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A complete package for Class Piano under one cover?textbook and audio CD, plus a free Instructor's Resource Guide available on the book Web site. Written specifically for students in a group or class setting, this text offers an engaging step-by-step approach to playing the piano. Designed to help the student understand how music works, PIANOLAB develops keyboard skills?quickly.

Preface

iii

Note to Students

Introduction

(232)

The Piano

(4)

H... MORE

(2)

Acoustic Pianos

(1)

Electronic Keyboards

(2)

Elements of Music: Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, and Form

(1)

Summary

(1)

Chapter One

(12)

Position at the Keyboard

(1)

Playing Position

(1)

Hand Position

(2)

Finger Numbers

(1)

Exploring the Keyboard

(1)

Names of the White Keys

(3)

Keyboard Landmarks

(1)

Keyboard Practice---White Keys

(1)

Keyboard Practice---Finger Numbers

(1)

Playing the White Keys

(1)

Sharps and Flats

(1)

Names of the Black Keys

(3)

Keyboard Practice---Black Keys

(1)

Keyboard Practice---Sharps and Flats

(1)

Improvisation---Black Keys

(2)

Composing Projects

(2)

Descriptive Miniature

(1)

Black-Key Piece

(1)

Indeterminacy

(1)

Doodling (Johnson)

(1)

Chapter Evaluation

(1)

Chapter Two

(24)

Whole Steps and Half Steps

(1)

Major Five-Finger Pattern

(3)

Playing the C Major Five-Finger Pattern

(1)

Major Five-Finger Exercise

(2)

Playing Major Five-Finger Patterns

(1)

Notes and Rests

(2)

Beams

(1)

Relative Note Durations

(1)

Beat and Meter

(4)

Meter Signatures

(1)

Frequently Used Meter Signatures (Simple Meter)

(1)

Bar Lines

(1)

Rhythm Exercise 1: Duple and Quadruple Meters

(1)

Performing Melodies

(1)

Rhythm Exercise 2: Two-Part Rhythms

(1)

Treble and Bass Clef Notation

(4)

Pitch-Reading Exercise

(3)

Key Signatures

(3)

Performing Melodies (Treble and Bass Clefs)

(3)

Composing Project

(1)

Black-Key Melody

(1)

Ensemble Playing

(1)

Repertoire

(2)

Unison Melody (Bartok)

(1)

Etude No. 12 (Beyer)

(1)

Etude No. 13 (Beyer)

(1)

Technique Exercises

(2)

Exercise 1: Legato Touch

(1)

Exercise 2: Independent Finger Action

(1)

Chapter Evaluation

(3)

Chapter Three

(20)

Interval Reading

(3)

Intervals in the Major Five-Finger Pattern

(1)

Interval Exercises

(1)

Major Five-Finger Interval Exercise

(1)

Performing Melodies---Interval Reading

(1)

Transposition

(3)

Transposition Practice

(1)

Guidelines For Transposition

(1)

Rhythm

(2)

Rhythm Exercise 1: Duple and Quadruple Meters

(1)

Rhythm Exercise 2: Two-Part Rhythms

(1)

Harmony

(1)

Chords

(3)

Chord Symbols

(1)

Performing Melodies with Chord-Root Accompaniment

(1)

Guidelines For Performing Chord-Root Accompaniments

(1)

Performing Chord Roots from Staff Notation

(1)

Composing Project

(1)

Major Five-Finger Melody

(1)

Ensemble Playing

(1)

Repertoire

(1)

Op. 117, No.5 (Gurlitt)

(1)

Swing Tune (Olson)

(1)

Technique Exercises

(3)

Exercise 1: Contrary Motion

(1)

Exercise 2: Independent Hands and Hand Coordination

(1)

Exercise 3: Intervals (Major Five-Finger Pattern)

(1)

Exercise 4: Register Change

(1)

Chapter Evaluation

(4)

Chapter Four

(22)

Rhythm

(1)

Dotted Notes and Rests

(4)

Rhythm Exercise 1: Dotted Notes

(1)

Performing Melodies with Dotted Notes

(2)

Upbeats

(4)

Rhythm Exercise 2: Upbeat, Triple Meter

(1)

Rhythm Exercise 3: Coordinated Rhythms (2 hands)

(1)

Performing Melodies with Upbeats

(2)

Harmony

(1)

Triads

(2)

Major Triad

(1)

Performing Major Triads in Block-Chord Form

(1)

Block-Chord Exercise: Major Triad

(1)

Performing Major Triads in Arpeggio Form

(1)

Arpeggio Exercise: Major Triad

(1)

Tonic Chord (Major)

(3)

Tonic Chord and Major Five-Finger Pattern

(1)

Performing Melodies with Tonic Chord Accompaniments

(2)

Form

(1)

Phrases

(1)

Parallel Phrases

(1)

Contrasting Phrases

(1)

Composing Project

(1)

Parallel and Contrasting-Phrase Melodies

(1)

Guidelines For Composing A Parallel Phrase

(1)

Guidelines For Composing A Contrasting Phrase

(1)

Ensemble Playing

(1)

Repertoire

(2)

Memorizing

(1)

Guidelines For Memorizing Pieces

(1)

Melody, Op. 39, No. 1 (Kabalevsky)

(1)

Allegro (Turk)

(1)

3 White-Note Clusters (Finney)

(1)

Technique Exercises

(2)

Exercise 1: Independent Hands and Hand Coordination

(1)

Exercise 2: Hand-Position Shift

(2)

Chapter Evaluation

(2)

Chapter Five

(18)

Melody

(1)

Minor Five-Finger Pattern

(2)

Playing the Minor Five-Finger Pattern

(1)

Minor Five-Finger Register Exercise

(1)

Comparing Major and Minor Five-Finger Patterns

(1)

Playing Major and Minor Patterns

(1)

Intervals

(3)

Intervals in the Minor Five-Finger Pattern

(1)

Interval Exercises

(1)

Minor Five-Finger Interval Exercise

(1)

Performing Minor Melodies

(1)

Harmony

(1)

Major and Minor Triads

(2)

Performing Major and Minor Triads

(1)

Major and Minor Triad Exercise

(1)

Minor Triad

(1)

Performing Minor Triads in Block-Chord Form

(1)

Block-Chord Exercise: Minor Triad

(1)

Performing Minor Triads in Arpeggio Form

(1)

Arpeggio Exercise: Minor Triad

(1)

Tonic Chord (Minor)

(2)

Tonic Chord and Minor Five-Finger Pattern

(1)

Performing Melodies with Minor Triad Accompaniment

(2)

Rhythm

(1)

Rhythm Exercise: 24 34 44, Ties

(1)

Composing Project

(1)

Minor-Triad Composition

(1)

Ensemble Playing

(1)

Repertoire

(1)

A Quiet Exchange (Van de Vate)

(1)

Canon (Kunz)

(1)

Technique Exercises

(3)

Exercise 1: Contrary Motion

(1)

Exercise 2: Intervals (Minor Five-Finger Pattern)

(1)

Exercise 3: Consecutive Thirds

(1)

Exercise 4: Parallel Motion

100

(1)

Exercise 5: Extension Fingering

100

(1)

Chapter Evaluation

101

(2)

Chapter Six

103

(24)

Melody

103

(1)

Introduction to Scales

103

(2)

The Major Scale

103

(1)

Performing the C Major Scale

104

(1)

Identification of Scale Tones

105

(1)

Scale Degrees

105

(1)

Syllable Names

105

(1)

Major Key Signatures

106

(4)

Placement of Sharps and Flats

106

(1)

Guidelines For Determining The Tonic Or Major Key

107

(1)

Circle of Fifths (Major Keys)

107

(2)

Identifying Major Keys

109

(1)

Guidelines For Identifying Major Keys

109

(1)

Intervals

110

(1)

Intervals in Major Scale

110

(1)

Interval Exercises

110

(1)

Major Scale Interval Exercise

110

(1)

Major Scale Fingering

111

(3)

Performing Major Scales

111

(1)

Thumb-Under Exercise in Major

111

(1)

Performing Major Scale Melodies

112

(2)

Harmony

114

(1)

Tonic and Dominant Chords

114

(5)

Authentic Cadence

114

(1)

Dominant Seventh Chord

115

(1)

I and V7 Chords in Selected Major Keys

116

(1)

Performing I-V7 Chords

117

(1)

I-V7 Exercise

117

(2)

Composing Project

119

(1)

I and V7 Melody

119

(1)

Ensemble Playing

119

(1)

Repertoire

120

(2)

March (Turk)

120

(1)

Study for Two (Gurlitt)

120

(1)

A Duet (Bartok)

121

(1)

Technique Exercises

122

(1)

Exercise 1: Thumb-Under

122

(1)

Staccato Touch

122

(1)

Exercise 2: Staccato Touch

122

(1)

Exercise 3: Intervals (Major Scale)

123

(1)

Chapter Evaluation

123

(4)

Chapter Seven

127

(20)

Harmony

127

(1)

Primary Chords

127

(2)

Plagal Cadence

128

(1)

Performing Primary Chords

128

(1)

Block-Chord Exercise: I-IV-V

129

(1)

Twelve-Bar Blues Progression

129

(5)

Performing Blues Compositions

131

(3)

Rhythm

134

(1)

Syncopation

134

(3)

Rhythm Exercise: Syncopation

135

(1)

Performing Syncopated Melodies

135

(2)

Form

137

(1)

Sectional Form

137

(2)

A B (Binary) Form

137

(1)

A B A (Ternary) Form

138

(1)

Composing Project

139

(1)

Blues Piece

139

(1)

Ensemble Playing

139

(1)

Repertoire

139

(3)

Morning Song (Bartok)

140

(1)

Up or Out (Van de Vate)

140

(1)

Chimes (Olson)

141

(1)

Russian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 (Beethoven)

142

(1)

Technique Exercises

142

(2)

Exercise 1: Independent Hands and Hand Coordination

142

(1)

Pedaling

143

(1)

Exercise 2: Legato Pedaling

143

(1)

Exercise 3: Drop/Lift

144

(1)

Chapter Evaluation

144

(3)

Chapter Eight

147

(30)

Harmony

147

(1)

Seventh Chord

147

(3)

Performing Major-Minor Seventh Chords

147

(3)

Chord Inversions

150

(1)

Chord Inversions with Figured Bass

150

(1)

Chord Inversions for Keyboard Playing

151

(1)

I and IV64 Chords

151

(2)

I and IV64 Chords in Selected Major Keys

152

(1)

Performing I-IV64 Chords

152

(1)

I-IV64 Exercise

152

(1)

Nonchord Tones

153

(2)

Identifying Nonchord Tones

154

(1)

I and V65 Chords

155

(2)

I and V65 Chords in Selected Major Keys

156

(1)

Performing I-V65 Chords

156

(1)

I, IV65, and V65 Chords in Selected Major Keys

157

(6)

Performing I-IV64-V65 Chords

159

(1)

I--IV64-V65 Exercise

160

(1)

Arpeggio Exercise: I-IV64-V65

160

(3)

Harmonization

163

(3)

Guidelines For Harmonizing Melodies

163

(1)

Harmonizing Melodies

164

(2)

Rhythm

166

(1)

Compound Meters

166

(3)

Selected Meter Signatures (Compound Meter)

166

(1)

Rhythm Exercise: Compound Meter

166

(1)

Performing Pieces in Compound Duple Meter

167

(2)

Composing Project

169

(1)

Two-Phrase Melody

169

(1)

Ensemble Playing

169

(1)

Repertoire

170

(2)

Melody (Diabelli)

170

(1)

Promenade (Bielawa)

170

(1)

Saturday Smile (Olson)

171

(1)

A Little Dance, Op. 39, No. 9 (Kabalevsky)

172

(1)

Technique Exercises

172

(2)

Exercise 1: Contrary Motion and Arpeggio

172

(1)

Exercise 2: Extension Fingering

173

(1)

Exercise 3: Broken Chord (Alberti Bass)

174

(1)

Chapter Evaluation

174

(3)

Chapter Nine

177

(32)

Melody

177

(1)

The Minor Scales

177

(1)

Natural Minor Scale

178

(2)

Performing the Natural Minor Scale

178

(1)

Natural Minor Scale Fingering

179

(1)

Performing the Natural Minor Scale

179

(1)

Thumb-Under Exercise in Minor

179

(1)

Minor Key Signatures

180

(2)

Relative Major and Minor Key Signatures

180

(1)

Guidelines For Determining The Tonic Or Minor Key

180

(1)

The Circle of Fifths (Minor Keys)

180

(2)

Harmonic Minor Scale

182

(1)

Performing the A Harmonic Minor Scale

182

(1)

Harmonic Minor Scale Fingering

183

(1)

Performing the Harmonic Minor Scale

183

(1)

Melodic Minor Scale

183

(1)

Melodic Minor Scale Fingering

184

(1)

Performing the A Melodic Minor Scale

184

(1)

Identification of Scale Tones

184

(1)

Scale Degrees

184

(1)

Syllable Names

185

(1)

Identifying Minor Keys

185

(2)

Guidelines For Identifying Minor Keys

185

(2)

Harmony

187

(1)

Primary Chords in Minor

187

(8)

i, IV64, and V65 Chords in Selected Minor Keys

187

(2)

Performing i-IV64-V65

189

(1)

i-IV64-V65 Exercise

190

(1)

Arpeggio Exercise: i-IV64-V65

191

(1)

Chording with i and V65

191

(1)

Chording with i-IV64-and V65

192

(1)

Harmonizations with i, iv, and V7 Chords

193

(1)

Chording with i and V65

193

(1)

Chording with i-IV64-V65

194

(1)

Relative Majors and Minors

195

(1)

Parallel Majors and Minors

196

(1)

Form

197

(1)

Theme and Variations

197

(4)

12 Variations on ``Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman,'' K. 265 (W. A. Mozart)

197

(4)

Rhythm Exercise: 24 34 44

201

(1)

Rhythm

201

(1)

Composing Project

202

(1)

Theme and Variations

202

(1)

Ensemble Playing

202

(1)

Repertoire

202

(2)

Round Dance (Bartok)

203

(1)

Op. 39, No. 4 (Kabalevsky)

203

(1)

Minuet (L. Mozart)

204

(1)

Technique Exercises

204

(3)

Exercise 1: Extension Fingering and Interval Study

204

(1)

Exercise 2: Contraction Fingering

205

(1)

Exercise 3: Technical Study

206

(1)

Exercise 4: Independent Use of Fingers

206

(1)

Chapter Evaluation

207

(2)

Chapter Ten

209

(24)

Melody

209

(1)

Pentatonic Scales

209

(2)

Performing Pentatonic Melodies

210

(1)

Modes

211

(3)

Modes and Scales

212

(1)

Performing the Modes

213

(1)

The Whole-Tone Scale

214

(2)

Performing Whole-Tone Scales

214

(2)

The Blues Scale

216

(1)

Performing the Blues Scale

216

(1)

Bitonality

217

(1)

Performing Bitonal Music

217

(1)

Atonality

218

(2)

Tone Rows

212

(7)

Performing Tone Rows

219

(1)

Rhythm

220

(1)

Shifting Meter

220

(2)

Rhythm Exercise: Shifting Meter

220

(1)

Performing Shifting Meter

221

(1)

Asymmetric Meter

222

(1)

Performing Asymmetric Meters

222

(1)

Composing Project

223

(1)

Twelve-Tone Row Composition

223

(1)

Ensemble Playing

224

(1)

Repertoire

224

(2)

Joy (Gurlitt)

224

(1)

Op. 39, No. 8 (Kabalevsky)

225

(1)

Etude No. 9 (Biggs)

225

(1)

Minuet (L. Mozart)

226

(1)

Technique Exercises

226

(3)

Exercise 1: Extension Fingering

226

(1)

Exercise 2: Changing Fingers

227

(1)

Exercise 3: Independent Use of Fingers

228

(1)

Exercise 4: Legato or Syncopated Pedaling

228

(1)

Chapter Evaluation

229

(4)

Supplementary Music

233

(68)

Supplementary Classical Piano Literature

233

(20)

Folk Song (Bartok)

233

(1)

Little Rondo (Turk)

234

(1)

Bagatelle (Diabelli)

235

(1)

Minuet in G, K. 1 (W. A. Mozart)

235

(1)

Minuet (C. P. E. Bach)

236

(1)

Schwaebisch (J. C. F. Bach)

236

(1)

Growing (Diemer)

237

(1)

Minuet (Rameau)

238

(1)

March (Shostakovich)

239

(1)

German Dance, No. 2 (Haydn)

240

(1)

Statement (Persichetti)

240

(1)

Bourree (L. Mozart)

241

(1)

Fur Elise (Excerpt) (Beethoven)

242

(1)

Minuet in F, K. 2 (W. A. Mozart)

243

(1)

Op. 39, No. 5 (Kabalevsky)

243

(1)

Minuet in G (J. S. Bach)

244

(1)

Theme from 6 Variations (Beethoven)

245

(1)

Pastorale (Bielawa)

246

(1)

Stuckchen (Schumann)

247

(1)

Minuet (W. F. Bach)

248

(1)

III (Bartok)

248

(1)

Prologue (Persichetti)

249

(1)

Mazurka No. 3 (Szymanowska)

250

(1)

Shifting Shadows (Van de Vate)

250

(2)

Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4 (Chopin)

252

(1)

Supplementary Blues, Boogie, and Ragtime

253

(5)

No Name Blues (McGlone)

253

(1)

Blue, Blue, Blue (Zlatunich)

254

(1)

Walkin' Boogie

254

(1)

Slow-Walkin' Guy (Caramia)

255

(1)

The Entertainer (Joplin)

256

(2)

Supplementary Songs with Accompaniments

258

(7)

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (African-American Spiritual)

258

(1)

Kang Ding Ching Ge (Chinese Folk Song)

258

(1)

Silent Night (Mohr & Gruber)

259

(1)

Sinkiang Folk Dance (Chinese Folk Dance)

259

(1)

Auld Lang Syne (Scottish Folk Song)

260

(1)

Give My Regards to Broadway (Cohan)

261

(1)

We Shall Overcome (American Freedom Melody)

262

(1)

America, the Beautiful (Bates & Ward)

262

(1)

Morning Has Broken (Gaelic Melody)

263

(1)

America (Smith & Carey)

263

(1)

Memory from Cats (Excerpt) (Webber)

264

(1)

Supplementary Songs (Melodies Only)

265

(5)

Hey Lidee (American Folk Song)

265

(1)

Saturday Night (South African Folk Song)

265

(1)

Joy to the World (Watts & Handel)

266

(1)

St. James Infirmary (American Folk Song)

266

(1)

Worried Man Blues (American Folk Song)

267

(1)

John B. (Caribbean Folk Song)

267

(1)

De colores (Traditional Mexican Song)

268

(1)

Aura Lee (American Folk Song)

269

(1)

Ensemble Music

270

(31)

Recreation I (Sartorio)

270

(2)

Clothespin Boogie (Evans)

272

(2)

Recreation II (Sartorio)

274

(2)

J'ai du bon Tabac (French Folk Song)

276

(1)

Love Somebody (American Folk Song)

276

(2)

Duet Exercise 32 (Beyer)

278

(2)

Waltz (Berens)

280

(2)

Duet Exercise 42 (Beyer)

282

(2)

It's Natural to Have a Flat (Evans)

284

(2)

Etude, Op. 82, No. 10 and No. 11 (Gurlitt)

286

(1)

Come, Follow (Hilton)

287

(1)

Hello! Ma' Baby (Howard & Emerson)

288

(2)

Blue Jeans (Evans)

290

(2)

Study (from Op. 823) (Czerny)

292

(1)

Scherzo from Melodious Pieces (Diabelli)

292

(2)

Shalom, Chaverim (Israeli Round)

294

(1)

Zum Gali Gali (Israeli Folk Melody)

294

(2)

Every Night When the Sun Goes In (American Folk Song)

296

(2)

Calico Rag (Alexander)

298

(3)

Appendixes

301

(40)

Appendix A: Musical Terms and Signs

301

(3)

Dynamic Terms and Signs

301

(1)

Common Tempo Terms

301

(1)

Additional Terms and Signs

301

(3)

Appendix B: Treble and Bass Clef Notation/Octave Identifications

304

(1)

Appendix C: Circle of Fifths (Major and Minor Keys)

305

(1)

Appendix D: Major Scales

306

(3)

Appendix E: Minor Scales

309

(4)

Appendix F: Intervals and Chords

313

(2)

Intervals

313

(1)

Triads

313

(1)

Seventh Chords

314

(1)

Appendix G: Selected Primary Chords

315

(2)

Appendix H: Accompaniment Patterns

317

(4)

Appendix I: Chords and Chord Symbols (Lead Sheet Notation)

321

(3)

Appendix J: Timeline of Western Art Music and History

324

(2)

Appendix K: Timeline of Selected Keyboard Composers and Keyboard Instruments

326

(4)

Appendix L: Biographical Sketches of PianoLab Composers

330

(3)

Glossary

333

(6)

Classified Indexes

339

(2)

Solo Classical Piano Literature (alphabetized by composer)

339

(1)

Blues, Boogie, and Ragtime

339

(2)

Ensemble Pieces

341

Technique Exercises

340

(1)

Composing Projects

340

(1)

Index of Titles

341

(2)

Subject Index

343

Carolynn A. Lindeman (D.M.A., Stanford University) is Professor of Music at San Francisco State University.

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