Victoria McArthur

Nancy Faber

Randall Faber

Technique and Artistry Book Level 1

Piano Adventures

Dennis Alexander

E. L. Lancaster

Gayle Kowalchyk

Martha Mier

In Alfred's Premier Piano Course Level 3, students will be playing syncopated, dotted and swing rhythms with ease. Up-tempo, original pieces with clever twists smoothly incorporate new concepts including: pass-under and cross-over scale fingerings; the chromatic scale; IV chords in C, G, F, D; 1st and 2nd endings; and ledger lines above and below the staff.

Premier Piano Course: Lesson Book 3

Book 4 is filled with tuneful and challenging etudes that are sure to please while focusing on specific concepts such as melody voicing in chords, tone production, phrase shaping with disjunct melody, chord leaps, arpeggios, trills, melody shared between the hands, chromatic scales, parallel motion scales, shaping melody in a complex texture, octave tremelos and so on. Composers featured are J. C. Bach, Burgmüller, Gurlitt, Reinhold, Gasparini, Rebikov, Czerny, Streabbog, Schumann, Duvernoy and more.

Beautiful Etudes, Book 4

The unique At-Home Book contributes greatly to a student's success. When used by parents during practice time, it can make a dramatic difference in the student's musical learning. All parents-with or without musical knowledge-will be able to participate. It's like having a second teacher at home. Each At-Home Book includes Assignment Pages, Parent Pages, and an engaging story for students and parents.

Level 1b

Premier Piano Course: At-Home Book 1B

The music is fresh! The lyrics are current and in-tune with today's students! The subject matter is appealing! These accolades have been used to describe the all-new music in Premier Piano Course The music in Performance Book 2B includes a variety of styles including boogie, ragtime, jazz, flamenco, contemporary and more--sure to bring smiles to the faces of all students. The attractive music, complete with performance tips, carefully supports the new concepts contained in the corresponding Lesson Book 2B. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo. The audio for this book is also available for download here The music from this book is available in the Piano Maestro app that's downloadable here. Learn more About JoyTunes, the maker of Piano Maestro here.

Performance 2b

Alfred's Premier Piano Course

Carol Matz

Just like basketball, playing the piano increases physical coordination. Now your elementary students can enjoy both when they perform Three Points and The Big Game---energetic yet easy pieces that introduce hands-together playing. Reinforce theoretical skills with Basketball Speller, Make a Basket, and Scoring Points. Elementary.

Let's Play Basketball!

Familiar motivational pieces for the holiday season using the same concepts introduced in the corresponding Premier Piano Course Lesson Book. Titles: * Angels We Have Heard on High * Auld Lang Syne * Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus) * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * Jingle Bells * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * March (from The Nutcracker) * O Christmas Tree * What Child Is This?

Premier Piano Course, Christmas 5

Familiar motivational pieces for the holiday season using the same concepts introduced in the corresponding Lesson Book. Can be used with any method as soon as students begin reading on the grand staff. Contains teacher duet accompaniments for an enhanced musical experience. Titles: Away in a Manger * Dance of the Reed Flutes (from The Nutcracker Suite) * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * Good King Wenceslas * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old Saint Nicholas * O Come, All Ye Faithful * O Come, Little Children * O Come, O Come Emmanuel * Up on the Housetop * We Three Kings of Orient Are. 24 pages.

Alfred's Premier Piano Course, Christmas 1A

The Linebacker Song and My Favorite Football Team featured in this sheet music booklet are sure to become favorites with young football followers and their parents. The easy hands together arrangements will win points at the piano lesson with every repeated performance. Practice activities include Football Speller, Football Cheers and Touchdown! Elementary.

Let's Play Football!

Soccer is popular the world over and you most likely have several young students who enjoy the sport. Cheer them on at their next piano lesson with a great pairing of elementary level songs: Soccer Practice and I Want to Be a Goalie! Work side-by-side with them to complete several activity pages: Soccer Speller (note-speller), Kick the Ball (time signature/rhythm drill) and Soccer Board Game (musical terms and symbols). Or, assign the activities for home practice. Elementary.

Let's Play Soccer!

Familiar motivational pieces for the holiday season using the same concepts introduced in the corresponding Lesson Book. Contains teacher duet accompaniments for an enhanced musical experience. Titles: * Angels We Have Heard on High * Coventry Carol * Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (from The Nutcracker Suite) * Deck the Halls * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * ItÍs the Most Wonderful Time of the Year * Jingle Bells * Russian Dance (Tr_pak) (from The Nutcracker Suite) * Silent Night * Toyland. 24 pages.

Premier Piano Course: Christmas Book 1B

Technique 4 continues and expands on the technical and artistic tools learned in Technique books 1A - 3. The five new Technique Tools introduced are: staccato against legato, playing in and out of black keys, speed links, open the hand, and rock the Alberti bass. Artistic Etudes showcase a studentäó»s technique in an expressive musical setting, and Hands-Together Workshops focus on developing the skills necessary for coordinating hands-together playing. Masterwork Etudes provide training to play standard masterworks. Each page in the Technique Book correlates with a specific page in the Lesson Book.

Premier Piano Course: Technique Book 4

An easy arrangement of Take Me Out to the Ball Game and a fun new original, You're Up to Bat, will delight young baseball fans. Three musical activity pages, Home Run, Concession Stand and Batting Averages, provide note-spelling and rhythm challenges. Elementary.

Let's Play Baseball!

These clever activity sets feature two solos with correlating activity pages. Perfect for summer review!

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