The Intermediate Pianist - Book 1

Description

This piano course has been specifically written to help students progress through the tricky intermediate stages of learning the piano. Through carefully chosen repertoire, quick studies, key technical information and musicianship activities, students will develop the skills that they require. Note-reading will be improved, technique developed and a greater understanding of style and music theory will be gained.

1. Getting started: Ode to Styles (Beethoven)
2. 1 Learning to swing
3. Quick learn: Black Cat Swing
4. Know your major scales and bass-clef note revision
5. Recital piece: The Bear (Rebikov)
6. 2 Using the pedal
7. Technique: Kleine Studie (Schumann)
8. Repertoire: Für Elise (Beethoven)
9. 3 Let's tango
10. Quick learn: Tango Time
11. Recital piece: Por una Cabeza (Gardel)
12. Key signatures and minor scales
13. Recital piece: Sorrow (Bartók)
14. 4 Exploring march style
15. Quick learn: March of the Marionettes
16. Repertoire: Soldiers' March (Schumann)
17. The circle of fifths and treble-clef sight-reading
18. 5 All about minuet
19. Repertoire: Minuet in G (attrib. Petzold)
20. 6 Learning about lullabies
21. Quick learn: Lullaby
22. Repertoire: Hine e Hine (Trad. Maori)
23. How to give words a rhythm
24. 7 Playing jigs
25. Repertoire: Gigue à l'Angloise (Telemann)
26. Finger warm-ups
27. Recital piece: Wow!
28. 8 Let's boogie
29. Quick learn: Eager Beaver Boogie
30. Repertoire: Bubblegum Boogie
31. Recital piece: Arabesque (Burgmüller)
32. 9 Getting to know the blues
33. Repertoire: Flying Scotsman Blues
34. 10 Concert pieces
35. Quick learn: Menuetto (Hässler)
36. Recital piece: The Toy (Anon.)
37. Recital piece: Menuetto (Scarlatti)
38. Quick learn: Song without Words (Spindler)
39. Recital piece: Rainbow Reflections
40. Recital piece: Sam's Jam