Contemporary Class Piano

by Mach, Elyse

• ISBN13: 9780199326204
• ISBN10: 0199326207
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2015-07-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Acclaimed for its creative approach and diverse repertoire, Contemporary Class Piano provides a student-friendly introduction to basic piano skills. In short, progressive chapters that mirror the standard two-semester curriculum, it explains the essential elements of piano playing, incorporating diagrams, practice exercises, and musical examples that help students build proficiency and confidence with a variety of chord patterns, major and minor scales, and accompaniments.

Author Biography

Elyse Mach is Distinguished Professor of Music Emerita at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She has given concerts throughout Europe and the United States, appearing as a piano soloist with the NBC Symphony and the Netherlandische Philharmonic Broadcasting Orchestra, among others. She has written ten books on piano and 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 has guest lectured at St. Catherine's College of Oxford University, Northwestern, Yale, The Juilliard School, and many other institutions. She is the first recipient of the Board of Governors Universities Distinguished Professor Award and was honored by a proclamation issued by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois.

Professor Mach is the 2010 recipient of the Silver Medal presented by The American Liszt Society--the highest honor that the society bestows. She is also the 2010 recipient of the Bernard G. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor Award of Northeastern Illinois University.

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Keyboard Basics

Keyboard Posture
Finger Numbers
Basic Note and Rest Values
Notes
Rests
Measures
The Keyboard
Location of White Keys
Registers
Using Black-key Groups to Locate White Keys
C-D-E Groups
Three Black-Key Groups
F-G-A-B Groups
Playing by Touch
Playing by Ear
Improvisation: Pentatonic (Black-key) Scale
Accompaniments
Notation and Naming Conventions
Sharp and Flat Signs
Half Steps
Natural Sign
Enharmonic Tones
Letter Names for All Twelve Tones
Whole Steps
The Major Five-Finger Pattern
C Major Five-Finger Pattern
G Major Five-Finger Pattern
F Major Five-Finger Pattern
D Major Five-Finger Pattern
Ryan's Song
Ode to Joy
In Praise
Aura Lee
Reading Notes
The Staff and Clefs
The Grand Staff
Naming and Playing Treble and Bass Clef Notes
Naming Notes and Playing Melody Patterns
Intervals
Melodic Intervals
Harmonic Intervals
Interval Studies
Keeping Time
Meter Signatures
Tempo
Playing Five-finger Melodies Using the Right Hand
Playing Five-finger Melodies Using the Left Hand
Slur and Phrase Markings
Alternating Hands
Marching
Memories
Rock It!
Rhythmic Studies
Ensemble Piece
Sakura Sunrise
Worksheet Review

UNIT 2 Playing Melodies in Other Positions and More Keyboard Basics

Melodies Divided Between Two Hands
Notation Symbols
Whole Rest
Tie
A Jazz Waltz
Measure Numbers
Shepherd's Song (Pastoral from Beethoven's Symphony No. 6)
Boogie Beat
Love Somebody
Key Signature
Eighth Notes and Eighth Rests
Feelin' Good
Pagoda
Waltzing
Morning Has Broken
Little River
For the Beauty of the Earth
Drone Bass
Highlander Tune
French Canadian Round
Major Five-Finger Pattern Improvisation Using a Drone Bass Accompaniment
Classic Miniatures
The Contest (Cornelius Gurlitt)
Two Etudes (Ferdinand Byer)
Repertoire
Surfing (Lee Evans)
Harmonization
Improvisation
Dorian Mode Improvisation
Dorian Mode Accompaniment
12-Bar Blues Improvisation
Start of the Blues
Movin' on the White Key Blues
Improvisation with New Notations and Techniques
It's Up to You
Taking A Chance
Sightreading Studies
Adding Drone Bass Accompaniments
Treble Clef Melodies for the Right Hand
Five-finger Pattern Studies in Major Keys
Rhythmic Studies
Technical Studies
Ensembles
Student-Teacher Ensemble Pieces
Land of the Silver Birch
Summer Breezes
Lyric Piece (Heinrich Wohlfahrt)
Student Ensemble Pieces
Rock for Two
Tag Along
Black and White
Morning
Worksheet Review

UNIT 3 More Five-Finger Patterns

Playing in Different Registers
Stepping Up in C
Stepping Down in C
Score Reading
Tempo Markings
More Dynamic Markings
Breezes are Blowing
Melody Study
Accidentals
Persian Scene
Sahara
Monday Blues
Dotted Quarter Notes
Fiesta Time
Repertoire
Shoestring Boogie
Damper Pedal
Evening Tide
Upbeat and Downbeat
On the Town
Slurs
Casey Jones
Ole!
Parallel Motion
Stompin'
6/8 Time
Two Stuidesin 6/8 Time
Flemish Folk Song
Key Signatures
Sharp Key Signatures
Flat Key Signatures
Key Signature Chart
Warm Up Study in Gb Major
The Donkey
Two Etudes in A Major
Change of Dynamics
A Sonata Theme (Mozart)
Reading Study in E Major
Follow Me
Wheels
Contrary Motion
Calypso Beat
Mysterious Corridors
Classic Miniatures
Minuet (Alexander Reinagle)
Melody (Louis Köhler)
Repertoire
Etude in D (Ferdinand Beyer)
Improvisation
Creative Music
Sightreading Studies
Melodies with Various Rhythmic Patterns
Different Registers and Register Changes
Staccato Notes
Parallel and Contrary Motion
Rhythmic Studies
Technical Studies
Ensembles
Student-Teacher Ensemble Pieces
Razzle Dazzle (Lee Evans)
Merry-Go-Round (Arthur Foote)
Student Ensemble Pieces
Spring (Antonio Vivaldi)
Folk Song (French)
Worksheet Review

UNIT 4 Major and Minor Triads

Major Triads
Major Triad Groups
Five-finger Studies and Triads in Major
Open Fifths
The Minor Five-finger Pattern
Relative Minor Keys
Eric Canal (William Allen)
Zum Gali Gali (Israeli)
Imitation and Inversion
Imitation and Inversion (Béla Bartók)
Minor Triads
Five-Finger Studies and Triads in Major and Minor
Major-Minor-Major Chord Progression
Pieces Using Major and Minor Triads
Aaron's Song
Pyramids Afar
Mostly Upward
Classic Miniatures
Allegro (Dmitri Kabalevsky)
Etude in A Minor (Ferdinand Beyer)
Repertoire
Moonlit Sea (Phillip Keveren)
Improvisation
Creative Music
Sightreading Studies
Rhythmic Studies
Technical Studies
Ensembles
Student-Teacher Ensemble Pieces
La Cinquantine (Gabriel Marie)
Prelude (Henirch Wohlfahrt)
Student Ensemble Pieces
Canon (Johann Pachelbel)
Fanfare
Whistle Daughter (American Folksong)
Worksheet Review

UNIT 5 The Dominant Seventh Chord

Root Position: V7
First Inversion
I-V6/5 Chord Progressions
Block-Chord Accompaniment with I and V6/5
Austrian Folk Song
Music Chord Symbols
Bells of London
Chilean Folksong
Studies in Eb Major
English Folk Song
Etudes in Ab Major
Five-Finger Melodies with Letter Name and Roman Numeral Chord Symbols for I and V6/5 Chords
German Folk Song
South American Folk Song
German Tune
Swedish Folk Song
Hey Lidee (American)
Classic Miniatures
Moving Along (Cornelius Gurlitt)
March (Daniel Gottlob Türk)
Repertoire
Vivace (Cornelius Gurlitt)
Improvisation
Pentatonic Improvisation
Japanese Gardens
Little River Call
Saporo Sunset
Creative Music and Harmonization
i and V6/5 Chords in Minor
Sightreading Studies
I and V6/5 Chords in Major
i and V6/5 Chords in Minor
Rhythmic Studies
Technical Studies
Ensembles
Student-Teacher Ensemble Pieces
Waltz (Henirch Wohlfahrt)
Joyful Day (Joseph Löw)
Student Ensemble Pieces
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes (English)
Amazing Grace (traditional)
Worksheet Review

UNIT 6 The Subdominant Chord and Changing Five-Finger Positions

The Subdominant Chord
Root Position: The IV6/4 Inversion
Cadences
Authentic Candence
Plagel Cadence
Pieces with I-IV6/4-V6/5 Accompaniments
Banks of the Ohio (American)
Beautiful Brown Eyes (Traditional)
French Folk Song
Jingle Bells (J.S. Pierpont)
Shall We Gather at the River (Robert Lowry)
When the Saints Go Marchin' In (Traditional)
Compostie Meter
Festive Dance
Exploring Db Major
Two Studies
Gentle Rain
Melody from Op. 39 (Dmitri Kabalevsky)
Exploring Bb Major
Calisthenic Studies
This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)
Exploring B Major
Studies in B Major
Zulu Farewell Song
Five-Finger Melodies with Letter-Name and Roman Numeral Chord Symbols for I, IV6/4, and V6/5 Chord Accompaniments
Christmas Day is Come (Traditional Irish Carol)
Alleluia (Traditional)
Git Along, Little Dogies (Cowboy Song)
Changing Five-Finger Positions
Using More than a Single Five-Finger Position
Study (Béla Bartók)
Steamroller Rock
Belly Button Blues
Time Clock Blues
Round the Corner Boogie
Classic Miniatures
Moving Around (Dmitri Kabalevsky)
Dance (Dmitri Kabalevsky)
Repertoire
A Little Joke (Dmitri Kabalevsky)
Improvisation
12-Bar Blues
12-Bar Blues Pattern
Starting the Blues
Walking Through the Blues
Blue Note
Blue Note Blues
Blues Beat
Rockin' Blues
I-IV-V Chords in All Major Keys
Creative Music and Harmonization
I and V6/5 Chords in Major
i and V6/5 Chords in Minor
Sightreading Studies
I and V6/5 Chords
Change of Five-finger Position
Rhythmic Studies
Technical Studies
Ensembles
Student-Teacher Ensemble Pieces
Scherzo from Melodious Pieces, Op. 149, No. 6 (Anton Diabelli)
Rumba (Gerard Hengeveld)
Student Ensemble Piecess
Alouette (French)
Quand J'etais Chez Mon Pere (French)
Worksheet Review

UNIT 7 Major Scales and Easy Pieces with Block-Chord Accompaniments

Major Scales
Major Scales in Tetrachord Position
Sharp Keys
Flat Keys
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
Moving Along (Cornelius Gurlitt)
The Strawberry Roan (Cowboy Song)
Simple Gifts (Shaker Hymn)
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore (Spiritual)
Kum Ba Ya (Traditional)
Mary Ann (Calypso Song)
Sixteenth Notes and Sixteenth Rests
Keep in the Middle of the Road (African American Spiritual)
The Galway Piper (Irish)
The Dotted Eighth Note
Oh! Susanna (Stephen Foster)
Round and Round (John Hilton)
Scale Study (Carl Czerny)
A Little Scale (Daniel Gottlob Türk)
Musical Forms: AB and ABA
Irish Washerwoman (Irish)
Melodies with Letter-Name Chord Symbols for I, IV6/4, and V6/5 Chords
When I Come Back (German)
La Cucaracha (Mexican)
Rock of Ages (Thomas Hastings)
A Christmas Carol (Bohemian)
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Spiritual)
Classic Miniatures
Teasing (Daniel Gottlob Türk)
German Dance, No. 2 (Joseph Haydn)
Improvisation
Pentatonic Improvisation
Bagpiper's Strut
Creative Music and Harmonization
Sightreading Studies
Melodies in Parallel Motion
Accompanied Melodies
Rhythmic Studies
Technical Studies
Five Finger Exercise (Charles-Louis Hanon)
Ensembles
Student-Teacher Ensemble Pieces
Sunset (Dennis Alexander)
Calico Rag (Dennis Alexander)
Student Ensemble Pieces
Lullaby (Louis Köhler)
She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
Worksheet Review

UNIT 8 Easy Pieces with Various Accompaniment Patterns

Broken-Chord Accompaniment Patterns
Frankie and Johnny (Traditional)
Vive La Compagnie (French)
Waltz Pattern
Du, Du Liegst Mir im Herzen (German)
My Hat, It Has Three Corners (German)
Arpeggio Accompaniment Patterns
On Top of Old Smoky (Traditional)
Barcarolle (Jacques Offenbach)
Gaîté Parisienne (Jacques Offenbach)
Alberti Bass
Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman? (Ah, Shall I Tell You, Mama?) (French)
Syncopation
Etudes in Syncopated Rhythm
Apple Street Rag
The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
The Damper Pedal
Direct Pedaling
Pedal Studies
The Highlands
Lady Moon (Lynn Freeman Olson)
Other Accompaniment Patterns
Ostinato Accompaniment
He's Got the Whole World In His Hands (Spiritual)
Drum Roll Accompaniment
Battle Hymn of the Republic (William Steffe)
Classic Miniatures
Scotch Dance (Friedrich Kuhlau)
A Little Rondo (Daniel Gottlob Türk)
Repertoire
Écossaise in C Major (Franz Schubert)
Improvisation
Pentatonic Improvisation
Goin' West
Tango Improvisation
Tango Dream (Jeff Kowalkowski)
Creative Music and Harmonization
Sightreading Studies
Rhythmic Studies
Technical Studies
Fingerbuilder Exercise
Finger-Strengthening Exercise
Ensembles
Student-Teacher Ensemble Piecess
Rondo, from First Suite, first movement (Franz Joseph Mouret)
Casey Jones (American Railroad Ballad)
Student Ensemble Pieces
Hello, Ma Baby (Joseph E. Howard/Ida Emerson)
Missa Ramgoat (Jamaican Folk Song)
Worksheet Review

UNIT 9 Secondary Chords and Chord Inversions of Triads and Seventh Chords

Secondary Chords
Every Night When the Sun Goes Down (American)
Stars of the Heavens (Las estrellitas del cielo; Mexican Folksong)
Ships Ahoy
Oregano Rock
Repertoire
Scherzo (Dmitri Kabalevsky)
Intervals Within the Scale
Melodic Lines with Intervals
Seconds
The Chase (Stan Applebaum)
Thirds
Carol of the Drums ("The Little Drummer Boy") (Katherine K. Davis)
Thirds and Fourths
Saturday Smile (Lynn Freeman Olson)
Repertoire
Perpetual Motion (Elyse Mach)
Chord Inversions
Chord Inversions: Blocked and Arpeggiated
Steeplechase (Cornelius Gurlitt)
Triads on the Run
Repertoire
Hunting Horns (Theodore Oesten)
The Damper Pedal (Indirect Pedaling)
Pedal Studies
Big Ben
Twilight (Lynn Freeman Olson)
Hymn Style
In Church (Jane Smisor Bastien)
Prelude (Ludwig Schytte)
Augmented and Diminished Triads
Theme from Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World") (Antonin Dvo?ák)
A New Fanfare
Classic Miniatures
Study Op. 101, No. 62 (Ferdinand Boyer)
Dance, Op. 108, No. 1(Ludwig Schytte)
Repertoire
Etude (Cornelius Gurlitt)
Improvisation
Step Along Blues
Scaling the Blues
Boogie Woogie Blues
Over Easy Blues
Ostinato Accompaniment Patterns
Step Around Blues
Ostinato Accompaniment Patterns
Up and Down Blues
Conversational Blues
Creative Music and Harmonization
Sightreading Studies
Accompanied Melodies
Pedal Studies
Rhythmic Studies
Technical Studies
Finger Extension Study (Charles-Louis Hanon)
Czerny Fingerbuilder Exercises (Carl Czerny)
Inversion Studies
Repeated-note Studies
Ensembles
Student-Teacher Ensemble Pieces
Tranquility from On the Green Meadow (Alexander Gretchaninov)
Knock About (Ken Iversen)
Student Ensemble Pieces
Au Clair de la Lune (French)
Courante (Elsie Wells)
Worksheet Review

UNIT 10 Minor Scales and Other Scale Forms

Minor Scales
Relative Major and Relative Minor Scales
Natural Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Minor Key Signatures
Relative Key Signatures
Natural Minor Scales in Tetrachord Positions
Sharp Keys
Flat Keys
Harmonic Minor Scales
i-iv6/4-I-V6/5-i Chord Progression
Volga Boatman (Russian)
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho (Spiritual)
Hatikvah (Israeli)
A Sea Shantey
Moroccan Carivan
Greensleeves (English)
Dark Eyes (Russian)
Marche Slave (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Repertoire
Etude in A Minor (Cornelius Gurlitt)
Parallel Major and Minor Scales
Scaling Pyramids
Venetian Waltz
Repertoire
Etude (Ludvig Schytte)
Other Scale Forms (Modes)
Sakura (Japanese)
Aeolian Lullaby (Joan Hansen)
Scarborough Fair (English)
High Noon
Spanish Folk Melody
Sharp Four (Arthur Frackenpohl)
Lydian March (David Duke)
Repertoire
Shepherd Pipes (Tat'iana Salutrinskaya)
The Chromatic Scale
Chromatic Blues
Navy Blues
Repertoire
Chromatizone Rag (Ann Collins)
Classic Miniatures
Etude (Louis Köhler)
The Village Prophet (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Improvisation
Rocker (Jeff Kowalkowski)
Creative Music and Harmonization
Sightreading Studies
Technical Studies
Finger-Extension Exercise (Charles-Louis Hanon)
Major-Minor Scale Study: Op. 261, No. 50 (Carl Czerny)
Ensembles
Student-Teacher Ensemble Pieces
Sugar Plum Fairy Dance from the Nutcracker Suite (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Student Ensemble Pieces
Sugarloaf Mountain (Everett Stevens)
Galop (Elsie Wells)
Worksheet Review

UNIT 11 Tonality and Atonality: Exploring Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Music Styles

Jazz
Hallelujah! (Martha Mier)
The Whole-Tone Scale
Morning Mist
Name that Tune
Bitonality
Pomp (Vincent Persichetti)
Two Tone (Joan Hansen)
Atonality
Barcarolle (Ross Lee Finney)
Innovative Notations
5-White-Note Clusters (Ross Lee Finney)
Seashore (Ross Lee Finney)
Winter (Ross Lee Finney)
Quartal Harmony
Cathedral in the Snow (David Duke)
Classic Miniatures
Jumping Jacks (Op. 146, No. 5) (Dianne Goolkasian Rabbee)
Invention for Piano (Emma Lou Diemer)
Repertoire
Shades of Blue (Robert Starer)
Bitonal Improvisation
Ensemble Pieces
Student Ensemble Pieces
For the Kid Next Door (Soulima Stravinsky)
Folk Dance (Dianne Goolkasian Rabbee)
Worksheet Review

UNIT 12 Melodies with Letter-Name Chord Symbols and Melodies with Roman Numeral Chord Symbols

Melodies with Roman Numeral Chord Symbols
Letter Names of I, IV, and V7 Chords
Melodies with Letter-Name Chord Symbols
New River Train (American)
Lavender's Blue (Old English Folk Song)
Long, Long Ago (Thomas H. Bayly)
Hush Little Baby (American)
William Tell Overture (Gioacchino Rossini)
Danube Waves (Ion Ivanovich)
Two Guitars (Russian)
Arkansas Traveler (American)
Melodies with Roman Numeral Chord Symbols
Over the Waves (Traditional)
Aloha Oe (Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii)
Dona Nobis Pacem (Traditional)
The Washington Post March (John Philip Sousa)
Camptown Races (Stephen Foster)
Melodies with Letter-name Chord Symbols that Include Secondary Chords ii, iii, and vi, and Augmented and Diminished Chords
Jacob's Ladder (Spiritual)
Streets of Laredo (American Cowboy Tune)
Saint Anthony Chorale (From Joseph Haydn)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Albert von Tilzer/Jack Norworth)
Melodies with Roman Numeral Chord Symbols that Include Secondary Chords ii, iii, and vi, and Augmented and Diminished Chords
All Through the Night (Webb)
O Mon Cher Amant from La Périchale (Jacques Offenbach)
Auld Lang Syne (Scottish)
Waltzing Matilda (Australian)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Famous Themes
Theme from Bridal Chorus (from Lohengrin) (Richard Wagner)
Theme from the Barber of Seville (Antonio Rossini)
Trepak (from The Nutcracker Suite) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Theme from Don Giovanni (La ci darem la mano) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Theme from Symphony No. 4, K. 550 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Musetta's Waltz (from La Bohème) (Giacomo Puccini)
La Donna È Mobile (from Rigoletto) (Giuseppe Verdi)
Für Elise (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Theme from Liebestraum (Franz Liszt)
Theme from Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 (third movement) (Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Theme from Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World) (Antonin Dvorák)
Strumming Accompaniments
Dixie (Dan Emmett)
Sweet Betsy from Pike (American)
Arpeggio Accompaniments
Diminished and Augmented Triads
Even Though (Elyse Mach)
Major and Minor Seventh Chords
More (Theme from Mondo Cane) (Riziero Ortolani and Nino Oliviero)
Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago) (Maurice Jarre)
Letter-Name Chord Chart
Ensemble Pieces
Nadia's Theme (from "The Young and the Restless") (B. De Vorzon and P. Botkin, Jr.
Edel Weiss (from "The Sound of Music") (Richard Rodgers)

UNIT 13 Thirty-One Piano Classics

1. Rameau, Tambourin
2. Rameau, Rondino
3. Bach, Minuet in G from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
4. Schein, Allemande
5. Corelli, Sarabande
6. Krieger, Minuet in A Minor
7. Witthauer, Gavotte
8. Mozart, L., Burleske (from Notebook for Wolfgang)
9. Haydn, Gypsy Dance (Trio)
10. Mozart, W. A., Minuet in C
11. Beethoven, Russian Folk Song,( Op. 107, No. 3)
12. Burgmüller, Arabesque
13. Schumann, Melody (from 43 Piano Pieces for the Young, Op. 68)
14. Gurlitt, Night Journey
15. Lyne, Sonatina in C Major (first movement)
16. Streabbog, A Pleasant Morning, ( Op. 3, No. 1)
17. Tchaikovsky, Italian Song
18. Schytte, Etude in D Major,( Op. 108, No. 7)
19. Rebikoff, The Bear
20. Bartók, Springtime Song (No. 2 from For Children, Vol. 1)
21. Tansman, Au Jardin (To the Garden)
22. Kabalevsky, A Conversation (Op. 39, No.7)
23. Hovhaness, Moon Dance (No. 2 from Mountain Idylls)
24. Starer, Evens and Odds
25. Gillock, Autumn is Here
26. Norton, Microjazz I
27. Tingley, Early Spring
28. Miller, Festive Dance
29. Olson, Razz-Ma-Tazz
30. Vandall, Prelude No. 7 in B Minor (Chaconne)
31. Rollin, To B or Not to B Flat

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A Score Reading

Three-Part Texture
Four-Part Texture
Hush Little Baby (American)
Red River Valley (American Folk Song)
Londonderry Air (O Danny Boy) (Irish Folk Tune)
Homeward Bound (Ken Iverson)
Sailing (Ken Iverson)
Hymn (Ken Iverson)
New Created World (Excerpt from The Creation) (Franz Joseph Haydn)
Chorale (Excerpt from No. 140) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Hostias (Excerpt from Requiem) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Movable Clefs
The Alto Clef
Rondo (Excerpt from Sextet,No. 1, Op. 18) (Johannes Brahms)
Sarabande (John Ernest Galliard)
The Tenor Clef
Long, Long Ago (Thomas Bayly)
Figured Bass
Figured Bass Symbols
Close and Open Structure
Figured Bass Symbols for Triad Inversions
Melodies with Figured Bass
Lasset Uns Den Nicht Zerteilen (Excerpt from the Passion According to St. John) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Transposing Instruments

APPENDIX B Vocal and Instrumental Accompaniments

Foster: Camptown Races
Foster: Oh! Susanna
Schubert: Heiden-Röslein (Rose on the Hearth)
Schumann: Ich Grolle Nicht (Excerpt from Die Dichterliebe, Op. 48, No. 7)
She's Like the Swallow
Beethoven: Violin Sonata, Op. 25, No. 5 (Excerpt)
Beethoven: Scotch Dance (Excerpt)
Hammerschmidt: Wende Dich, Herr (Excerpt)

APPENDIX C Major and Harmonic Minor Scales and Arpeggios in Two Octaves

Major Scales and Arpeggios in Two Octaves
Harmonic Minor Scales and Arpeggios in Two Octaves

APPENDIX D Three Patriotic Song Arrangements

1. Carey, America
2. Bates/Ward, America the Beautiful
3. Key/Smith, The Star-Spangled Banner

APPENDIX E Performance Terms and Symbols

Title Index
Composer Index
Subject Index