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A leading choice in university programs and music studios around the world this student-centered approach uses analysis, creativity, and expression to develop a musical mind and heart. The delightful, pianistic pieces and creative theory pages, combined with an outstanding technical approach encourage practice and progress with adventure! The 2nd Edition Level 1 Theory Book provides important reinforcement and creative application of basic theory concepts. Students will enjoy note-naming with StoryRhymes, exploring improvisation, and engage with eye-training and ear-training activities all within a fun-filled context tied thematically to the Book 1 Lesson pieces. -
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nnnnn n(Faber Piano Adventures ). Intermediate students are ready to explore the challenges of one-octave scales and arpeggios. More than a simple reference to scale fingerings and key signatures, this book presents valuable patterns that engage the ear and give musical meaning to scale degrees. By transposing these patterns and common chord progressions, students gain deep understanding in all keys. With additional strategies for fluency and gesture, students are well-prepared for technical mastery. View Helpful Introductory Videos Here n nnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn -
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Students join Spike and Party Cat as they explore the sights and tourist attractions in Music City. Their visit includes assignments that help students sharpen their music reading skills, learn to read ledger-line notes, and identify intervals, half and whole steps, and major/minor five-finger patterns. Corresponds to Piano Lessons Books 3 and 4. -
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Well-loved folk songs arranged in middle C position with no eighth notesor dotted rhythms, providing the earliest level reading for the beginni ng pianist. Contents include: Yankee Doodle • The Muffin Man •London Bridge • The Wheels on the Bus • Ten Little Indians &b ull; Baa! Baa! Black Sheep • On the Bridge • Hush, Little Baby• Alouette • Shoo, Fly • Pop! Goes the Weasel • Row , Row, Row Your Boat. -
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The John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course is designed to present the easiest possible approach to piano playing, complete with an amusing family of characters and illustrations to help emphasise the information being taught.
Part one is devoted to developing fluency in reading by note, the biggest hurdle for most young children. The range is purposely limited. Only five notes up and five notes down from middle C are presented and time values do not go beyond crotchets.
Each book of the course contains its own writing exercises, sight-reading drills, review work and later, technical studies.
Accompaniments for teacher or parent are supplied with most of the examples.
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18 original pieces from the masters! The Classical Piano Series was compiled to correlate loosely with the Modern Course method and can be used to supplement any teaching method or situation. -
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Piano Level: 3B and up
Scales and arpeggios are the backbone of confident, polished playing. Practicing these two pillars of technique develops dexterity and speed. When combined with essential music theory patterns, the result is "harmony in motion." Not just a reference for technical progress, Scale and Chord Book 3 encourages a focus on touch and sound, especially the feel of the black keys under the hands. Late intermediate and advancing students learn to perform multi-octave scales and arpeggios with fluency. Transposition exercises emphasize understanding of tonic, dominant, and leading tone. Gestural marks direct the integration of wrist motion. And, importantly, study of chord progressions provides the toolset for analysis, improvisation, and composition.
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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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Unit 1 of Book 3 begins by introducing eighth notes in 4/4 and 2/4 time. Swing eighths are also presented in the first half of the book. Folk, jazz, classical, and contemporary selections provide students with an interesting variety of repertoire. The second half of Book 3 teaches relative and parallel major/minor five-finger patterns, and students learn to improvise their own songs using these basic patterns. -
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Arrangements of popular songs that beginning players will love to learn, including: The Candy Man • I Just Can't Wait to Be King • If I Only Had a Brain • Scooby Doo Main Title • and more. -
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Book 4 expands on the related five-finger patterns learned in Book 3 to introduce the scales of C Major, A Minor, G Major, and E Minor. Chord progressions in close position are also presented in each of these keys. Syncopated rhythms, syncopated pedaling and opposing articulations between the hands create performances with style, color, and texture. -
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The 2nd Edition Primer Theory Book provides important reinforcement and creative application of basic theory concepts. Students will enjoy note-naming with StoryRhymes, exploring improvisation, and engage with eye-training and ear-training activities – all within a fun-filled context tied thematically to the Primer Lesson Book pieces. -
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This inventive sightreading course uses sets of exercises based on melodic and rhythmic patterns from the 2nd Edition Primer Lesson Book. Students play one exercise a day, completing one set per week. Entertaining musical art helps guide the sightreading process and each page presents a new learning vignette in a spirit of fun. -
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Level 1 students can have lots of fun while developing strong sightreading skills. This inventive course uses sets of exercises based on melodic and rhythmic patterns from the Level 1 Lesson Book. Students play one exercise a day, while enjoying the entertaining musical art that guides their sightreading progress. -
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From the very first lessons in Book 1, students are making music as they explore the piano keyboard through fun improvisation pieces called My Own Song. The beginning of the book introduces finger numbers, the black-key and white-key groups, and basic rhythm patterns. nDirectional reading is taught first by finger number, then by note name, and then by interval (stop, skip, and repeat). Once the students are introduced to the staff, they learn reading guides Bass F and Treble G and read by interval in several different hand positions. -
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In Book 5, students are introduced to sixteenth notes in various rhythm patterns. The wide variety of student selections include 3 folk, 4 jazz,13 classical, and 8 contemporary original pieces. Scales (in both 8th a nd 16th-note patterns) with their cadences are presented in five major and five minor keys. Root, 1st inversion, 2nd inversion, and open position chords for each key center are also introduced.
*All purchases will need to be collected from – Chasing Sound 199-201 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3011. No Shipping*
*All purchases will need to be collected from – Chasing Sound 199-201 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3011. No Shipping*
*All purchases will need to be collected from – Chasing Sound 199-201 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3011. No Shipping*
Chasing Sound Music Shop
Chasing Sound Music Shop is located in the heart of Footscray at Level 1 199/201 Barkly Street.
We specialise in Music Retail and Music Tuition.
Ph: (03) 8317 1086
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Saturday Only: 9:30am – 1:00pm
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