Containing repertoire for Level One (A and B) of the Contemporary
Piano Method, this book presents simple two part arrangements,
or chordal accompaniments for many well known pieces, ranging
from folk melodies to much loved classics through to the Twelve
Bar blues tunes and Margaret's new original piece 'Arabian
Rock'.
The arrangements and technical exercises (Dexter-Flexers) are
specially designed to allow the fingers of both hands to remain
on the keyboard so that the interval reading method can be fostered.
(Too many rests disturb the reading process for beginners, so
it is better for the reading process to use a legato touch which
allows students to feel their position on the keys). The tunes
also allow students to consolidate the direction concepts introduced
in the Junior Primer and Level One A of the method, and are
suitable for transposition.
This
newly revised edition of the book contains extra pages for easy
rhythm training, using the colour and clap graphics and the
Pictorial Patterns for the scales to aid in transposition to
all keys.
This
book may be used on its own or in conjunction with Book One
of the Contemporary Piano Method or the Contemporary Organ Method,
providing supplementary material in the key areas covered by
the Methods. The book provides both original reading and technical
material and arrangements of popular and Classical pieces. It
features the symbol for dexterity "Dexter the Koala' on each
page, plus proportional note-spacing and timing diagrams.
Dexter's
Easy Piano Pieces 
