This piano course has been specifically written to help students progress through the tricky intermediate stages of learning the piano. Through carefully chosen repertoire, quick studies, key technical information, and musicianship activities, students will develop the skills that they require. Note-reading will be improved, technique developed, and a greater understanding of style and music theory will be gained. The Intermediate Pianist, Book 2 is suitable for Grade 4 level pianists and forms part of the Piano Trainer series.
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Beyond its attractive presentation and great selection of pieces, The Intermediate Pianist is a fresh and ground-breaking approach which is full of brilliant musical ideas. It is sure to enable pianists to play with greater understanding and engagement, and comes very highly recommended. Andrew Eales, pianodao.com, July 2017
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Winner of Best Print Resource at the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence 2018.
Getting started; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Style; 1 Introducing ragtime;
Repertoire: The Entertainer (Joplin); Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin); Chromatic and
flat-key scales; 2 Exploring the polka; Repertoire: Pistachio Polka, Polka
(Glinka); Quick learn: Peasant's Song, Melodie, Variations on a Folk Tune;
Transposition; 3 Story-telling in music; Quick learn: A Spooky Situation,
Wondrous Wizard; Recital piece: Grandma Tells a Ghost Story (Kullak); 4
Ballads and nocturnes; Quick learn: Study; Repertoire: Upon Reflection;
Sharp-key scales and simple and compound time; 5 Playing reggae; Quick learn:
Go for It!; Repertoire: QI Theme (Duet) (Goodall); Intervals; 6 Getting to
know gospel; Quick learn: Grace; Repertoire: Gospel Medley (Duet); Recital
piece: Sonatina in C major (Clementi); 7 Waltz and 54 time; Quick learn:
Lively Five; Quick learn: Waltz (Schubert); 8 Baroque dance suites;
Repertoire: Allemande (Beethoven); Courante (Kirchhoff); Sarabande (Handel);
Jigg (Sheeles); Recital piece: Round `O' (Purcell); 9 Playing pop piano;
Repertoire: Highway to Home; 10 Concert pieces; Quick learn: Daphne; Recital
piece: Gavotte (Handel); Recital piece: Menuett in F (Mozart); Recital piece:
Old French Song (Tchaikovsky); Quick learn: Where Have You Been, Little Lamb?
(Bartok); Recital piece: Tambourin (de Gambarini)
