The
Contemporary Piano Method is recommended reference material
for the AMEB's Contemporary Popular Syllabus
'Blues
for Bill' is set as a Grade Two list piece for the ANZCA Modern
Pianoforte examinations.
The
overall objective of the material in Book 1A and 1B is to
enable the student to play within the five-finger hand position
over the range of four octaves, with extensions to the intervals
of sixth, seventh and octave, in all major keys, using note-values
from the whole note to the sixteenth note.
BOOK
1A: keys - C, G, D, A, E
BOOK
1B: keys - F, B, Bflat, Eflat, Aflat, Dflat, Fsharp/Gflat
Book
1B continues the topics from STAGE 6:
Applying the pre-learned block and broken chords to the pieces.
- this process required analysis of the musical figures and
leads to reading larger unit as a whole:
a) five-finger pattern
b) scale figures
c) chord figures, both block and broken
STAGE
7:
Additional Skills
1) Chord-chart reading
2) Improvising
3) Adding a left-hand accompaniment to a melody line using
close chords
4) Adding a left-hand accompaniment to a melody line using
stride bass
5) Syncopation
6) Music in odd times 5/4 and 5/8
The
Contemporary Piano Method Book 1B