The Intermediate Pianist Book 2
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An in termediate-level piano ourse incorporating repertoire, technique and musicianship.
Book 2 is suitable for approximately Grade 4 level and covers styles such as ragtime and Baroque dance suites, and looks at transposition, 5/8 time and intervals.
Difficulty guide: 4
Difficulty level, roughly compared to ABRSM exam grades. 0 is total beginner, 9 is advanced (beyond grade 8).
Contents
- Getting started
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Style
- 1 Introducing ragtime
- Repertoire: The Entertainer (Joplin)
- Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin)
- Chromatic and flat-key scales
- 2 Exploring the polka
- Repertoire: Pistachio Polka, Polka (Glinka)
- Quick learn: Peasant’s Song, Melodie, Variations on a Folk Tune
- Transposition
- 3 Story-telling in music
- Quick learn: A Spooky Situation, Wondrous Wizard
- Recital piece: Grandma Tells a Ghost Story (Kullak)
- 4 Ballads and nocturnes
- Quick learn: Study
- Repertoire: Upon Reflection
- Sharp-key scales and simple and compound time
- 5 Playing reggae
- Quick learn: Go for It!
- Repertoire: QI Theme (Duet) (Goodall)
- Intervals
- 6 Getting to know gospel
- Quick learn: Grace
- Repertoire: Gospel Medley (Duet)
- Recital piece: Sonatina in C major (Clementi)
- 7 Waltz and 54 time
- Quick learn: Lively Five
- Quick learn: Waltz (Schubert)
- 8 Baroque dance suites
- Repertoire: Allemande (Beethoven)
- Courante (Kirchhoff)
- Sarabande (Handel)
- Jigg (Sheeles)
- Recital piece: Round ‘O’ (Purcell)
- 9 Playing pop piano
- Repertoire: Highway to Home
- 10 Concert pieces
- Quick learn: Daphne
- Recital piece: Gavotte (Handel)
- Recital piece: Menuett in F (Mozart)
- Recital piece: Old French Song (Tchaikovsky)
- Quick learn: Where Have You Been, Little Lamb? (Bartók)
- Recital piece: Tambourin (de Gambarini)
Item Details
Instrumentation
- Part 1: Piano
Publisher: Faber Music
Publisher's reference: 0571540023
Part of the PianoTrainer series
Our Stock Code: 1406641
Media Type: Paperback (55 pages [score])