The Intermediate Pianist - Book 2

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
2. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Style
3. 1 Introducing ragtime
4. Repertoire: The Entertainer (Joplin)
5. Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin)
6. Chromatic and flat-key scales
7. 2 Exploring the polka
8. Repertoire: Pistachio Polka, Polka (Glinka)
9. Quick learn: Peasant's Song, Melodie, Variations on a Folk Tune
10. Transposition
11. 3 Story-telling in music
12. Quick learn: A Spooky Situation, Wondrous Wizard
13. Recital piece: Grandma Tells a Ghost Story (Kullak)
14. 4 Ballads and nocturnes
15. Quick learn: Study
16. Repertoire: Upon Reflection
17. Sharp-key scales and simple and compound time
18. 5 Playing reggae
19. Quick learn: Go for It!
20. Repertoire: QI Theme (Duet) (Goodall)
21. Intervals
22. 6 Getting to know gospel
23. Quick learn: Grace
24. Repertoire: Gospel Medley (Duet)
25. Recital piece: Sonatina in C major (Clementi)
26. 7 Waltz and 54 time
27. Quick learn: Lively Five
28. Quick learn: Waltz (Schubert)
29. 8 Baroque dance suites
30. Repertoire: Allemande (Beethoven)
31. Courante (Kirchhoff)
32. Sarabande (Handel)
33. Jigg (Sheeles)
34. Recital piece: Round 'O' (Purcell)
35. 9 Playing pop piano
36. Repertoire: Highway to Home
37. 10 Concert pieces
38. Quick learn: Daphne
39. Recital piece: Gavotte (Handel)
40. Recital piece: Menuett in F (Mozart)
41. Recital piece: Old French Song (Tchaikovsky)
42. Quick learn: Where Have You Been, Little Lamb? (Bartók)
43. Recital piece: Tambourin (de Gambarini)