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
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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
| 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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