Contemporary Piano Method Bk 1a
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Contemporary Piano Method Book 1A
BOOK 1A: keys - C, G, D, A, E.
STAGE 1: Interval Reading in the five-finger hand-position
- including such aspects as:
- reading without looking at the hands
- playing by feel
- developing the ear by having to listen for the intervals for correction
- transposition
STAGE 2: Introduction of Scales
- for hand-position changes
- to learn scale pathways on the keyboard
- to learn key signatures and the cycle of fifths
- to find chords in root position.
STAGE 3:
Extension of the five-finger position using the larger intervals: sixths, sevenths and octaves.
STAGE 4:
(a) Chords in Inversions, Block and Broken forms.
(b) Primary Chords in Major Keys and the Chord Table
- how to find chords on the written music
- Chordal analysis of each piece
- 12-Bar Blues
STAGE 5: Playing in all major keys via scale pathways and interval reading
- using the key signature in the original sense of the word, as a 'key' to unlock the puzzle
- more hand-position changes along pre-learned scale pathways
- Chromatic scale.
(N.B. During the entire course there is a progressive introduction of musical signs, touch markings, etc. plus the pieces give experience in reading in many time-signatures and all styles of music.)