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Class Piano

by Margaret Starr McLain

A classroom text for conservatory and college music students that goes far beyond the mere fulfilling of curriculum requirements for non-piano majors. Designed specifically for group instruction, Class Piano teaches such valuable skills as sight-reading simple piano pieces, accompaniments, an d vocal scores; harmonizing melodies; playing by ear; and improvising. The author uses as teaching examples short piano pieces, a Bach chorale, themes from familiar symphonies, folk, patriotic, and popular songs, and original compositions. Along with the keyboard techniques she skillfully presents a basic course in music theory and with a light touch instills the principles of good musicianship.

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Prerequisites
    • Half Steps and Whole Steps
    • Sight-Reading
    • One-hand Melodies
    • Transposition
    • Playing by Ear
    • Hand Gymnastics
    • Rhythm Drill
    • How to Practice
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • 2. Major Triads
    • Framing Chords
    • The Dominant Seventh Chord
    • Harmonizing Melodies
    • Sight-Reading
    • A Two-hand Melody
    • Rhythm Drill
    • Improvisation
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • 3. The Basic Principles of Fingering
    • Framing Chords from Above
    • First Use of the Damper Pedal
    • The Subdominant Triad
    • Legato and Staccato
    • Hand Gymnastics
    • Rhythm Drill
    • Sight-Reading
    • Improvisation
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • 4. Minor Mode
    • Octaves
    • Names of Octaves
    • Hand Gymnastics
    • Harmonizing Warmups
    • Sight-Reading
    • Four Solos
    • Rhythm Drill
    • Improvisation
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • 5. Major Scales in Tetrachords
    • Scale-Degree Names
    • Change-Ringing—and Playing
    • The Circle of Keys
    • Harmonizing Each Degree of the Scale
    • Three Melodies to Harmonize and Transpose
    • Rhythm Drill
    • Non-Harmonic Tones
    • Sight-Reading
    • Improvisation
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • 6. Minor Scales in Tetrachords
    • Major and Minor Scale Structure
    • Transposing the Minor Melodies in Chapter 4
    • Roots
    • Major and Minor Thirds
    • Triads in Three Positions
    • Rule for Finding the Root of a Chord
    • Common Tones
    • The Dominant Triad
    • Cadences
    • Intervals
    • Accompaniment Patterns
    • Some Basic Principles of Interpretation
    • Sight-Reading
    • Improvisation
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • 7. Standard Scale Fingering
    • Strumming
    • Songs for Strumming
    • More Left-hand Accompaniments
    • Inversions
    • Modulating Up One Half Step
    • Rhythm Drill
    • Some Basic Principles of Pedaling
    • Sight-Reading
    • Improvisation
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • 8. Diatonic Scales with Standard Fingering, continued
    • Arpeggios
    • Secondary Triads
    • Songs to Harmonize and Transpose
    • Secondo Accompaniments
    • Sight-Reading
    • Improvisation
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • 9. Diatonic Scales with Standard Fingering, concluded
    • Chromatic Scale Fingering
    • Whole-tone Scale Fingering
    • Seventh Chords
    • Fingering for Seventh Chord Arpeggios
    • Improvisation
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • 10. Legato Thirds and Chords
    • Embellishments
    • Introductions
    • Songs to Harmonize
    • Playing Accompaniments
    • Improvising for Activities
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • 11. Artificial Rhythms
    • New Types of Accompaniment
    • Improvisation
    • Memorizing
    • Hearsay and Other Ear Work
    • Review and Suggested Assignments
  • Appendix
    • Three Little Words—Note, Key, and Tone
    • Scale Chart
    • Songs, Melodies, and Repertory (in chronological order)
    • Songs and Melodies to Harmonize and Transpose (in alphabetical order)
    • Repertory (in alphabetical order)
  • Index

Metadata

  • isbn
    978-0-253-05439-5
  • publisher
    Indiana University Press
  • publisher place
    Bloomington, Indiana USA
  • restrictions
    CC-BY-NC-ND
  • rights
    Copyright © Trustees of Indiana University
  • rights holder
    Indiana University Press
  • rights territory
    World
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