Contemporary Class Piano

by Mach, Elyse

• ISBN13: 9780195342772
• ISBN10: 0195342771
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2008-01-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Highly acclaimed for its creative approach to beginning piano,Contemporary Class Piano presents materials in an engaging manner and in alogical progression of difficulty. Easily accessible to students with no priormusic or keyboard experience, the book offers a well-rounded and abundant soloand ensemble repertoire--including classical pieces and folk, jazz, rock, pop,and blues tunes--with ample opportunities for students to improvise, transpose,harmonize, and compose accompaniments. New to the Enhanced Edition: * Incorporates thirty-five new reading, repertoire, and ensemble pieces invarious styles and levels of difficulty * Introduces a new "Classic Miniatures" section--featuring excerpts of originalkeyboard pieces written by master composers--that allows students to enjoy andplay a broad mix of representative classical pieces early on in their keyboardstudy * Adds six new melodies at the end of Unit 5 that give students moreopportunities to practice interpreting chord symbols and harmonizing folk songs,symphonic themes, and other styles, using a variety of accompaniment patterns * Each book is packaged with a free CD containing orchestration accompanimentsto twenty-eight of the new pieces prepared by composer Jason Nyberg (in bothpractice and performance tempos) for students to use on their own. * FREE TO INSTRUCTORS UPON ADOPTION: In addition toa set of four MIDIdisks--which are packaged separately from the text and contain approximately 200orchestration accompaniments prepared by renowned composer Phillip Keveren--anew MIDI disk with accompaniments for twenty-eight of the additional pieces inthe enhanced edition has been created by composer James Nyberg for in-class use.These accompaniments motivate students to practice and complete theirassignments more readily. * A teacher's manual with suggested lesson plans and teaching tips for thefirst semester of study is available at www.oup.com/us/classpiano.

Table of Contents

New to this edition

Preface to the Enhanced Sixth Edition:

Preface:

Keyboard Basics

Keyboard Posture

Finger Numbers

Basic Note Values

The Keyboard

The Major Five-Finger Pattern

Dynamics

Reading Notes

IntervalsKeeping Time

Slur and Phrase Markings

Key Signature

Transposition

Eighth Notes and Eighth Rests

Drone Bass

Repertoire

Improvisation

Harmonization

Sightreading Stud

Rhythmic Studies

Ensemble Pieces

Worksheet Review

Reading

A Jazz Waltz

Keveren

Beethoven, Shepherd''s Song ("Pastoral" from Symphony No. 6)

Classic Miniatures: Gurlitt, The Contest, Op. 136, No. 3; Beyer, Two Etudes

Repertoire

Bartok, Melody (No. 1 from First Term at the Piano)

Ensemble Pieces

Wohlfahrt, Waltz, Op. 87, No. 39 (from The Children''s Musical Friend)

Mach, Ancient Chinese Bells

The Five-Finger Pattern

Playing in Different Registers

Tempo Markings

More Dynamic Markings

Dotted Quarter Notes

AccidentalsSlurs

Parallel Motion6/8 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 TriadsFive-Finger Studies and Triads in Major and Minor

More Tempo Markings

Pieces Using Major and Minor Triads

The Dominant Seventh Chord

Block-Chord Accompaniment with I and V6/5Music 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

Reading

Mach, Sahara

Mach, Shoestring Boogie

Classic Miniatures: Reinagle, Minuet; Beyer, Etude in A Minor, Op. 101, No. 60Repertoire

Beyer, Etude in DEnsemble Piece

Diabelli, Scherzo, Op. 149, No. 6 (from Melodious Pieces)

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

Waltz Pattern

Arpeggio Accompaniment Patterns

Syncopation

The Damper PedalOther 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

Reading

Gurlitt, Moving Along

Mach, Apple Street Rag

Classic Miniatures: Kuhlau, Scotch Dance; Turk, TeasingRepertoire

Mach, Perpetual Motion

Oesten, Hunting HornsEnsemble Pieces

Au Clair de la Lune:

Howard, Hello, Ma'' Baby

Tonality and Atonality

Minor Scales

Minor Key Signatures

Natural Minor Scales in Tetrachord Positions

Harmonic Minor Scalesi-iv6/4-i-V6/5-i Chord Progression

Parallel Major and Minor Scales

Other Scale Forms (Modes)

The Chromatic ScaleJazz

Pandiatonicism

The Whole-Tone Scale

Bitonality

Atonality

Innovative Notations

Quartal Harmony

Repertoire

Bitonal Improvisation

Sightreading Studies

Ensemble Pieces

Worksheet Review

Reading

Dark Eyes

Classic Miniatures: Kohler, Etude, Op. 190, No. 31; Rousseau, The VillageProphetRepertoire

Salutrinskaya, Shepherd PipesEnsemble Pieces

Tchaikovsky, Sugar Plum Fairy Dance (from The Nutcracker Suite)

Wells, Gallop

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

Melodies to Harmonize

Dona Nobis Pacern

Hush Littl

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