Grand Staff

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.

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.

With lush harmonies, soaring melodies and irresistible Latin rhythms, this radiant solo suite will transport pianists and audiences alike to the Caribbean for a feast of musical treats!ŽThe menu includes the spirited, Calypso-flavored Jamaican Skies; an elegant, tropical delicacy in Key Lime Sunset; a sultry, spicy dance in Mango Tango; and ends with a showy, Flamenco finale titled Montego Guitar. Superbly suited as concert or recital fare for intermediate/early advanced players (HLSPL Level 5);Ž Range:Ž full grand staff, leger lines, 8va, 8vb;Ž Meters: 4/4, 6/8, 4/4, 3+3+4/8;Ž Technical features:Ž shifting harmonies producing accidentals, some multiple voicing in each hand, multiple textures, flexible tempi, and an attractive introduction to Latin rhythms. Length:Ž 3 - 4 pages; Average performance time:Ž 2,'Ž Performance time, entire suite:Ž 8'.

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.

From the very first lessons in Book 1, students are making music as they explore the piano keyboard through fun improvisation pieces called My Own Song. The beginning of the book introduces finger numbers, the black-key and white-key groups, and basic rhythm patterns. Directional reading is taught first by finger number, then by note name, and then by interval (stop, skip, and repeat). Once the students are introduced to the staff, they learn reading guides Bass F and Treble G and read by interval in several different hand positions. This value pack includes the Lessons Book plus an accompaniment CD featuring beautiful background tracks to accompany the student during practice or performance.

Students join Spike and Party Cat as they explore the sights and tourist attractions in Music City. Their visit includes assignments that help students sharpen their music reading skills, learn to read ledger-line notes, and identify intervals, half and whole steps, and major/minor five-finger patterns. Corresponds to Piano Lessons Books 3 and 4.

The first of a series of instruction books on learning 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 its companion book.

First learn the lines & spaces with no chromatics by drilling one clef at a time, i. e. the bass clef from A to G, then treble clef from A to G. Play the correct note for each line or space on the piano. To check yourselfm refer to the card with the keyboard & grand staff. Notice that the A, B, C's in treble clef are one space or line higher than in the bass clef. Gradually mix the clefs. As you gain fluency, add the chromatic notes (sharps & flats). Again find each note on the keyboard.

From the selection and preparation of the raw materials to the fine-tuning and finishing of the final product, 88 Keys follows the creation of a piano in the Steinway & Sons factory in Long Island City, New York-a process that has changed little in the one hundred years that Steinway, the world's premier paino manufacturer, has been in bursiness. An introduction relates the history of the piano and traces the history of the Steinway itself. The Story follows step by step the creation of the concert grand piano from 12,000 individual parts. The exquisitely detailed Five levels of exciting and highly effective games that reinforce students' learning of lines and spaces, key signatures, rhythmic patterns, five finger tune-ups, chords, and more. An invaluable resource for teachers as well as parents!

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.

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.

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From the very first lessons in Book 1, students are making music as they explore the piano keyboard through fun improvisation pieces called My Own Song. The beginning of the book introduces finger numbers, the black-key and white-key groups, and basic rhythm patterns. Directional reading is taught first by finger number, then by note name, and then by interval (stop, skip, and repeat). Once the students are introduced to the staff, they learn reading guides Bass F and Treble G and read by interval in several different hand positions.