Looking for a book that motivates? FJH Solos At Their Best!: Book 2 - Elementary contains fifteen solos that will entertain students and audiences alike. Included are blues songs struts boogies and a serenade - all suitable for recital programming. Six have an optional duet: five include lyrics and some use pedal. No eighth notes are used.This collection features pieces by Timothy Brown Kevin Olson Christopher Goldston Elizabeth Greenleaf Nancy Lau Valerie Roth Roubos and others. Songs include: Baby Elephant Blues Cool Cat Strut Brave Hawk Antique Music Box Christofuri’s Blues Moonlight Serenade and more.

Grade 4 Lesson and Technique-In Grade 4 of Succeeding at the Piano students continue to cultivate musicianship and a passion for playing piano! New concepts are: triads and inversions; two octave scales; the circle of fifths; dominant seventh chords in root position; the trill; the key of B flat Major; 3 forms of E minor and G minor; diminished triads; refined pedal technique; sixteenth notes and sixteenth notes variants. Bach’s Prelude in C BWV 846 and classical themes by Brahms Liszt Mozart Beethoven and Grieg are interspersed with folk tunes and original solos by leading FJH composers. By reviewing the concepts of transposing musical forms intervals and technicaltips Grade 4 supports the pedagogical foundation laid down in previous grades.

Energize Your Fingers Every Day-Use Energize Your Fingers Every Day to develop correct technique from the very beginning! This series can be used with all Piano methods to ensure the learning of excellent technical skills.Students will develop healthy tension-free technique through sets of short exercises to be mastered weekly. Students can transpose the exercises to different keys for comprehensive musicianship.Engaging illustrations and titles help students connect technique with the music.Helpful technique and tips are found throughout.In this series:Easy step-by-steplesson plans save valuable lesson time.Basic techniques and concepts are introduced and then reinforced.Every unit ends with a lesson day activity.Students will become young musicians who:Achieve a beautiful sound with strong fingers and flexible wrists.Have fast and controlled fingers.Play with free and easy motions.Play evenly with excellent rhythm.Play confidently and musically.Technical concepts are consistently reinforced until great skill is achieved.

Grade 3 développe les concepts introduits dans les niveaux précédents et enseigne de nouveaux, tels que: les signatures de nouveaux temps de 3/8, 6/8 et le temps de coupe- mètres composé- triades et des inversions- corde IV et I-IV-I cadence- I-IV-I-V7-I dans C, G et F Major- syncope- des intervalles d'une 7e et une octave- basse d'Alberti- triplets- rythme swing- chromatisme, et les trois formes de la gamme mineure dans la touche A et D. technique santé résultant de la tension sans jeu, la lecture des notes classiques et d'intervalles, musique engageante par six grands compositeurs établissent une passion pour le piano. / Piano

Written by Kevin and Julia Olson The Perfect Start For Finger Exercises is a collection of technical exercises that can be used with any method that challenges students to play each example in a variety of ways.This series contains three books that feature sequential exercises that reinforce note reading. Icons appear above every example and check off boxes are provided.

Preparatory Book B-The All-In-One Approach To Succeeding At The Piano® - Preparatory Book B pieces focus on note reading from the guide notes and introducing terms such as skips octaves ties and various tempo marks. Colorful writing pages that reinforce note naming and reading intervals from guide notes are appealing to students.

Contents include: I Saw Three Ships; The First Noel; Carol of the Bells; Improvisation on Jingle Bells; O Little Town of Bethlehem; We Three Kings.

Book 1 contains: instrustional material with written work; etudes-progressive melodic pieces consisting of steps skips and/or repeated notes; and songs-well-known folk traditional and classic tunes.

Contents include: The Arkansas Traveler; Pavane; The Washington Post March; Elegy; The St. Louis Blues; Andante (from Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major); Manhattan Taxi; It Is Well with My Soul.

Explore this new and exciting series by Kevin and Julia Olson that presents a modern sequential approach to note reading at the Piano. This book gives the beginning student a solid foundation for note reading and is designed to supplement any Piano method. New notes are introduced and then thoroughly reinforced with plenty of music that is fun to play. Especially designed for the young beginner the busy student students needing extra reinforcement and students at higher levels who want to improve their sight-reading skills. A wonderful way to get Piano students off to The Perfect Start!.

Theory And Activity Book: Preparatory-Helen Marlais’ Succeeding At The Piano: Theory And Activity Book - Preparatory is filled with short exercises and captivating artwork. The writing playing rhythmic and composing activities in this book will lead students along the path of musical discovery. Ear Training assists students in recognizing rhythm and note patterns and Time to Compose encourages students to create their own pieces based on the concepts learned.

Succeeding At The Piano-The Succeeding At The Piano - Preparatory/Grade 1 Teacher's Guide includes information on how Reading Rhythm Technique Music Musicianship and Theory in Succeeding at the Piano? are seamlessly integrated to provide a well-balanced music curriculum. This guide explains how to teach both levels in a page-by-page format and includes teaching suggestions practice steps technique tips and music history tips. The guide also includes information on how to use the CD?s and additional supplementary materials. There is a ?Commonly Asked Questions? section as well as a section for parents called ?The Parent?s Corner.?The SucceedingAt The Piano - Preparatory/Grade 1 Teacher's Guide is a great resource on how to teach this innovative and creative new method!'A very enlightened approach which is certainly worth considering for very young pianists.' - European Piano Teacher?s Association Journal'The goal of my studio is to instill a life-long love of music and I choose methods that will help me attain that goal. SATP achieves this on several levels: the colorful graphics really appeal to students; the generous use of classical themes makes them feel that they are playing ?important music?; the short pieces are easily mastered with 100 percent accuracy within one week; students develop smart practice habits; and above all students develop a love for music.' - Gail Lew Clavier Companion

The second book in this series covers: key signatures and major scales (through 3 sharps and flats); key signatures and minor scales (through 1 sharp and flat); sixteenth notes and rests; triplets; tonic triads (through 3 sharps and flats); and more.

The solo pieces in this 36 page book offer sequential reinforcement of the notes beginning students are learning and introduce students to the concept of playing with expression and style. Students are encouraged to develop artistry as they play variations in dynamics tempo pedaling articulation and octave shifts. Large note heads and limited use of rests gives this book a clean look and 'easy' feel. Teachers can decide to use optional alternate fingering. Pieces are one or two pages in length and can be programmed for performance or evaluation.

Contents include: Prelude in Cool (Prelude in C); Swan Dance (Swan Lake); Springtime Boogie (Spring from the Four Seasons); Lula-blue (Brahm's Lullaby); Spinning Rock (Spinning Song); Senorita Elisa (Fur Elise); and a Joyful Ode (Ode to Joy).