Preface | |
Keyboard Basics | |
Keyboard Posture | |
Finger Numbers | |
Basic Note Values | |
The Keyboard | |
The Major Five-Finger Pattern | |
Dynamics | |
Reading Notes | |
Intervals | |
Keeping Time | |
Slur and Phrase Markings | |
Key Signature | |
Transposition | |
Eighth Notes and Eighth Rests | |
Drone Bass | |
Repertoire | |
Improvisation | |
Harmonization | |
Sightreading Studies | |
Technical Studies | |
Rhythmic Studies | |
Ensemble Pieces | |
Worksheet Review | |
The Five-Finger Pattern | |
Playing in Different Registers | |
Tempo Markings | |
More Dynamic Markings | |
Dotted Quarter Notes | |
Accidentals | |
Slurs | |
Parallel Motion | |
6/8 Time | |
Identifying Flat Key Signatures | |
Change of Dynamics | |
Contrary Motion | |
Major Triads | |
Five-Finger Studies and Triads in Major | |
The Minor Five-Finger Pattern | |
Minor Triads | |
Five-Finger Studies and Triads in Major and Minor | |
More Tempo Markings | |
Pieces Using Major and Minor Triads | |
The Dominant Seventh Chord | |
Block-Chord Accompaniments with I and V6/5 | |
Music Chord Symbols | |
Five-Finger Melodies with Letter-Name Chord Symbols for I and V6/5 Chord Accompaniments | |
The Subdominant Chord | |
Cadences | |
The Circle of Fifths and Major Key Signatures | |
Pieces with I-IV6/4-V6/5 Accompaniments | |
Five-Finger Melodies with Letter-Name Chord Symbols for I, IV6/4, and V6/5 Chord Accompaniments | |
Changing Five-Finger Positions | |
Repertoire | |
Improvisation | |
Creative Music and Harmonization | |
Sightreading Studies | |
Rhythmic Studies | |
Technical Studies | |
Ensemble Pieces | |
Worksheet Review | |
Pieces with Easy Accompaniments | |
Major Scales | |
Major Scales in Tetrachord Position | |
Major Scales with Fingerings for Both Hands Together | |
Scale Studies in Clusters | |
Triads on Major-Scale Degrees | |
Intervals of a Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth (Octave) | |
Extending the Five-Finger Position | |
Sixteenth Notes and Sixteenth Rests | |
The Dotted Eighth Note | |
Musical Forms: AB and ABA | |
Melodies with Letter-Name Chord Symbols for I, IV6/4, and V6/5 Chords | |
Broken-Chord Accompaniment Patterns | |
Arpeggio Accompaniment Patterns | |
Syncopation | |
The Damper Pedal | |
Other Accompaniment Patterns | |
Secondary Chords | |
Intervals Within the Scale | |
Melodic Lines with Intervals | |
Chord Inversions | |
The Damper Pedal (Indirect Pedaling) | |
Hymn Style | |
Augmented and Diminished Triads | |
Repertoire | |
Improvisation | |
Creative Music and Harmonization | |
Sightreading Studies | |
Rhythmic Studies | |
Technical Studies | |
Ensemble Pieces | |
Worksheet Review | |
Tonality and Atonality | |
Minor Scales | |
Minor Key Signatures | |
Natural Minor Scales in Tetrachord Positions | |
Harmonic Minor Scales | |
i-iv6/4-i-V6/5-i Chord Progression | |
Parallel Major and Minor Scales | |
Other Scale Forms (Modes) | |
The Chromatic Scale | |
Jazz | |
Pandiatonicism | |
The Whole-Tone Scale | |
Bitonality | |
Atonality | |
Innovative Notations | |
Quartal Harmony | |
Repertoire | |
Bitonal Improvisation | |
Sightreading Studies | |
Ensemble Pieces | |
Worksheet Review | |
Letter-Name Chord Symbols | |
Letter Names of I, IV, and V7 Chords | |
Melodies with Letter-Name Chord Symbols | |
Famous Themes | |
Strumming Accompaniments | |
Arpeggio Accompaniments | |
Major and Minor Seventh Chords | |
Letter-Name Chord Chart | |
Ensemble Pieces | |
Twenty-Four Piano Classics | |
Rameau, Tambourin | |
Schein, Allemande | |
Corelli, Sarabande | |
Krieger, Minuet in A Minor | |
Witthauer, Gavotte | |
Telemann, Gigue | |
Mozart, L., Burleske (from Notebook for Wolfgang) | |
Haydn, Gypsy Dance (Trio) | |
Bach/Ricci, Risoluto | |
Mozart, W.A., Minuet in C | |
Beethoven, German Dance | |
Schumann, Melody (from 43 Piano Pieces for the Young, Op. 68) | |
Rebikoff, The Bear | |
Bartok, Springtime Song (No. 2 from For Children, Vol. 1) | |
Kadosa, Homage to Bartok | |
Kabalevsky, A Conversation (Op. 39, No. 7) | |
Hovhaness, Moon Dance (No. 2 from Mountain Idylls | |
Starer, Evens and Odds | |
Gillock, Autumn Is Here | |
Hartsell, Moonlit Shores | |
Mier, Sneaky Business | |
Tingley, Dreamscape | |
Tingley, Early Spring | |
Score Reading | |
Three-Part Texture | |
Four-Part Texture | |
Major and Harmonic Minor Scales in Two Octaves | |
Major Scales in Two Octaves | |
Harmonic Minor Scales in Two Octaves | |
Three Patriotic Song Arrangements | |
Carey, America | |
Bates/Ward, America the Beautiful | |
Key/Smith, The Star-Spangled Banner | |
Performance Terms and Symbols | |
Title Index | |
Composer Index | |
Subject Index | |
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