Classic Piano with Mrs. Christina
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Piano Books
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Complete Level 1
For later Beginner
Lesson Book
Theory Book
Ear Training Book
-Level 1 introduces students to the core fundamentals of piano. Level 1 concepts include note values and simple rhythms, time signatures, note recognition in both clefs, 2nd-5th intervals, dynamics, tempos, and more.
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Level 2
Lesson Book
Theory Book
-Level 2 emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. This level introduces dotted half notes and dotted quarter notes, plus intervals of 6ths, 7ths, and octaves. Teaches greater movement of the hands, including crossing two over one and scalework. Students will also learn more about triads, primary chords, and blocked and broken chords.
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Level 3
Lesson Book
Theory Book
-Level 3 emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book 3 introduces "overlapping pedal"; new time signatures 3/8 and 6/8; and the primary triads in Major and Minor keys. Concepts include: passing one under two and one under three; playing major scales in contrary motion; the chromatic scale; the minor scale.
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Level 4
Lesson Book
Theory Book
-Level 4 emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book 4 concepts include: tarantellas; eighth note triplets; arpeggiated chords; first and second inversion triads in C; triads in all positions; major scales in parallel motion; two-part writing; seventh chords and inversions of seventh chords; E harmonic minor scale in contrary motion; primary chords in E minor; sixteenth notes; dotted eighth notes; primary chords in B-flat Major and G Minor; repeated-note warm-ups; and harmonic minor scales in parallel motion.
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Level 5
Lesson Book
Theory Book
-Level 5 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.
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Level 6
Lesson Book
Theory Book
-This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Level 6 concepts include a review of major and minor triads; diminished and augmented triads; the diminished seventh chord; a special style of pedaling; the key of F-sharp Minor; the E Major scale; the key of C-sharp minor; the A-flat Major scale; thirty-second notes; and dotted sixteenth notes. This book also contains an important daily scale routine and a dictionary of musical terms.
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Extra Piano Curriculum
Level 1a - For Early Beginners
Lesson Book
Theory Book
Ear Training Book
-Lesson Book Level 1A begins by teaching basic keyboard topography and fluent recognition of white key names in relation to black keys. It focuses on simple rhythms and prepares students for intervallic reading with entertaining songs that focus on "same," "stepping up" and "stepping down." It then introduces lines and space notes in treble and bass clefs, melodic and harmonic intervals of 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, and 5ths, and graduates to reading on the grand staff. It also introduces the flat and sharp signs.
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Level 1b - For Early Beginners
Lesson Book
Theory Book
-Level 1b picks up where Level 1a left off. Lesson Book 1B begins by reviewing the concepts taught in Lesson Book 1A, then introduces new concepts such as incomplete measures, tempo markings, eighth notes and rests, using the damper pedal, half steps and whole steps. It also introduces the major scale through the concept of tetrachords.
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Music Review Flashcards
These incredible review flashcards include all notes, symbols, and terms needed for the first two years of study on any musical instrument. Cards are color-coded by category and are numbered on the back.
*Review flashcards that correspond with Alfred Basic Piano Library for Levels 1a-1b and Levels 2-3 can also be found on Amazon.
Hanon Finger Exercise Book
Created by French piano pedagogue and composer Charles Louis-Hanon, Hanon exercises consist of independent finger practice. The finger exercises train the pianist in speed, agility, strength, and precision of all the fingers, as well as training wrist flexibility. Hanon himself developed 60 finger exercises and assembled them into a book called The Virtuoso Pianist - first published in 1873. Split into three different levels of difficulty they are suitable for all levels and abilities.
Masterwork Classics: Level 1-2
A progressive repertoire series designed to motivate students while allowing them to progress evenly and smoothly from the earliest classics toward intermediate literature. These pieces are from the standard classical literature, chosen to appeal both to teacher and student. Each volume comes with a corresponding CD.
Masterwork Classics: Level 3
A progressive repertoire series designed to motivate students while allowing them to progress evenly and smoothly from the earliest classics toward intermediate literature. These pieces are from the standard classical literature, chosen to appeal both to teacher and student. Each volume comes with a corresponding CD.