Description

This holistic approach to developing functional musicianship at the keyboard encompasses a diverse range of elements, including repertoire, music theory, technical skills, sight-reading, harmonization from lead sheets, ear training, and ensemble participation. It is particularly beneficial for college students who are not majoring in music, as well as for continuing education programs, in-store music dealer initiatives, and group piano classes at the middle and high school levels. Book 2 features 15 units, each offering a mix of repertoire, exercises, review worksheets, and assignment pages. The comb binding allows the book to lay flat, making it ideal for both study and performance.

Songs / Content

• Unit 1: Major and Minor Five-Finger Patterns and Triads (Review)
• Did You Know? Famous Pianists
• Major Five-Finger Patterns
• Minor Five-Finger Patterns
• Triads (Chords)
• Duet: Polka
• Dance
• Unit 2: Keys of C Major and A Minor
• Did You Know? George Frideric Handel and Domenico Scarlatti
• The C Major Scale
• The C Major Arpeggio
• The Primary Chords in C Major
• The Key of A Minor (Relative of C Major)
• The A Harmonic Minor Scale
• The A Minor Arpeggio
• The Primary Chords in A Minor
• Go Down, Moses
• Lead Sheet: Morning Has Broken
• Unit 3: Keys of F Major and D Minor
• Did You Know? Opera and Musical Theatre
• The F Major Scale
• The F Major Arpeggio
• The Primary Chords in F Major
• Auld Lang Syne
• The Key of D Minor (Relative of F Major)
• The D Minor Arpeggio
• The Primary Chords in D Minor
• Unit 4: 6/8 Time Signature
• Did You Know? Franz Joseph Haydn
• A New Time Signature (6/8)
• Scherzo
• Ensemble: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
• Unit 5: Keys of G Major and E Minor
• Did You Know? Symphony Orchestra
• The G Major Scale
• The G Major Arpeggio
• The Primary Chords in G Major
• Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
• The Key of E Minor (Relative of G Major)
• The E Minor Arpeggio
• The Primary Chords in E Minor
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• Review Worksheet
• Unit 6: Key of D Major
• Did You Know? Ludwig van Beethoven
• The D Major Scale
• The D Major Arpeggio
• The Primary Chords in D Major
• Turkish March
• Unit 7: Triads and Inversions
• Did You Know? The Piano Sonata
• Triads: First Inversion
• Triads: Second Inversion
• Triads: All Positions
• Naming Triads and Inversions
• Etude
• Alberti Bass Accompaniment
• Unit 8: Augmented and Diminished Triads
• Did You Know? Franz Schubert
• Augmented Chords
• Playing Major and Augmented Chords
• Diminished Chords
• Playing Minor and Diminished Chords
• Lead Sheet: Just a Closer Walk
• Theme from Symphony No. 9
• Eighth-Note Triplets
• Unit 9: Sixteenth Notes
• Did You Know? Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann
• Sixteenth Notes
• Theme from Rondo a Capriccio
• Dotted Eighth Notes
• Duet: Andante cantabile
• Unit 10: Seventh Chords
• Did You Know? Franz Liszt
• Seventh Chords
• Playing Seventh Chords
• St. Louis Blues
• Unit 11: Inversions of Seventh Chords
• Did You Know? Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Inversions of Seventh Chords
• Sand Castles
• Lead Sheet: Greensleeves
• Unit 12: Syncopation and Ragtime
• Did You Know? Ragtime and Scott Joplin
• Syncopated Notes
• Ragtime Dance
• Unit 13: Key of B-flat Major
• Did You Know? Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel
• The B-flat Major Scale
• The B-flat Major Arpeggio
• The Primary Chords in B-flat Major
• La Cucaracha
• Ensemble: In the Good Old Summer Time
• Unit 14: Key of G Minor
• Did You Know? Jazz and Popular Music
• The Key of G Minor (Relative of B-flat Major)
• The G Minor Arpeggio
• The Primary Chords in G Minor
• In the Hall of the Mountain King
• Lead Sheet: Scarborough Fair
• Unit 15: Review
• Did You Know? Music Technology
• Just Struttin' Along
• Supplementary Solo Repertoire
• Burleske
• Rondino
• Ragtime Rondino
• Hava Nagila
• Silent Night
• Piano Concerto No. 2
• A Pleasant Morning
• Menuet in G Major
• Liebestraum
• Sonatina in C Major
• The Entertainer
• Prelude in C Major
• Spinning Song
• Appendix A: Teacher's Examples (Ear Training)
• Appendix B: Scale and Arpeggio Fingering Charts
• Appendix C: Glossary
• Appendix D: List of Compositions