Contemporary class piano
by Mach, Elyse
"Acclaimed for its creative approach and diverse repertoire, Contemporary Class Piano provides a student friendly introduction to basic piano skills. In short, progressive chapters that mirror the standard two semester curriculum, it explains the essential elements of piano playing, incorporating diagrams, practice exercises, and musical examples that help students build proficiency and confidence with a variety of chord patterns, major and minor scales, and accompaniments."--Amazon.com
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- Full title :Contemporary class piano / Elyse Mach, Northeastern Illinois University.
Summary
"Acclaimed for its creative approach and diverse repertoire, Contemporary Class Piano provides a student friendly introduction to basic piano skills. In short, progressive chapters that mirror the standard two semester curriculum, it explains the essential elements of piano playing, incorporating diagrams, practice exercises, and musical examples that help students build proficiency and confidence with a variety of chord patterns, major and minor scales, and accompaniments."--Amazon.com
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- Publication Date:©2016
- Edition:Eighth edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2016
Notes
Includes indexes.
Includes streaming audio access code on insert.
Arranged for piano solo.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxxii, 717 pages : : illustrations, music ; : 28 cm +
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199326204, 0199326207
- oclc:on1126279444
- LC Classification:MT222
Table of Contents
Keyboard basics -- Playing melodies in other positions and more keyboard basics -- More five-finger patterns -- Major and minor triads -- The dominant seventh chord -- The subdominant chord and changing five-finger positions -- Major scales and easy pieces with block-chord accompaniments -- Easy pieces using various accompaniment patterns -- Secondary chords and chord inversions of triads and seventh chords -- Minor scales and other scale forms -- Tonality and atonality : exploring twentieth- and twenty-first-century music styles -- Melodies with letter-name chord symbols and melodies with roman numeral chord symbols -- Appendix A : Score reading -- Appendix B : Vocal and instrumental accompaniments -- Appendix C : Major and harmonic minor scales and arpeggios in two octaves -- Appendix D : Three patriotic song arrangements -- Appendix E : Performance terms and symbols.
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