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Alfred's Group Piano for Adults Student Book, Book 1
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Piano - Beginner
SKU: AP.30368
Book 1. An Innovative Method Enhanced with Audio and MIDI Files for Practice and Performance. Composed by E. L. Lancaster and Kenon D. Renfrow. This edition: 2nd. Method/Instruction; Piano - Alfred's Group Piano for Adults. Alfred's Group Piano for Adults. Book and CD-ROM. 360 pages. Alfred Music #00-30368. Published by Alfred Music (AP.30368).ISBN 9780739053010. UPC: 038081330006. English.
The Second Edition of Alfred's Group Piano for Adults Book 1, includes updates inspired by numerous recommendations from group piano teachers and students. This book includes a CD-ROM containing both Audio and General MIDI Files of the 500+ accompaniments included in the text, each with an interesting and engaging arrangement coupled with the piano part. Designed for collegiate non-keyboard music majors with little or no keyboard experience, the easy-to-use text contains 26 units, each intended to be covered in one week, thus fulfilling two semesters or three quarters of study. Theory, technique, sight-reading, repertoire, harmonization, improvisation, and ensemble activities are taught thoroughly and consistently throughout the text. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. Book 1 is 360 pages.
Selected sight-reading examples from this book are available in the Piano Maestro app that's downloadable at Piano Maestro. Learn more about JoyTunes, the maker of Piano Maestro at JoyTunes.
- The vi Chord
- Ecossaise
- UNIT 21 THE III CHORD
- The iii Chord
- Etude in C Major
- Dance
- UNIT 22 MINOR SCALES (GROUP 3) AND TRIADS OF THE KEY
- Playing Triads of the Key in Harmonic Minor
- Playing Harmonic Minor Scales and Arpeggios
- Moonlight Sonata
- Review Worksheet
- UNIT 23 SEVENTH CHORDS
- Seventh Chords
- Inversions of Seventh Chords
- Full Moon Rising
- Prelude in Sevenths
- UNIT 24 OTHER SCALE STRUCTURES
- The Chromatic Scale
- Chromatic Rag
- The Whole-Tone Scale
- The Bear
- The Blues Scale
- UNIT 25 MODES
- Ionian Mode
- Yankee Doodle
- Lydian Mode
- Mixolydian Mode
- Aeolian Mode
- Dorian Mode
- Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier
- Phrygian Mode
- UNIT 26 REVIEW
- SUPPLEMENTARY SOLO REPERTOIRE
- SONG (THE FIRST TERM AT THE PIANO)
- The Shepherd Pipes
- Canon
- Sonatina in C Major
- Bagatelle
- The Chase
- German Dance
- Etude
- Rondino
- Menuet in D Minor
- Burleske
- IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING (PEER GYNT SUITE)
- The Entertainer
- Allegretto
- Etude in G Major
- Just Struttin' Along
- Prelude No. 1
- APPENDIX A: SCALE AND ARPEGGIO FINGERING CHARTS
- APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY
- APPENDIX C: LIST OF COMPOSITIONS (BY COMPOSER)
- APPENDIX D: LIST OF COMPOSITIONS (BY TITLE)
- Index
- UNIT 1 KEYBOARD BASICS
- How To Sit At The Keyboard
- Basic Note and Rest Values
- The Keyboard
- Naming White Keys
- Octave
- Finding White Keys
- Dynamic Signs
- Summer Night
- Sharp, Flat and Natural Signs
- Half Steps
- Whole Steps
- The Staff
- The Treble Clef Sign
- The Bass Clef Sign
- The Grand Staff
- Time Signatures
- Tempo Marks
- Articulation
- UNIT 2 INTERVALS AND OTHER KEYBOARD BASICS
- Intervals
- Eighth Notes, Eighth Rests, and Dotted Quarter Notes
- New Time Signature
- New Dynamic Signs
- Key Signatures
- Miniature Waltz
- Minuet
- UNIT 3 MAJOR FIVE-FINGER PATTERNS
- Major Five-Finger Patterns
- Major Triads (Chords)
- Bright Lights Boogie
- WALTZ (THE CHILDREN'S MUSICAL FRIEND)
- Barcarolle
- UNIT 4 MAJOR FIVE-FINGER PATTERN REVIEW
- Major Five-Finger Pattern Groups
- Sixteenth Notes
- Little Scherzo
- FORTY-FINGER ENSEMBLE
- UNIT 5 MINOR FIVE-FINGER PATTERNS
- Minor Five-Finger Patterns
- Major and Minor Five-Finger Patterns
- Minor Chords
- Relative Minor Keys
- Erie Canal
- UNIT 6 MINOR FIVE-FINGER PATTERN REVIEW
- Eighth-Note Triplets
- Toccatina
- PRELUDE (THE CHILDREN'S MUSICAL FRIEND)
- UNIT 7 CHORD QUALITIES
- Augmented Chords
- Diminished Chords
- The Dotted Eighth Note
- Topsy-Turvy
- UNIT 8 MAJOR SCALES IN TETRACHORD POSITION
- Tetrachords and the Major Scale
- Intervals of 6ths, 7ths and 8ths (octaves)
- The Damper Pedal
- Dream Echoes
- UNIT 9 MAJOR SCALES (GROUP 1) AND TRIADS OF THE KEY
- Playing Triads of the Key
- Playing Major Scales and Arpeggios
- MORNING SALUTE
- UNIT 10 MAJOR SCALES (GROUP 2) & TRIADS AND INVERSIONS
- Triads: First Inversion
- Triads: Second Inversion
- Triads: in All Positions
- UNIT 11 THE DOMINANT AND DOMINANT SEVENTH CHORDS
- Tonic and Dominant
- The V7 Chord
- March
- Block Chords and Broken Chords
- UNIT 12 THE SUBDOMINANT CHORD
- Tonic and Subdominant
- Minuet in F Major
- Alberti Bass and Waltz Bass Accompaniment
- Ode to joy (Symphony No. 9)
- UNIT 13 PRIMARY CHORDS IN MAJOR KEYS
- Moonlit Shores
- UNIT 14 MINOR SCALES IN TETRACHORD POSITION
- Minor Scales
- LITTLE FANTASY STUDY
- Wayfaring Stranger
- UNIT 15 MINOR SCALES (GROUP 1) AND TRIADS OF THE KEY
- UNIT 16 PRIMARY CHORDS IN MINOR KEYS
- UNIT 17 MINOR SCALES (GROUP 2) AND TRIADS OF THE KEY
- The Cuckoo
- UNIT 18 MAJOR SCALES (GROUP 3) AND TRIADS OF THE KEY
- UNIT 19 THE II CHORD
- The ii Chord
- Waltz
- UNIT 20 THE VI CHORD
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