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Book 2 includes 12 sensational selections---ten original pieces including blues, rags, and Latin styles by Kevin Olson, Edwin McLean, and Robert Schultz. Original pieces by Christopher Goldston, Mary Leaf, and Elizabeth Greenleaf also add to the mix. There is even one folk song and one classical piece. New musical concepts are introduced such as tied notes, legato and staccato articulations, accents and first and second endings. Most pieces call for limited hands-together playing. Students play in a variety of keys using accidentals instead of key signatures.

Filled with fun subject matter, fanciful lyrics and happy illustrations, Sight Reading & Rhythm Every Day will motivate students to practice their sight reading.

This new addition to the series guides students in a simple way to sight read with ease, accuracy and musicality.

In Book 4A of this outstanding series, Helen Marlais along with Kevin Olson, provide students with creative, structured lessons and activities to further develop their sight reading abilities. New concepts include: sliding the thumb under the third finger; reading intervals that include ledger lines; the beginning of playing one octave scales; further study of intervals, cadences, chord progressions, and keys; to name a few.

In Book 3B of this distinctive series, new concepts carefully interweave with reviewed concepts to further the students' knowledge and hone their sight-reading abilities. Some of the concepts reviewed are: rhythms that include dotted quarter notes followed by eighth notes, crossovers of the second finger over the thumb extending the five finger pattern, and a review of tonic and dominant chords to name a few. New concepts are introduced, such as how to count triplets, play and recognize Sus4 (suspended fourth) chords, play and recognize authentic cadences, and expanding knowledge of intervals to include M2, m2, M3, m3, P4, and P5. Students will also play in the keys of B flat major and B minor.

Use Energize Your Fingers Every Day(R) to develop natural, healthy technique from the very beginning! Students develop healthy, tension-free technique through sets of short exercises to be mastered weekly. Engaging illustrations and titles help students connect technique with music. This series can be used will all piano methods to ensure excellent technical skills.

The 13 solos in this book feature a variety of tempos and moods---from cool swing to expressive lyricism to energetic toccatas (including a jazz toccata). This is a great collection for students who need a break from the traditional Baroque - Contemporary literature. Composers Melody Bober, Timothy Brown, Valerie Roth Roubos, Martín Cuéllar, Edwin McLean and Lee Evans have created pieces that will become your students' favorites. All could be programmed as recital choices.

Book 4 provides a perfect balance of styles to traditional repertoire with pieces by Judith R. Strickland, Kevin Olson, Valerie Roth Roubos, David Karp, Melody Bober, Martín Cuéllar, and Timothy Brown. The free downloads help students learn quickly and motivate them to explore all of the offerings in this engaging book! Sure to please students and audiences alike, this collection is a stepping-stone to the intermediate literature.

The focus is on fabulous repertoire in this late elementary book! The 10 engaging original solos make your recital choices easy, plus there are 3 all-time favorite arrangements: Peacherine Rag, Frankie and Johnny, and The Arkansas Traveler. A variety of styles---blues, lyrical waltzes, and rags by Kevin Olson, Kevin Costley, Valerie Roth Roubos, Timothy Brown, Lee Evans, Judith R. Strickland, David Karp and Melody Bober---keep students motivated. Easy syncopation, swing, use of pedal and dotted rhythms are a few of the new concepts in Book 3.

Students learn technique with theory rapidly and musically by following practice suggestions, keeping on track with Did It! boxes, using valuable Technique Tips, and playing lively paced games.

This book presents all octave major scales and arpeggios in the order of the Circle of Fifths. Features fingering charts, practice suggestions, Technique Tips and Did It! boxes, and four fabulous pages of photos that show a step-by-step approach to playing scales. Students acquire a technique that is consistent, musical, and easy!

The most recent addition to this successful series, is this 12-piece collection, strongly rooted in the classical music tradition ¿ polonaises, serenades, barcarolles, toccatas, rhapsodies ¿ that also contains jazz and Latin music.

Students develop healthy, tension-free technique with 4-8 measure exercises mastered on a daily basis. Easy step-by-step lesson plans with daily check-off boxes save valuable lesson time. Engaging illustrations and titles help students connect the gesture with the sound. Helpful technique tips are found throughout the nine units of this 32-page book.

This Answer Key is the companion to Write, Play, and Hear Your Theory Every Day, Book 4, and provides the correct answers for each of the written exercises as well as playback and ear training activities.

The advancing pianist will love this delightful mix of traditional carols and contemporary favorites! This collection is the perfect cure for the winter blues. Contents include: Mary's Little Boy Child; Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; Do You Hear What I Hear; Feliz Navidad; Angels We Have Heard On High; and more.

In Book 4, the early intermediate level student will be offered a variety of popular favorites to choose from. Titles such as: Whistle While You Work, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Under the Sea, from The Little Mermaid; Scarborough Fair; He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother; and more. Includes full performance recordings and interesting background information about each piece.

Book 2, arranged for the elementary level, contains arrangements of popular favorites such as: Turn! Turn! Turn!; Can You Feel the Love Tonight?, from The Lion King; Music Box Dancer; Be Our Guest, from Beauty and the Beast; and many more. Includes complete performance recordings designed to assist with recital preparation and interesting background information for each piece.

The Answer Key is the companion to Write, Play, and Hear Your Theory Every Day(R), Book 2, and provides the correct answers for each of the written exercises as well as playback and ear training activities. The Lesson Day" activity is an excellent way for teachers to survey their students' progress."

Designed as a companion to the student book, the teacher's Answer Key provides correct answers for each of the written exercises as well as playback and ear training activities. The Lesson Day" activity is an excellent way for teachers to see the progress students are making!"

In Recital(R) for the Advancing Pianist, Christmas presents classic Christmas repertoire in a decidedly un-classic way! Christmas favorites such as Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, Away in a Manger, and more, are arranged with lush harmonies and new rhythmic twists that will bring a smile to everyone's faces. Arranged for the early advanced student, these pieces are sure to become a new Christmas tradition in your studio.

Book 4 for the early intermediate student offers such hits as: Here We Come A-Wassailing, Christmas Eve in My Home Town, Mary, Did You Know?, and a soon to be popular original by Kevin Olson, Mister Snowman. Your early intermediate student will have these plus many more selections to choose from to fill their holiday with great Christmas music! Recordings with listening activities plus interesting information about the pieces and composers are included.

Book 3, for the late elementary student, includes titles such as: The Little Drummer Boy, We Are Santa's Elves, The Night Before Christmas Song, Shake Me, I Rattle (Squeeze Me, I Cry), and many more popular Christmas tunes that students will really enjoy throughout the holiday season. In addition to background information about the pieces and composers, recordings with listening activities areincluded.

The elementary student will have plenty of choices of popular Christmas music to choose from in Book 2. Christmas hits such as Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Snoopy's Christmas, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, and many more, will provide the perfect holiday treat! Includes recordings with special listening activities as well as background information about the pieces and composers.

In Book 5 of the Sight Reading & Rhythm Every Day(R) series, students learn about compound meters and cut time, chords and their inversions, and new music terms including dolce, meno, and sempre. Also, Book 5 incorporates Rhythm Flashes!, Interval Flashes!, and Pattern Flashes!, which are designed to help students think and plan quickly for excellent sight reading! Original pieces and teacher/student duets along with a carefully sequenced curriculum make learning to sight read an engaging activity for developing students.

In the Every Day plan for Book 3A, students learn and practice different rhythmic activities with accent markings, focusing on the dotted quarter note rhythm followed by eighth notes. Tonic and dominant chords are explored, as well as melodic and harmonic intervals of major and minor 2nds and 3rds, and perfect 4ths and 5ths. Extending the usual five-finger pattern by crossing the second finger over the thumb is taught, as well as learning transposition of up to a fifth interval. Students will develop important skills such as eye, ear, and hand coordination through carefully crafted exercises, and will help turn your students into young artists.

In the Every Day plan for Book 2B, students learn triads and begin to play pieces with both hands together on two staffs. Attention is given to different articulations and dynamics, and students are asked to transpose short pieces to the nearest keys. In addition, students learn to plan" for note and rhythmic accuracy, correct articulations, and a good sound. Helpful suggestions guide students to think before they play, and not to stop once they have started. Students are also asked to count rhythmic examples out loud and clap, tap, point, snap their fingers, and march. Developing these important skills lays the proper foundation for music making and fosters stellar piano playing."

In Recital(R) with Christmas Favorites, Book Five is designed to help teachers motivate students while also providing a perfect holiday treat. Triplet and sixteenth-note patterns as well as dotted rhythmic patterns and syncopated rhythms are used. Reinforces concepts like rubato, chords and their inversions, octave scale passages, arpeggios, blocked octaves, simple ornamentation, and playing two voices within the same hand. Contains beautiful arrangements of classics like: The Holly and the Ivy; Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Parade of the Wooden Soldiers; and more.