With fresh and appealing music written for today's students, Performance Book 4 of Alfred Premier Piano Course gradually incorporates triplets and sixteenth notes. Students will play a variety of styles ranging from lyrical ballads, pieces with rhythmic flair, jazz, boogie, and ragtime, to original classics. New concepts include natural and harmonic minor scales (A and E minor), one octave arpeggios and chord inversions. The music, complete with performance tips, carefully supports the new concepts contained in the corresponding Lesson Book 4. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a...
With fresh and appealing music written for today's students, Performance Book 4 of Alfred Premier Piano Course gradually incorporates triplets and six...
A valuable assortment of teacher/student duets in their original form written by teachers and composers during the 18th and 19th centuries. Arranged in order of difficulty, the student parts are limited to a single five-finger position and fall primarily within the grand staff reading range. Each book includes works by such composers as Diabelli, Gurlitt, Bercucci, Wohlfahrt, Berens, and others.
A valuable assortment of teacher/student duets in their original form written by teachers and composers during the 18th and 19th centuries. Arranged i...
Lesson Book 1 is pre-reading. Concepts taught are: How to sit at the piano; Correct hand position; High and low; Loud and soft (forte and piano); Keyboard topography; Bar line and measure, Quarter, half, whole notes and rests; and Repeat signs. The first pieces in the book are played on the black keys. Later in the book, C D E for the RH and C B A for the LH (Middle C position) are taught with letter notes (the name of the note is written inside the note head). The music from this book is available in the Piano Maestro app that's downloadable at http:...
Lesson Book 1 is pre-reading. Concepts taught are: How to sit at the piano; Correct hand position; High and low; Loud and soft (forte and piano); Keyb...
The technical tools and artistic skills learned in Technique 1A are enhanced and expanded in Technique 1B. Four new technique tools are introduced that relate to smooth legato, crisp staccato, rising wrist and amazing phrasing. Patterned exercises provide repetitions that make technique feel natural and artistic etudes showcase a student's technique in an expressive musical setting. New to this level are Hands-Together Workshops that focus on developing the skills necessary for coordinating hands-together playing. Each page in the Technique Book correlates with a specific page in the Lesson...
The technical tools and artistic skills learned in Technique 1A are enhanced and expanded in Technique 1B. Four new technique tools are introduced tha...
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The fresh and appealing music contained in Performance Book 5 expands the rhythmic development of students by using sixteenth notes in compound meters. An eclectic mix of popular styles---from ballads to blues to lively showstoppers---is balanced with favorite repertoire from the Baroque and Classical periods. Performance tips help the student play musically and stylistically. Each piece on the included CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo.
The fresh and appealing music contained in Performance Book 5 expands the rhythmic development of students by using sixteenth notes in compound meters...
Technique 2A continues and expands on the technical and artistic tools learned in Technique books 1A and 1B. The seven new Technique Tools introduced are: dynamic shaping, crossing over the thumb, solid-sounding chords, two-note slurs, seamless melodies, balance between melody and accompaniment, and damper pedal footwork. Artistic Etudes showcase a student's technique in an expressive musical setting, and Hands-Together Workshops focus on developing the skills necessary for coordinating hands-together playing. Each page in the Technique Book correlates with a specific page in the Lesson Book.
Technique 2A continues and expands on the technical and artistic tools learned in Technique books 1A and 1B. The seven new Technique Tools introduced ...
Favorite pop and movie hits have been arranged to correlate with the concepts presented in Lesson Book 2A. Optional duet parts for teacher or parent add harmonic richness to the solo parts of selected titles. 12 attractive arrangements include: Beauty and the Beast (from Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast) * Catch a Falling Star * The Chicken Dance * Chim Chim Cher-ee * Happy Birthday to You * Heigh-Ho (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) * It's My Party * James Bond Theme * The Lion Sleeps Tonight * (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock * Star Wars (Main Theme) * Wipe Out. "I am happy to...
Favorite pop and movie hits have been arranged to correlate with the concepts presented in Lesson Book 2A. Optional duet parts for teacher or parent a...
Favorite pop and movie hits have been arranged to correlate with Lesson Book 2B. Titles: The Entertainer * Hedwig's Theme * Home * Hooray for Hollywood * Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini * Part of Your World * The Pink Panther * Pokemon Theme * Raiders March * When You Wish Upon a Star * A Whole New World."
Favorite pop and movie hits have been arranged to correlate with Lesson Book 2B. Titles: The Entertainer * Hedwig's Theme * Home * Hooray for Hollywoo...