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Pianolab : Introduction To Class Piano - With CD (6TH 08 Edition)

by Carolynn A. Lindeman

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Publisher Comments:

PIANOLAB offers a complete package for Class Piano under one cover-textbook and audio CD along with an 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.

Book News Annotation:

Lindeman (music, San Francisco State U.) provides a new edition of her text for class piano courses, along with an accompanying CD that contains 79 of the 200 pieces of music in the book. The textbook explains piano playing techniques for beginners, with an emphasis on learning to perform, including the basics, music reading, chords, harmonizing, and scales. Ensemble, folk, jazz, and pop pieces are presented alongside the classical repertoire. The new edition has an associated website. General, title, and classified indexes are included in the book. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

This is a complete package for Class Piano under one cover---textbook and audio CD. The engaging step-by-step approach to playing the piano will help you to understand how music works, and develop your keyboard skills-quickly.

About the Author

Carolynn A. Lindeman (B.M., Oberlin College, DMA, Stanford University) is Professor of Music Emerita at San Francisco State University and past president of MENC: The National Association for Music Education. Active as a speaker and clinician, she has given presentations throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe, Southeast Asia, Mexico, Israel, and South Africa. Dr. Lindeman is the author of The Piano Advantage: A Concise Introduction for Beginners (Thomson/Schirmer, 2006), coauthor of The Musical Classroom: Backgrounds, Models, and Skills for Elementary Teaching, 7th ed. and the compiler of Women Composers of Ragtime (a piano folio). She has published more than fifty articles in professional journals and served as series editor for sixteen publications (MENC, 19952003) related to implementing and assessing the National Standards for Music Education.

Table of Contents

1. Exploring the Piano. 2. An Introduction to Music Reading and the Major Five-Finger Pattern. 3. Interval Reading and Accompanying with Chord Roots. 4. Performing Dotted Notes, Upbeats, and Major Triads. 5. An Introduction to the Minor Five-Finger Pattern and Minor Triads. 6. Performing Major Scales and I and V7 Chords. 7. The Primary Chords and 12-Bar Blues. 8. Performing and Harmonizing with Primary Chords (Major Keys). 9. An Introduction to the Minor Scales and Primary Chords in Minor. 10. Other Scales, Modes, and Tonalities. Supplementary Music. Appendices. Indexes.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780495189749
Subtitle:
An Introduction to Class Piano [With CD]
Author:
Lindeman, Carolynn A.
Publisher:
Schirmer G Books
Subject:
General
Subject:
Musical Instruments - Piano
Subject:
Piano
Subject:
Instruction & Study - General
Subject:
General Music
Copyright:
Edition Number:
6
Publication Date:
January 2007
Binding:
Spiral
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
344
Dimensions:
10.90x8.90x.73 in. 1.79 lbs.

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