Contemporary Class Piano

750 Pages·2015·52.481 MB·English

by  Elyse Mach

C O N T E M P O R A RY
C L A S S P I A N O
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C O N T E M P O R A RY
C L A S S P I A N O
Eighth Edition
E LY S E M A C H
Northeastern Illinois University
New York Oxford
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
2016
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mach, Elyse.
Contemporary class piano / Elyse Mach. — Eighth edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-19-932620-4 (alk. paper)
1. Piano—Methods—Group instruction. I. Title.
MT222.M155 2016
786.2′193—dc23
2015010446
Printing number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
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To my loving family
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CONTENTS
Preface xxix
UNIT 1 KEYBOARD BASICS 1
Keyboard Posture 2
Body 2
Wrists 2
Hands 2
Fingers 2
Eyes 3
Basic Note and Rest Values 3
Notes 3
Rests 3
Measures 3
Finger Numbers 4
Contrary Motion 4
Parallel Motion 4
The Keyboard 6
Location of White Keys 6
Registers 6
Using Black-Key Groups to Locate White Keys 7
C-D-E Groups 7
Three-Black-Key Groups 8
F-G-A-B Groups 9
Playing by Touch 10
Playing by Ear 10
Improvisation: Pentatonic
(Black-Key) Scale 10
Accompaniments 11
Notation and Notation Symbols 12
Sharp and Flat Signs 12
Half Steps 13
Natural Sign 13
Enharmonic Tones 14
Letter Names for All Twelve Tones 14
Whole Steps 15
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The Major Five-Finger Pattern 15
C Major Five-Finger Pattern 15
G Major Five-Finger Pattern 16
F Major Five-Finger Pattern 16
D Major Five-Finger Pattern 16
Ryan’s Song 17
Ode to Joy (Ludwig van Beethoven) 19
In Praise 20
Aura Lee (George Poulton) 21
Reading Notes 22
The Staff and Clefs 22
The Grand Staff 22
Naming and Playing Treble and Bass Clef Notes 24
Naming Notes and Playing Melody Patterns 24
Intervals 25
Melodic Intervals 25
Harmonic Intervals 26
Interval Studies 26
Keeping Time 27
Meter Signatures 27
Playing Five-Finger Melodies Using
the Right Hand 27
Playing Five-Finger Melodies Using
the Left Hand 29
Slur and Phrase Markings 30
Marching 30
Memories 31
Rock It! 32
Rhythmic Studies 33
Sakura Sunrise 34
Worksheet Review 35
UNIT 2 PLAYING MELODIES IN OTHER POSITIONS AND MORE KEYBOARD BASICS 39
Melodies Divided between Two Hands 39
Notation Symbols
Whole Rest 41
A Jazz Waltz (Phillip Keveren) 41
Tie 42
Measure Numbers 42
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Shepherd’s Song (“Pastoral” from Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 6) 42
Boogie Beat 43
Love Somebody (Traditional) 44
Key Signature 45
Identifying Sharp Key Signatures 45
Eighth Notes and Eighth Rests 46
Feelin’ Good 47
Pagoda 48
Waltzing 49
Morning Has Broken (Gaelic) 50
Little River (German Folk Song) 52
For the Beauty of the Earth (Conrad Kocher) 54
Drone Bass
Highlander Tune 56
French Canadian Round 57
Major Five-Finger Pattern Improvisation
Using a Drone Bass Accompaniment 58
Classic Miniatures 59
The Contest (Cornelius Gurlitt) 59
Two Etudes (Ferdinand Byer) 60
Repertoire 60
Surfing (Lee Evans) 61
Harmonization 62
Improvisation 65
Dorian Mode Improvisation 65
Dorian Accompaniment (Ken Iversen) 65
12-Bar Blues Improvisation 66
Start of the Blues 66
Movin’ on the White Key Blues 67
Improvisation with New Notations
and Techniques 67
It’s Up to You 68
Taking A Chance 69
Sightreading Studies 70
Adding Drone Bass Accompaniments 70
Treble Clef Melodies for the Right Hand 70
Bass Clef Melodies for the Left Hand 71
Five-Finger Pattern Studies in Major Keys 71
Rhythmic Studies 73
Technical Studies 75
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