Alfred's Basic Piano Library: Lesson Book 4

This easy step-by-step method 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.

For reinforcement of each principle as it is introduced, supplementary material is carefully coordinated, page for page, at each level of instruction. Coordinating supplemental books for Level 4 include: Classic Themes * Duet * Ear Training * Merry Christmas * Musical Concepts * Recital * Repertoire * Sight Reading * Technic * Theory and Top Hits! Solo, Christmas and Duet books. Songs include: America the Beautiful (Ward) * The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Steffe-Howe) * Black Forest Polka * Blow, Winds, Blow! * Calypso Holiday! * Comedians' Dance (Kabelevsky) * Farewell to Thee (Aloha Oe) * Gypsy Dance * Haunted House * He's Got the Whole World in His Hands * The Hokey-Pokey * The House of the Rising Sun * The Magic Piper * Musette (Bach) * Olympic Procession * Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 (Elgar)* Prelude in A Minor * Space Shuttle Blues * Spinning Wheel * Swingin' Sevenths * Tarentella * Waltz in G Minor * Waves of the Danube (Ivanovici)

Contents:

• America, the BeautifulSamuel Ward (contributor)
• Black Forest PolkaAmanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• Blow, Winds, Blow!Amanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• Calypso Holiday!Amanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• Comedians' DanceDmitri Kabalevsky (composer)
• Farewell to Thee (Aloha Oe)Queen Liliuokalani (contributor)
• Gypsy DanceAmanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• Haunted HouseAmanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• He's Got the Whole World in His HandsFolk Song (source)
• MusetteJohann Sebastian Bach (composer)
• Olympic ProcessionAmanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• Pomp and Circumstance No. 1Edward Elgar (composer)
• Prelude in A MinorAmanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• Space Shuttle BluesAmanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• Spinning WheelAmanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• Swinging SeventhsAmanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• The Battle Hymn of the RepublicSteffe-Howe (contributor)
• The Hokey-PokeyFolk Song (source)
• The House of the Rising SunFolk Song (source)
• The Magic PiperAmanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• Waltz in G MinorAmanda Vick Lethco (editor); Morton Manus (editor); Willard A. Palmer (composer)
• Waves of the DanubeIon Ivanovici (contributor)

Series: Alfred's Basic Piano Library
Author: Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco
Instrument: Piano
Format: Book
Page Count: 48
Item Number: 00-2110
ISBN 10: 0-7390-0905-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-7390-0905-5
UPC: 038081012315