Alfred's Basic Piano Library Lesson Book, Bk 4
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Alfred's Basic Piano Library Lesson Book, Bk 4 Details
This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book 4 concepts include: tarantellas; eighth note triplets; arpeggiated chords; first and second inversion triads in C; triads in all positions; major scales in parallel motion; two-part writing; seventh chords and inversions of seventh chords; E harmonic minor scale in contrary motion; primary chords in E minor; sixteenth notes; dotted eighth notes; primary chords in B-flat Major and G Minor; repeated-note warm-ups; and harmonic minor scales in parallel motion. For reinforcement of each principle as it is introduced, supplementary material is carefully coordinated, page for page, at each level of instruction. Coordinating supplemental books for Level 4 include: Classic Themes * Duet * Ear Training * Merry Christmas * Musical Concepts * Recital * Repertoire * Sight Reading * Technic * Theory and Top Hits! Solo, Christmas and Duet books. Songs include: America the Beautiful (Ward) * The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Steffe-Howe) * Black Forest Polka * Blow, Winds, Blow! * Calypso Holiday! * Comedians' Dance (Kabelevsky) * Farewell to Thee (Aloha Oe) * Gypsy Dance * Haunted House * He's Got the Whole World in His Hands * The Hokey-Pokey * The House of the Rising Sun * The Magic Piper * Musette (Bach) * Olympic Procession * Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 (Elgar)* Prelude in A Minor * Space Shuttle Blues * Spinning Wheel * Swingin' Sevenths * Tarentella * Waltz in G Minor * Waves of the Danube (Ivanovici)
Reviews
Have you ever started an activity as a child and never finished only to spend the next year's even into adulthood wishing you had gone further with it? I did until I ran into this book online browsing one day...it was the next level up from where I had left off and I figured I'd give it a shot. I'm so glad I did! I never could've imagined that teaching myself to play could be so easy! I loved the variety of music introduced. I liked the fun and well known songs like Comedians Dance, Hokey Pokey, and America the Beautiful (because what's more motivating than having your kids applaud and dance around singing while you play lol?) but I also enjoyed the more classical Swinging Sevenths, Mussette, and Harmonic Minor Scales in Parallel Motion. As an added bonus, there is a certificate of completion added on the last page to help you celebrate your accomplishments. This book helped me easily pursue enhancing my musical talents as well as renewing my passion for playing and I'll definitely stick with Alfred's lesson books as I continue onto the next levels.
