The fresh and appealing music contained in Performance Book 6 expands the technical and harmonic vocabulary of students. An eclectic mix of popular styles?from ballads to rock to ragtime?is balanced with favorite repertoire from the Classical, Romantic and Contemporary 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.
Technique 5 continues and expands on the technical and artistic tools learned in Technique books 1A--4. The six new Technique Tools introduced are: Even Sixteenth Notes, Playing Grace Notes, Body Balance, Over and Back, Building Scale Velocity, and Sustained Notes. 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-togethe...
Familiar motivational pieces for the holiday season using the same concepts introduced in the corresponding Lesson Book. Titles: Fum, Fum, Fum * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * Good King Wenceslas * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * Jingle Bell Rock * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old Saint Nicholas * O Come, All Ye Faithful * O Little Town of Bethlehem * We Three Kings of Orient Are * We Wish You a Merry Christmas. 24 pages.
Alfredas Premier Piano Course Level 5 students develop their rhythm skills using sixteenth notes in 3/8 and 6/8 time. A special focus is a stylistic introduction to the Baroque and Classical masterworks. Additional pieces range from lyrical ballads and jazz styles to arrangements of familiar classic and folk themes. New concepts introduced include augmented triads, grace notes and additional scales and keys.
Familiar motivational pieces for the holiday season using the same concepts introduced in the corresponding Lesson Book. Titles: Away in a Manger * Deck the Halls * The First Noel * Hark! the Herald Angels Sing * Joy to the World * O Come, O Come, Emmanuel * Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow * Russian Dance (Tr?pak) (from The Nutcracker) * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town * Silent Night * Ukrainian Bell Carol. 24 pages.
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 ...
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 a...
Technique 2B continues and expands on the technical and artistic tools learned in Technique books 1A, 1B, and 2A. The seven new Technique Tools introduced are: three-note slurs, preparing quickly for hand crossings, feel the downbeat, finger stretches, legato pedal, finger 1 under finger 3, and finger 3 over finger 1. Artistic Etudes showcase a student's technique in an expressive musical setting, and Hands-Together Workshops focus on developi...
Familiar motivational pieces for the holiday season using the same concepts introduced in the corresponding Lesson Book. Titles: Angels We Have Heard on High * Auld Lang Syne * Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus) * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * Jingle Bells * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * March (from The Nutcracker) * O Christmas Tree * What Child Is This? 24 pages.
Familiar motivational pieces for the holiday season using the same concepts introduced in the corresponding Lesson Book. Titles: Deck the Halls * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * Lo, How a Rose Eer Blooming * Silent Night * Sleigh Ride * Still, Still, Still * Waltz of the Flowers (from The Nutcracker) * We Wish You a Merry Christmas. 24 pages.
The activities in Theory Book 5 continue to develop the theoretical knowledge begun in previous levels of the course. A balanced mix of necessary drill with activities that stimulate creativity, including harmonization and composition, makes theory motivating and fun for students. Written theory is interspersed with activities that foster sight-reading and ear-training skills, while intriguing comments on music history and style reinforce the ...
Alfred's Premier Piano Course Level 3 students will be playing syncopated, dotted and swing rhythms with ease. Up-tempo, original pieces with clever twists smoothly incorporate new concepts including: pass-under and cross-over scale fingerings, the chromatic scale, IV chords in C, G, F, D, 1st and 2nd endings, and ledger lines above and below the staff.
