CONTEMPORARY PIANO METHOD

MAIN FEATURES OF THE CONTEMPORARY PIANO METHOD

PRIMER

  • Intervals up to the Fifth (jump)
  • Transposition to different hand positions
  • Timing Diagrams
  • Harmonic Intervals
  • Creative Work
  • Original, plus well-known material Duet parts. Words to songs. Theory included on each page.
  • Dexter drawings

BOOK1

  • Intervals up to the Octave
  • Transposition to all Major keys All Major Keys
  • Timing Diagrams all basic time-sigs. plus 5/4, 5/8
  • All Major chords (Primary Triads)
  • Analysis & use of Primary Triads in all types of music
  • Beginning of improvisation on chords
  • Original, popular, blues and classical material
  • Contemporary Organ Method. This follows closely the first half of the material in Contemporary Piano Method 1

BOOK 2

  • Larger Recognisable units & groups of intervals
  • Transposition to Major and Minor Keys. All Major and Minor keys. Timing Diagrams, 7/4, 7/8 Popular dance rhythms
  • Maj, Min, Dim, Aug, Sus4 All triads in Maj and Min keys. All standard 4-note chords. Analysis & use of above triads
  • Guided improvisation on chord progressions
  • Original material plus music from most periods and styles

BOOKS 3 AND 4

  • Interval reading in C Clef
  • Transposition to C Clef
  • Modes, Unusual scales etc. Odd-Times, free time etc.
  • Extended chords and altered chords. Analysis and use of above
  • Polyphony 20th Century writing techniques. Improvisation using elements covered in the method
  • Original material, plus standard 'classical' and jazz works

TITLES AVAILABLE

Contemporary Piano Method - Junior Primer

Contemporary Piano Method 1A

Contemporary Piano Method 1B

Contemporary Piano Method 2A

Contemporary Piano Method 2B

Contemporary Piano Method 3

Contemporary Piano Method 4

Contemporary Piano Method - 12 Timely Pieces

Contemporary Piano Method - VHS

Pictorial Pattern Keyboard Scales & Chords

"I have enjoyed going through the volumes very much and find that they are well organised, they have excellent follow through, are extremely attractive and I believe almost any piano teacher could make excellent use of the materials. I congratulate you on bringing these volumes to completion"

Dr Maurice Hinson - Senior Professor of Music - Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kentucky USA

"I really enjoyed reading through them....I appreciate greatly the way you have included jazz and contemporary rhythms and reading material in varied keys. I like the way you have given an orientation to the black notes in the scales - that is similar to the way I refer to keyboard topography and 'scale paths' in my book"

Harold Danko B.M.E. jazz pianist and music educator ( USA) author of the Illustrated Keyboard Method.