By Barbara Kreader, Fred Kern, Mona Rejino, Phillip Keveren.
Book 2 opens with a new My Own Song improvisation on CDEFG. Unit 1 introduces phrasing and legato touch, and also presents harmonic 2nds and 3rds with staccato touch. The following two units are dedicated to the introduction of 4ths and 5ths. Also in Unit 3, sharps are introduced in a diatonic setting starting on D, and flats are introduced as blues notes. Most pieces in the second half of Book 2 coordinate hands playing together. This book works very well for transfer students.
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Theory Workbook: Hal Leonard Student Piano Library mascots Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun, creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music they are learning as well as the music they create themselves. This book correlates directly to Piano Lessons Book 2.
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Piano Technique Book 2 is the second book in our series of five books focusing on technical skills. Emphasizing the inseperable link between technique and musical expression, Piano Technique Book 2 presents Warm-Ups and Etudes that take the routine out of technique! Students are encouraged to build solid technical confidence and skills through short, musical exercises that correlate page-by-page with Piano Lessons Book 2. Accompaniment disks are available in both CD and GM formats.
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This book builds upon the playful approach to reading music that was first presented in Notespeller Book 1. Students join Spike and Party Cat on an adventure to an amusement park, Piano Park. The storybook format incorporates assignments that help students use the music alphabet to read and write notes on the staff, identify intervals, and write sharps and flats. This highly imaginative book is sure to appeal to students and teachers alike. Corresponds to Piano Lessons Book 2.
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Piano Solos books feature original performance repertoire from 14 different composers. These inviting compositions provide ample reinforcement of skills and concepts learned in the corresponding-level Piano Lessons books. The outstanding variety of musical styles makes every solo an important piece in its own right - exciting to both performer and listener. Fully orchestrated accompaniments for every piece are available on the CD or separately on General MIDI disk. CD includes both a practice and a performance tempo for each piece.
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Popular Piano Solos: This great collection of pop songs correlates with Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Piano Lessons Book 2, and is a perfect supplementary book for all methods. Large-staff notation is easy to read. Each student solo also has a teacher accompaniment. Fully orchestrated CD and GM accompaniment disks are available separately. The CD has both a practice and a performance track for each song. 11 songs with teacher accompaniments: Alley Cat Song · Be Our Guest · Can You Feel the Love Tonight · Chopsticks · Do-Re-Mi · Edelweiss · Give My Regards to Broadway · Happy Days · I'm Popeye the Sailor Man · Somewhere Out There · Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Level: basic note values and rests; sharps, flats and naturals; 3/4, 4/4 meter; melodic and harmonic intervals through a 5th; limited use of hands-together passages. Reading range: from Bass Clef-B (a 6th below Middle C), to Treble Clef - B (a 7th above Middle C).
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Classical Themes: This series presents favorite orchestral classics, carefully graded and expertly arranged for piano solo with great teacher accompaniments! Online access to instrumental accompaniments, as MP3 or MIDI files, is included using the unique code provided inside the book.
Level 2 includes: Alleluia (Mozart) • Barcarolle (Offenbach) • Hallelujah (Handel) • In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) • Marche Militaire (Schubert) • Plaisir d'amour (Martini) • Romanza (Mozart) • Symphony No. 9 (Largo) (Dvorák) • Symphony No. 94 (Haydn) • Waltz (Tchaikovsky).
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Christmas Piano Solos: This great collection of favorite Christmas songs correlates with Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Piano Lessons Book 2, and is a perfect supplementary book for all methods. Large-staff notation is easy to read. Each student solo also has a teacher accompaniment. Fully orchestrated CD and GM accompaniment disks are available separately. The CD has both a practice and a performance track for each song. 11 songs: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen · I Saw Three Ships · It Came upon the Midnight Clear · Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine · O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) · O Come, Little Children · O Little Town of Bethlehem · Silent Night · Sing We Now of Christmas · Up on the Housetop · What Child Is This? Level: Elementary. Basic note values and rests, including beamed eighths; 3/4, 4/4 meter; intervals through a 5th; limited use of hands-together passages. Reading range: Bass Clef E below Middle C - Treble Clef D one octave above Middle C.
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More Christmas Piano Solos: Following up on the success of the Christmas Piano Solos books for levels 1-5 in the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, these books contain additional holiday selections for each grade level that will work great with any piano method. Each song includes an optional teacher accompaniment. 10 songs: Angels We Have Heard on High · Auld Lang Syne · Hallelujah Chorus · He Is Born, the Holy Child · A Holly Jolly Christmas · I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas · Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! · Silver Bells · The Twelve Days of Christmas · We Are Santa's Elves.
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Christmas Ensembles: Four-part student ensembles, arranged for two or more pianos by Phillip Keveren. These ensembles feature favorite Christmas carols and hymns in graded books that correspond directly to the HLSPL Piano Method levels. CD and GM disk accompaniments are available for all levels. Each book in the Christmas Piano Ensembles series includes: 4 individual student parts for each song on perforated, tear-out sheets (Performance requires purchase of only one book per ensemble team); A conductor's score with optional teacher accompaniment; Performance configurations for 2 or more pianos; Suggested instrumentation for digital keyboard. Level 2 includes: I Saw Three Ships; O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles); Up on the Housetop; What Child Is This?
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Piano Ensembles: Four-part student ensembles arranged for two or more pianos. These ensembles, arranged by Phillip Keveren, feature student favorites from Book 2 of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. Each book contains four selections which include: · Four student parts · Conductor's score with optional teacher accompaniment · Performance configurations for 2 or more pianos · Suggested instrumentation for electronic keyboards. Fully orchestrated CD and GM accompaniment disks are available separately. Four ensembles: Painted Rocking Horse · Basketball Bounce · Stompin' · Summer Evenings.
