Lesson: This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book 5 concepts include the ornaments: long appoggiatura, short appoggiatura, trill and mordent; plus arpeggios; the A Major scale; and the keys of B minor and C minor. Also introduces the playing of minuets, sonatinas, preludes and arias.
For reinforcement of each principle as it is introduced, supplementary material is carefully coordinated, page for page, at each level of instruction. Coordinating supplemental books for Level 5 include: Classic Themes * Ear Training * Merry Christmas * Recital * Repertoire * Theory and Top Hits! Solo. Songs include: An American Hymn (Lowry) * Aria from "The Marriage of Figaro" (Mozart) * Bagatelle (Diabelli) * Ballade (Burgmuller) * Brazilian Holiday * Loch Lomond * Magic Carpet Ride * A Miniature Overture * Minuet (Bohm) * Prelude in C Major (Bach) * Prelude in C Minor (Morovsky) * Rondeau (Mouret) * Scene from "Swan Lake" (Tchaikovsky) * Sonata in the Style of Scarlatti * Sonatina on Three French Folk Tunes * Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 1, 1st Mvmt. (Clementi) * Spanish Dance * The Tailors Song * Theme (Corelli) * Variations on a Sea Chanty * A Very Special Day (Palmer).
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Theory: Designed to coordinate page-by-page with the Lesson Books. Contains enjoyable games and quizzes that reinforce the principles presented in the Lesson Books. Students can increase their musical understanding while they are away from the keyboard.
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Popular Hits: Alfreds Basic Piano Library: Popular Hits, Level 5 offers Broadway, pop, and movie music arrangements to be used as supplementary pieces for students. Soon after beginning piano study, students can play attractive versions of favorite classics, as well as the best-known popular music of today. This book is correlated page by page with Alfreds Basic Piano Library: Lesson Book 5. When pieces from the Popular Hits book are assigned in conjunction with the material in the Lesson Book, new concepts are reinforced in a fun and motivating way, increasing the students interest in piano study. Titles: Batman Returns (from Batman Returns) * City of Stars (from La La Land) * Dear Theodosia (from the Broadway musical Hamilton) * Dont Stop Believin (Journey) * Evermore (from Walt Disneys Beauty and the Beast) * Everywhere You Look (Theme from Full House) * The Jetsons (Main Theme) * One Call Away (Charlie Puth) * Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon) * Wonder Womans Wrath (from Wonder Woman).
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