Intervals

The material is based on Berklee College of Music's Level 1 and 2 piano provciency requirements and provides a solid foundation for advanced keyboard study. Challenging exercises in twelve keys will help you:
- advance your performance skills and build fluency at the piano
- increase your speed and agility on the kyboard
- internalize common chord patterns
- improve your sight - reading skills
- memorize new material in less time
- improve your tone, dynamic range, and sense of rhythm

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New Age sounds blend with hints of Native American melodies and flute songs in this beautiful collection of six solos for the early-intermediate to intermediate-level pianist. Each solo stands alone, but the entire book can also be played in recital as a suite - the tempos alternate in a pleasing way to create a tightly woven, finely detailed desert landscape. Level: Early-Intermediate/Intermediate (Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Levels 4-5); Range: full grand staff and leger lines; Meters: 2/2, 3/4, 4/4, 7/8; Technical Features: broken chord accompaniments, some double-note intervals in both hands, cross-hand patterns, interlocked hand position, legato pedal, pedal points, multiple textures. Length: 2-5 pages; Average performance time: 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Performance time for entire suite: 10 minutes, 3 seconds.

Are you looking for a fun, engaging way for your beginning piano students to play familiar hymns? This book is the answer! It features 25 well-known hymns with lyrics and chord symbols, plus music theory pages to reinforce student learning. Songs include: Blessed Assurance • Fairest Lord Jesus • Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty • I Surrender All • Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee • My Savior's Love • and more.

Book 1 in the John Schaum Adult Piano Course.

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Jennifer Linn paints a beautiful Christmas landscape in this book of favorite seasonal carols, arranged for the early-intermediate/intermediate pianist in her signature style. The winning blend of beloved melodies, colorful harmonies, and sensitive styling makes this book a Christmas classic for pianists of all ages. Keys: C, F, G, Am, Dm; scales/broken-chord arpeggios; double-note intervals to 8va; syncopation. Early-Intermediate/Intermediate Piano Solo Arrangements; HLSPL L4/5. Song list: Carol of the Bells • He Is Born, The Holy Child • Jumpin' Jingle Bells • O Come, All Ye Faithful • Holy Night • Pat-A-Pan • Silent Night • What Child Is This?

The basic organization of Creative Music III is the same as for Creative Music II, with sightreading materials on the left hand pages (even numbers) and creative activities on the right hand pages (odd numbers). Students may continue their creative reading by changing notes, intervals and patterns. As an example, look at page 2, #1 and try these suggestions:
a) Change the interval between left and right hands from a 6th apart to a 10th apart by beginning the left hand of F and the right hand on A.
b) Change the first pattern from prarlell to contrary motion.
c) Invert the pattern by beginning on A in the left hand and C in the right.

The 'step-by-step' teaching suggestions in this helpful manual are divided into the following categories: PREPARE: Introduces the technical coordination and rhythm of each piece through listening and responding. PRACTICE: Includes steps to learning each piece through blocking, comparing phrases, and identifying intervals and notes names. PERFORM: Includes suggestions for putting all the musical elements together to play each piece in the appropriate style. Each page of the Teacher's Guide features specific references to all coordinated activities in Piano Practice Games, Piano Theory Workbook, Piano Technique, Notespeller, Piano Solos, and Music Flash Cards. This 96-page book also includes Lesson Planning Charts which provide an at-a-glance view of how to coordinate all of the books and materials in Level 1 of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library.

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.

A comprehensive tutor series for beginners of all ages. Well presented with color pictures, useful information and guidance material. The aim of the book is to teach in the most natural and enjoyable way, through popular melodies. The method enables the student to progress in a logical fashion through Pre A to F. A recommended and thorough series.

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