Learning Piano Piece by Piece

Name: Learning Piano Piece by Piece
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ISBN: 9780195170337

ISBN-10: 0195170334

ISBN-13: 9780195170337

Edition: 2005

Authors: Elyse Mach

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Designed for non-music majors who want to learn piano "for the fun of it," Learning Piano: Piece by Piece is also ideal for courses in class piano and for individual instruction. This concise and user-friendly book presents materials in an engaging manner and in a logical piece-by-piece progression of difficulty. Offering a rich and well-rounded solo and ensemble repertoire, it enables students to master basic keyboard skills--through the study of fresh, appealing, and easy-to-play arrangements of both traditional and newly created pieces--and provides them with ample opportunities to improvise, transpose, and harmonize. By encouraging students to play music from different time periods,…

Book details

Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/10/2005
Binding: Comb Bound
Pages: 288
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English

Elyse Mach is Professor of Music at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She has given concerts throughout Europe and the United States, appearing as piano soloist with the NBC Symphony and the Netherlandische Philharmonic Broadcasting Orchestra. She has written nine books on pianoand pianists and has been a contributing music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. She is active as a consultant, clinician, master class teacher, and frequent adjudicator, and she has guest lectured at Northwestern, Yale,The Julliad School, and many other institutions. She is the first recipient ofthe Board of Governors Universities Distinguished Professor Award and was honored by a proclamation issued by…



Preface



Keyboard Instruction


Sitting at the Keyboard


Finger Numbers


Basic Note Values


The Keyboard


Dynamics


More Dynamic Signs


Using the White Keys


Using Black-Key Groups to Locate White Keys


Octave


Terms


More Terms


Improvisation


Rhythms to Read


Training the Ear


Worksheet Review



Playing Melodies Using Different Positionsc


Five-Finger Position


Time Signature: 4/4Slur and Phrase Markings


G Five-Finger Position


Common Time Sign: CMiddle C Position


Rests


Time Signature: 3/4Tied Notes


Improvisation


Technique



Reading Music


The Staff and Clefs


Grand Staff


Landmark Pairs


Intervals


Seconds


Thirds


Transposition


Dynamic Changes


Fourths


Damper Pedal


Fifths


Upbeat and Downbeat


Rhythms to Read


Training the Ear


Worksheet Review



More Reading Basics


Playing in Various Octaves


Fermata


Tempo Markings


Flat Sign8va --------Sharp Sign8va --------Ritardando (Rit.)Natural Sign


Staccato


Accent Sign


More Dynamic Markings


Improvisation


Technique


Rhythms to Read


Training the Ear


Worksheet Review



Major Five-Finger Patterns and Major Triads


Half Step


Whole Step


The Major Five-Finger Pattern


Major Triads


Five-Finger Patterns and Triads in Major


Eighth Notes


Improvisation


Technique


Rhythms to Read


Training the Ear



Minor Five-Finger Patterns and Minor Triads


The Minor Five-Finger Pattern


New Time Signature: 2/4Minor Triads


Five-Finger Patterns and Triads in Major and Minor


A Tempo


Worksheet Review



Harmonizing Melodies


Using the C Major and G7 Chords


Using the F Major Chord


Playing the C Major, F Major, and G7 Chord Progression


Dotted Quarter Notes


Alla Breve


Changing Five-Finger Positions


The Damper Pedal


Harmonizing a Lead-Line Melody


Rhythms to Read


Training the Ear


Worksheet Review



The Major Scale/Reading in C Major


The Major Scale


The C Major Scale


The Major Scale in Tetrachord Position


The C Major Scale in Tetrachord Position


Playing the C Major Scale in Contrary Motion


Playing the C Major Scale in Parallel Motion


Playing an Arpeggio Accompnainment Pattern


Ternary Form


Intervals of Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth (Octaves)Sixths


Binary Form


Sevenths


Eighths (Octaves)


Harmonizing a Lead-Line Melody


Training the Ear


Worksheet Review



Reading in G Major


The G Major Scale


The G Major Scale in Tetrachord Position


Playing the G Major Scale in Contrary Motion


Playing the G Major Scale in Parallel Motion


Using the G Major and D7 Chords


Using the C Major Chord in a New Position


Playing the G Major, C Major, and D7 Chord Progression


Playing a Waltz Accompaniment Pattern


Harmonizing a Lead-Line Melody


Rhythms to Read


Training the Ear


Worksheet Review



Triads and Chord Inversions


Triads of the Major Scale


Playing Arpeggiated Chords with Alternating Hands


The Damper Pedal


Legato Pedaling


Chord Inversions


Triads and Seventh Chords


Playing Triad Inversions


Blocked and Arpeggiated


Rhythms to Read


Training the Ear


Worksheet Review



Reading in F Major


The F Major Scale


The F Major Scale in Tetrachord Position


Playing the F Major Scale in Parallel Motion


Using the F Major, Bb Major, and C7 Chords


Playing the Alberti Bass Accompaniment Pattern


Sempre Staccato


Harmonizing a Lead-Line Melody


Training the Ear


Worksheet Review



The Minor Scale


The Relative Minor Scale


The Harmonic Minor Scale


The A Harmonic Minor Scale in Tetrachord Position


Playing the A Harmonic Minor Scale in Contrary Motion


Playing the A Harmonic Minor Scale in Parallel Motion


Playing the i, iv, and V7 Chords in A Minor


Prelude


Harmonizing a Lead-Line Melody


Worksheet Review



Exploring the Twentieth Century


Blues


Windy City Blues: Transcendental Blues: Ragtime


What Time? Ragtime: Jazz


Just Struttin'' Along: Twentieth-Century Classics


The Bear: Springtime Song: Scherzando


A Little Joke: Innovative Notations15ma


Seashore: Metronome Mark


Quartal Harmony


The Cathedral in the Snow: Ensemble: Black and White


Improvisation


Movin'' On Blues:



More Repertoire to Play


Four Miniature Classics


Turk, March


Kohler, Melody


Kabalevsky, Dance


Kabalevsky, Moving Around


Gurlitt, Vivace


Beethoven, Fur Elise


Schubert, Ecossaise


Joplin, The Entertainer


Robertson, A First NocturneO