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The Piano Language

Part 4: Reading the Music Language Classics, Hanon, Scales, Arpeggios,

Harmonization, Theory Early Intermediate - Intermediate

Marsha Dynes, N.C.T.M.

Cover Art by Amber Seaman

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Contents & Skills

Folk Songs, Contemporary Pieces: 8 Animal’s March - Fingering Dynes 12 Diversion Dynes 13 Five-Four Jive Dynes 14 The Tailor and the Mouse 15 Shortnin’ Bread 19 Aura Lee 21 I Sing For Joy 37 Behold How Good and Pleasant 39 Light House Stermer 43 I Love You 69 The Ash Grove Technique: 3 Group 1 and 2 Major Chord Inversions 5 Group 3 Three-Octave Arpeggios 6 The Virtuoso Pianist No. 6 Hanon Group 3 and 4 Major Chord Inversions 10 Accuracy, Group 4 Three-Octave Arpeggios 16 The Virtuoso Pianist No. 7 Hanon 18 f-sharp, B, G-Flat, D-Flat Two-Octave Scales 28 The Virtuoso Pianist No. 8 Hanon 32 c-sharp, g-sharp, b-flat, e-flat Two-Octave Scales 40 The Virtuoso Pianist No. 9 Hanon Diminished 5-Finger Patterns and Chords 42 Augmented 5-Finger Patterns and Chords 46 A-Flat, f, E-Flat, c Two-Octave Scales 50 The Virtuoso Pianist No. 10 Hanon 54 Group 1 Four-Octave Arpeggios 60 The Virtuoso Pianist No. 11 Hanon 68 C, a, G, e Three-Octave Scales, Harmonic Minor 70 The Virtuoso Pianist No. 12 Hanon Harmonization: 16 Oom Pah Two 20 Harmonization: This is the Day 24 Harmonization: Amazing Grace 30 Harmonization: If You’re Happy 34 Eleven Bass Accompaniment Patterns 35 Harmonization: The Old Brass Wagon Harmonization: Sandy Land 41 Harmonization: All Things Bright and Beautiful 47 Harmonization: Send Judah First 52 Harmonization: Silesian Melody 56 Harmonization: Get on Board 58 Harmonization: All Night, All Day 62 Harmonization: La Raspe Musicality/Success: 2 The Four Motions of the Piano Language Classical Music Eras 22 Neuro-Muscular 24 Playing-Related Injuries and How to Avoid Them 41 Performance 54 Sight-singing, Sight-reading 58 Composition Eras and Dates 60 Baroque Articulation and Fingering 77 Music Dictionary 78 Manuscript Paper 79 Successful Practicing 80 Rules for Beautiful Music

Classics: 1 The Bear Rebikov 5 Both Ways (Échanges) Tansman 9 Fanfare Duncombe 11 Minuet L. Mozart 17 Scherzo Kabalevsky 23 Country Dance Haydn 25 Minuet Lully 27 Minuet W. Mozart 29 March - Fingering Clarke 31 Gypsy Dance Haydn 32 The Hobby-Horse Rider Gretchaninov 49 Russian Folk Song Beethoven 51 German Dance Beethoven 53 Rondino Rameau 55 Burleske L. Mozart 57 Minuet Bartók. 59 Écossaise Beethoven 61 Carnival Couperin 63 Playing Soldiers Rebikov 65 Musette Bach 67 March Shostakovich 71 The Merry Farmer Schumann 72 Sonatina Op. 39 No. 1, Allegro Lynes 74 Melody Schumann 76 The Dancing Bear Tansman Theory 2 Eight Fingering Rules Key Signature Rules Review 4 Melodic Dictation 7 Key Signatures: Rule of 7’s for Basic Alphabet Letters Wriggling In, Fingering Exercise Thacker 10 Missing Note Values 15 Counting 16th notes 20 Scales 24 Chords and Inversions 26 Key Signatures Simple Time Note Value Pyramid 28 Simple Time Rest Value Pyramid 30 Scales 34 Dotted Eighth, 16th 36 Circle of 5th’s, Major 3rd’s, minor 3rd’s 38 Four types of Triads 39 Eighth-16th –Eighth 42 Circle of 5th’s 43 Double-Dotted Notes 44 Chords of the Scale – Primary, Secondary 45 Scale Degree Titles 46 Cadences – Authentic, Plagal, Half 47 Primary Chords in Root Position 48 Key Signature Sharp – Flat Match, Major and Minor 50 Compound Time Note Value Pyramid 52 Compound Time Rest Value Pyramid 62 Four Types of Triads 64 Major and Minor Key Signatures 66 Harmonic Melodic Minor Scales 68 Four “E” Scales and g-sharp harmonic minor 70 Chromatic and Diatonic Seconds 75 Scales and Secondary Triads

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