The Music Tree is the most carefully researched and laboratory-tested series for elementary piano students available. This edition contains a natural, child-oriented sequence of learning experiences combined with new music of unprecedented variety and appeal. Great pedagogy and great music---a winning combination!
Part 2a -- A Plan for Musical Growth at the Piano
Focusing on complete musicianship, this series offers beginners a diverse repertoire that includes folk, jazz, and pop music. It encourages creativity by allowing students to rearrange, transpose, and compose new pieces from provided segments. Technical skills are developed through exercises targeting greater facility, blocked intervals, chords, and playing with both hands. Guided training steps promote intelligent practice habits, making it a comprehensive approach to music education.
These supplementary collections provide that indispensable aspect of any keyboard curriculum, musical 'dessert' -- music in lighter popular styles and a variety of rich, diverse character pieces. Effective antidotes to lagging student interest, the pieces are primarily recreational in nature, but also promote rhythmic and technical development.
An invaluable compendium of pre-college technique for students of late elementary through early advanced levels. The four volumes are designed to benefit any student in the mastery of crucial elements of technique, to learn to play well both technically and musically, and to think and listen from the twin standpoints of facility and tone production. Teaching Musical Fingers -- A Handbook for Teachers, stresses points to consider in teaching the exercises, as well as musical and technical attitudes to foster and develop.
In a wealth of delightful discovery pieces and repertoire, Music Tree 4 continues to elaborate on topics covered in Music Tree 3 -- syncopation, triads and inversions, blues, and modes -- while at the same time offering new challenges.
Time To Begin, the cornerstone of the Music Tree series, is a unique and highly effective approach to beginning piano instruction. Starting with off-staff notation, it leads the student to reading direction and intervals, and climaxes with the discovery of the Grand Staff. Also included is a carefully designed program of rhythm, technic and creative work. The cassette features electronic renditions of the music: it offers the accompaniment alone, or both the student's and teacher's parts. The Teacher's Handbook is an invaluable tool. This volume contains essays regarding how students learn, on technic, and how rhythm is presented. Teaching aspects are discussed, and suggestions are offered for each unit of the book.
In a wealth of delightful discovery pieces and repertoire, Music Tree 3 explores sixteenth notes, syncopation and "swing" rhythm, relative major and minor keys, triads and inversions, subdominant and dominant 7th chords, and chromatic and whole tone scales.
These supplementary collections provide that indispensable aspect of any keyboard curriculum, musical 'dessert' -- music in lighter popular styles and a variety of rich, diverse character pieces. Effective antidotes to lagging student interest, the pieces are primarily recreational in nature, but also promote rhythmic and technical development.
Focusing on 20th-century composers, this volume of the Contemporary Piano Literature series showcases vibrant solos from notable figures like Bartók and Shostakovich, many of which were commissioned for the Frances Clark Library. Alongside the music, informative biographies and engaging portraits provide insight into the composers' lives, making it an enriching resource for students of all ages.
As a facsimile reprint of a scarce antiquarian work, this book preserves the original text while acknowledging potential imperfections like marks and notations. It highlights the cultural significance of the text, reflecting a commitment to the protection and promotion of historical literature. The edition aims to provide an affordable and high-quality reproduction that remains true to the original, ensuring access to important literary works.