
Alfred's Piano 101: Book 2
An Exciting Group Course for Adults Who Want to Play Piano for Fun!
By E. L. Lancaster and Kenon D. Renfrow
Piano Comb Bound Book
Item: 00-14591
$30.99
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Description
This comprehensive approach to functional musicianship at the keyboard includes varied repertoire, theory, technique, sight-reading, harmonization from lead sheets, ear training and ensembles. Great for college non-music majors, continuing education classes, music dealer in-store programs and group piano classes at the middle and high school levels. Book 2 contains 15 units each with a variety of repertoire, exercises, unit review worksheets and an assignment page. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.
Contents
Title | |
Unit 1: Major and Minor Five-Finger Patterns and Triads (Review) | |
Did You Know? Famous Pianists | |
Major Five-Finger Patterns | |
Minor Five-Finger Patterns | |
Triads (Chords) | |
Duet: Polka | |
Dance | |
Unit 2: Keys of C Major and A Minor | |
Did You Know? George Frideric Handel and Domenico Scarlatti | |
The C Major Scale | |
The C Major Arpeggio | |
The Primary Chords in C Major | |
The Key of A Minor (Relative of C Major) | |
The A Harmonic Minor Scale | |
The A Minor Arpeggio | |
The Primary Chords in A Minor | |
Go Down, Moses | |
Lead Sheet: Morning Has Broken | |
Unit 3: Keys of F Major and D Minor | |
Did You Know? Opera and Musical Theatre | |
The F Major Scale | |
The F Major Arpeggio | |
The Primary Chords in F Major | |
Auld Lang Syne | |
The Key of D Minor (Relative of F Major) | |
The D Minor Arpeggio | |
The Primary Chords in D Minor | |
Unit 4: 6/8 Time Signature | |
Did You Know? Franz Joseph Haydn | |
A New Time Signature (6/8) | |
Scherzo | |
Ensemble: Take Me Out to the Ball Game | |
Unit 5: Keys of G Major and E Minor | |
Did You Know? Symphony Orchestra | |
The G Major Scale | |
The G Major Arpeggio | |
The Primary Chords in G Major | |
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | |
The Key of E Minor (Relative of G Major) | |
The E Minor Arpeggio | |
The Primary Chords in E Minor | |
Alexander's Ragtime Band | |
Review Worksheet | |
Unit 6: Key of D Major | |
Did You Know? Ludwig van Beethoven | |
The D Major Scale | |
The D Major Arpeggio | |
The Primary Chords in D Major | |
Turkish March | |
Unit 7: Triads and Inversions | |
Did You Know? The Piano Sonata | |
Triads: First Inversion | |
Triads: Second Inversion | |
Triads: All Positions | |
Naming Triads and Inversions | |
Etude | |
Alberti Bass Accompaniment | |
Unit 8: Augmented and Diminished Triads | |
Did You Know? Franz Schubert | |
Augmented Chords | |
Playing Major and Augmented Chords | |
Diminished Chords | |
Playing Minor and Diminished Chords | |
Lead Sheet: Just a Closer Walk | |
Theme from Symphony No. 9 | |
Eighth-Note Triplets | |
Etude | |
Unit 9: Sixteenth Notes | |
Did You Know? Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann | |
Sixteenth Notes | |
Theme from Rondo a Capriccio | |
Dotted Eighth Notes | |
Duet: Andante cantabile | |
Unit 10: Seventh Chords | |
Did You Know? Franz Liszt | |
Seventh Chords | |
Playing Seventh Chords | |
St. Louis Blues | |
Review Worksheet | |
Unit 11: Inversions of Seventh Chords | |
Did You Know? Sergei Rachmaninoff | |
Inversions of Seventh Chords | |
Sand Castles | |
Lead Sheet: Greensleeves | |
Unit 12: Syncopation and Ragtime | |
Did You Know? Ragtime and Scott Joplin | |
Syncopated Notes | |
Ragtime Dance | |
Unit 13: Key of B-flat Major | |
Did You Know? Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel | |
The B-flat Major Scale | |
The B-flat Major Arpeggio | |
The Primary Chords in B-flat Major | |
La Cucaracha | |
Ensemble: In the Good Old Summer Time | |
Unit 14: Key of G Minor | |
Did You Know? Jazz and Popular Music | |
The Key of G Minor (Relative of B-flat Major) | |
The G Minor Arpeggio | |
The Primary Chords in G Minor | |
In the Hall of the Mountain King | |
Lead Sheet: Scarborough Fair | |
Unit 15: Review | |
Did You Know? Music Technology | |
Just Struttin' Along | |
Review Worksheet | |
Supplementary Solo Repertoire | |
Burleske | |
Rondino | |
Ragtime Rondino | |
Hava Nagila | |
Silent Night | |
Piano Concerto No. 2 | |
A Pleasant Morning | |
Menuet in G Major | |
Liebestraum | |
Sonatina in C Major | |
The Entertainer | |
Prelude in C Major | |
Spinning Song | |
Appendix A: Teacher's Examples (Ear Training) | |
Appendix B: Scale and Arpeggio Fingering Charts | |
Appendix C: Glossary | |
Appendix D: List of Compositions | |
Index |
Additional Information
Series: | Piano 101 |
Author: | E. L. Lancaster, Kenon D. Renfrow |
Instrument: | Piano |
Format: | Comb Bound Book |
Page Count: | 152 |
Item Number: | 00-14591 |
ISBN 10: | 0-7390-0257-0 |
ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-0257-5 |
UPC: | 038081169910 |
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