów różnych epok. Większość utworów zamieszczonych w publikacji skomponowała autorka podręcznika. Zróżnicowała je pod względem wyrazu (walce, marsze, polki czy kołysanki) i nadała ilustracyjny charakter tak, by bez trudu rozbudzały wyobraźnię dziecka. W wielu utworach pobrzmiewają delikatnie dysonansowe współbrzmienia. W podręczniku wykorzystana jest metoda pracy polegająca na grze dziecka w duecie z nauczycielem, pojawiają się również ćwiczenia a vista oraz improwizacje. Publikacja zawiera ponadto zestaw podstawowych gam oraz mały słowniczek muzyczny.

Lista utworów:
Ptaszki (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Kołysanka misia (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Spacer po lesie (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Zachmurzone niebo (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Piosenka Zosi (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Melodia góralska (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Taniec komara (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Skakanka (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Tercje (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Pierwszy smutek (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Pierwsze legato (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Andante (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Taniec pajacyka (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Adagio (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Kłótnia (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Walc Lalki (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Kobza (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Na huśtawce (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Niedźwiedź (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Zabawa piłką (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Zmartwienie (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Taniec wróbelka (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Kukułka (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Kropelki deszczu (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Echo (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Spacer po gamie C-dur (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Rozmowa (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Spacer słonia (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Mazurek (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Kanon (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Prośba (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Tajemniczy zamek (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Polowanie (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Lokomotywa (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Trębacz (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Etiuda (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Nad jeziorem (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Mój osiołek (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Etiuda (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Oberek (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Gonitwa (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Dudarz (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Gorzkie łzy (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Stary młyn (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Kanon (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Autobus (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Etiuda (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Przy kołysce (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Stary kurant (Markiewiczówna Władysława) U kowala (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Konik polny (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Strach na wróble (Markiewiczówna Władysława) Plotkarka (Markiewiczówna Władysława)

Music Street is a three-year program for beginners four or five years of age. Students are motivated through various singing and playing activities as they are introduced to all the note names and animals that live on Music Street. Unlike many courses for young children, the Tritone Junior Courses create students who develop good performance skills within their first year, while still developing their ear and reading skills, ensemble playing, and understanding music fundamentals. Students and parents will be encouraged, if not amazed, at what can be accomplished at such a young age, and how much fun it is.

Music Street is a three year program for beginners four or five years of age. Students are motivated through various singing and playing activities as they are introduced to all the note names and animals that live on Music Street. Unlike many courses for young children, the TMA Junior Courses create students who develop good performance skills within their first year, while still developing their ear and reading skills, ensemble playing, and understanding music fundamentals. Students and parents will be encouraged, if not amazed, at what can be accomplished at such a young age and how much fun it is.

The perfect series to get beginners playing today! This book/CD pack will teach the absolute beginner how to play the piano at their own pace, and in their own style. The CD includes audio instruction as well as accompaniment tracks.

The short, lively, and easy-to-master selections in this book offer beginning piano students musical experience that is entertaining as well as rewarding. Each selection in this companion book to the Robert Pace Keyboard Series reinforces concepts of the core books, including: • Practice in line, space, and pattern recognition; in performance of basic rhythms; and in indentification of these rhythms both by sight and by sound; • A sparking of the student's imagination, as the student is guided to expand upon each piece in this collection and create his or her own improvisations and compositions; • Lasting fun, becasue the reinforcement of reading, writing, and listening skills supports ongoing musical learning and enjoyment. The CD provides many helpful functions, including modeling the music, providing ensemble playing experience, and tracks in various tempos for practice and performance.

This book is to be used in conjunction with Moppets' Rhythms and Rhymes, teacher's Book.
Moppels' Rhythms and Rhymes is a collection of game songs set to strongly rhythmical verses (some Mother Groose) for children from four through seven. While this may seem like a wide age span, Rhythms and Rhymes Teacher's Book explains how the various activities can be used to suit several levels of development.
Rhythms and Rhymes focuses on strengthening the children's innate sense of rhythm and their understanding of melodic direction through body movements, the use of the piano keyboard, rhythm instruments and rhythmical poems and games. It should be used with groups of at least four.
Although the book is planned specifically as a part of the Music for Moppets pre-piano course to be given in the teacher's own music studio, it can also be used very effectively in nursery school, kindergarten, and first grade.
On completion of the Music for Moppets course, the children should be well prepared to continue in a more formalized study for piano, or any other instrument.

Lista utworów:
My Name Song Left Side Right Side Handy Pandy Finger Wiggler Game Copy Cat Play - A - Story Higgley Piggley Copy Cat Ride a Cock Horse Barber Barber Rub a dub dub Mocassin and Beads Humming Song See-Saw, Sacaradown Mister Bunny Ol' Dan Tucker Major Song Minor Song Major-Minor Johnny by the hand Clap and Guess If Your Mama - If Your Papa

Provides essentials for the development of musical understanding and skill. Includes an introduction to major and minor diatonic chord progressions, and suggestions for students to develop their own musical ideas.

Provides essentials for the development of musical understanding and skill. Includes an introduction to major and minor diatonic chord progressions, and suggestions for students to develop their own musical ideas.

The main objective of the Creative Keyboard book is to provide a balance of the various elements that are essential in the development of musical understanding and skill. An early acquaintance with both major and minor diatonic chord progressions will enable students to understand "common practice" harmony on which so much of our music is based. In addition Creative Keyboard acquaints students with interesting ways to develop their own musical ideas through many examples of "Question and Answer". However, to get maximum benefit from these creative experiences, students should "think out" what they want in their Answer Before they begin to play the Question.

Creative Music I Revised contains materials both for sight reading, transposition, and for improvisation which are closely related to those presented in Music for Piano I Revised. Here the learners reapply in slightly altered fashion the basic musical ideas just encountered. The goal is for students to be able to read and understand music at the level of their current technical advancement and to be able to apply the appropriate concepts to each new example.
This book provides a wide variety of related musical materials to diversify each person's learning experiences. Students should transpose as much as time permits and create literally an infinite variety of musical examples of their own. The nurturing of individual productivity and appreciation of quality performance are crucial components of the growth motivation that will stimulate for further learning.
Students should improvise many examples before notating one and should do that as quickly as possible. Teachers should focus on the learning processes so that students will be able to achieve better, more interesting products.

Spis treści:
Up and Down Skips Skips and Steps Swinging Old Woman (Variation) Old Man (Variation) The Grand Staff The Grand Staff Time Signatures Key Signatures Reading Familiar Melodies Lines and Spaces Pattern Reading Key Signatures Melodic Mivement From Treble to Bass Key Signatures Playing together (Variation) Theme and Variation Sequence Theme and Variation Melodic variation Expression in Sightreading Quastion and Ansewer Imitation Melodic Lines Queastion and Answer Reading Staccato Notes Major Triad Sets The I Chord Major Triad Sets Chord Songs Chord Tones Passing Tones I V7 I Parallel & Contrary Motion Staccato Melody Questions and Answers Looby Lou (Variation) Note Patterns Questions and Answers Waltz Bass Melodic Patterns Melodic Study Extended Patterns Questions and Answers Minor Melodies Minor Triads Minor Melody Dorian Song Minor Melody Question and Answer Pattern Reading Question and Answer Review Triad Study Question and Answer Key Signature Review Chord Review

Creative Music II provides the necessary materials for the continued development of good music reading skills and the expansion of creative activities. Each pair of facing pages (pp. 2-3, 4-5, 6-7 etc.) contains examples which are conceptually the same, yet slightly altered from those in Music for Piano II so that students continually experience an "indirect transfer" of previous learning.
All even numbered pages (left hand side of the book) contain related reading examples arranged in a cumulative sequence to enable students to deal effectively with progressively more complex music. This reading material provides a balance of keys, meters and compositional styles and should be practiced a few minutes each day. Students should transpose as indicate and some may want to include additional keys if time permits. Also, after two or three days, students can practice their "creative reading" by changing a few notes here and there. But they should always plan ahead and decide on what is to be done. Or students may add upper or lower neighbors, or even change melodic direction by inversion, sequences, etc. Again, students should "think it out" before playing, and keep their eyes on the music as they make their changes. Don't let students look at the keyboard when using notation. Rather, help them develop a sense of "feel" as to where their hands are or where they need to move.

The subject matter of Creative Music IV follows the same basic organization as Theory Papers IV, with both books reflecting the general musical and theoretical problems presented in Music For Piano IV. And, as in the previous books, the even numbered pages present the reading problems while the odd numbered pages deal with creative activities. This book may be used alone or in conjunction with Music For Piano, Theory Papers, and Finger Builders IV.

This book presents the essential materials and technic for learning to play any keyboard instrument in an interesting easy-to-follow format. Emphasis is on developing independence to allow learners to continue their keyboard musical activities throughout life. Related materials from the Recital Series add variety.

Learn to play any keyboard instrument - electronic or acoustical. Contains short pieces with the necessary technique to play them, organized to help young students structure their practice sessions. To be used with the companion books, Creative Keyboard.

Learn to play any keyboard instrument - electronic or acoustical. Contains short pieces with the necessary technique to play them, organized to help young students structure their practice sessions. To be used with the companion books, Creative Keyboard.