Contemporary Class Piano

*=NEW TO THIS EDITION ; UNIT 1. 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 ; READING ; * 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 ; UNIT 2. 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 Accompaniment 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 ; READING ; * Mach, Sahara ; * Mach, Shoestring Boogie ; * Classic Miniatures: Reinagle, Minuet; Beyer, Etude in A Minor, Op. 101, No. 60 ; REPERTOIRE ; * Beyer, Etude in D ; ENSEMBLE PIECE ; * Diabelli, Scherzo, Op. 149, No. 6 (from Melodious Pieces) ; UNIT 3. 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 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 ; READING ; * Gurlitt, Moving Along ; * Mach, Apple Street Rag ; * Classic Miniatures: Kuhlau, Scotch Dance; T:urk, Teasing ; REPERTOIRE ; * Mach, Perpetual Motion ; * Oesten, Hunting Horns ; ENSEMBLE PIECES ; * Howard, Hello, Ma' Baby ; UNIT 4. 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 ; READING ; * Classic Miniatures: K:ohler, Etude, Op. 190, No. 31; Rousseau, The Village Prophet ; REPERTOIRE ; * Salutrinskaya, Shepherd Pipes ; ENSEMBLE PIECES ; * Tchaikovsky, Sugar Plum Fairy Dance (from The Nutcracker Suite) ; * Wells, Gallop ; UNIT 5. 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 Little Baby ; * Offenbach, O Mon Cher Amant (from La Perichole) ; * Two Guitars ; * Danube Waves ; * Mozart, Theme from Symphony No. 40, K. 550 ; UNIT 6. THIRTY PIANO CLASSICS ; 1. Rameau ; 2. Schein ; 3. Corelli ; 4. Krieger ; 5. Witthauer ; 6. Telemann ; 7. Mozart, L., Burleske (from Notebook for Wolfgang) ; 8. Haydn ; 9. Bach/Ricci ; 10. Mozart, W.A. ; 11. Beethoven ; 12. Schumann, Melody (from 43 Piano Pieces for the Young, Op. 68) ; 13. Rebikoff ; 14. Bartok, Springtime Song (No. 2 from For Children, Vol. 1) ; 15. Kadosa ; 16. Kabalevsky, A Conversation (Op. 39, No. 7) ; 17. Hovhaness, Moon Dance (No. 2 from Mountain Idylls ; 18. Starer ; 19. Gillock ; 20. Hartsell ; 21. Mier ; 22. Tingley ; 23. Tingley ; * 24. Miller ; * 25. Rameau ; * 26. Beethoven ; * 26. Gurlitt ; * 27. Tchaikovsky ; * 28. Schytte ; * 29. Tansman ; * 30. Olson ; APPENDIX A. SCORE READING ; Three-Part Texture ; Four-Part Texture ; APPENDIX B. MAJOR AND HARMONIC MINOR SCALES IN TWO OCTAVES ; Major Scales in Two Octaves ; Harmonic Minor Scales in Two Octaves ; APPENDIX C. THREE PATRIOTIC SONG ARRANGEMENTS ; 1. Carey ; 2. Bates/Ward ; 3. Key/Smith ; APPENDIX D. PERFORMANCE TERMS AND SYMBOLS