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
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Original material, plus standard 'classical' and jazz
works
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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 |