Lesson: This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book 5 concepts include the ornaments: long appoggiatura, short appoggiatura, trill and mordent; plus arpeggios; the A Major scale; and the keys of B minor and C minor. Also introduces the playing of minuets, sonatinas, preludes and arias.For reinforcement of each principle as it is introduced, supplementary material is carefully coordinated, page for page, at each level of instruction. Coordinating supplemental books for Level 5 include: Classic Themes * Ear Training * Merry Christmas * Recital * Repertoire * Theory and Top Hits! Solo. Songs include: An American Hymn (Lowry) * Aria from "The Marriage of Figaro" (Mozart) * Bagatelle (Diabelli) * Ballade (Burgmuller) * Brazilian Holiday * Loch Lomond * Magic Carpet Ride * A Miniature Overture * Minuet (Bohm) * Prelude in C Major (Bach) * Prelude in C Minor (Morovsky) * Rondeau (Mouret) * Scene from "Swan Lake" (Tchaikovsky) * Sonata in the Style of Scarlatti * Sonatina on Three French Folk Tunes * Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 1, 1st Mvmt. (Clementi) * Spanish Dance * The Tailors Song * Theme (Corelli) * Variations on a Sea Chanty * A Very Special Day (Palmer). Sample Score Theory: Designed to coordinate page-by-page with the Lesson Books. Contains enjoyable games and quizzes that reinforce the principles presented in the Lesson Books. Students can increase their musical understanding while they are away from the keyboard. Sample Score Popular Hits: Alfreds Basic Piano Library: Popular Hits, Level 5 offers Broadway, pop, and movie music arrangements to be used as supplementary pieces for students. Soon after beginning piano study, students can play attractive versions of favorite classics, as well as the best-known popular music of today. This book is correlated page by page with Alfreds Basic Piano Library: Lesson Book 5. When pieces from the Popular Hits book are assigned in conjunction with the material in the Lesson Book, new concepts are reinforced in a fun and motivating way, increasing the students interest in piano study. Titles: Batman Returns (from Batman Returns) * City of Stars (from La La Land) * Dear Theodosia (from the Broadway musical Hamilton) * Dont Stop Believin (Journey) * Evermore (from Walt Disneys Beauty and the Beast) * Everywhere You Look (Theme from Full House) * The Jetsons (Main Theme) * One Call Away (Charlie Puth) * Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon) * Wonder Womans Wrath (from Wonder Woman). Sample Score Recital: The Recital Books congratulate students for a job well done by providing correlated repertoire to their Lesson Books that are based on concepts they've already learned. As a result, the pieces are quickly mastered. Recital Book Level 5 contains many original pieces of standard literature, including Beethoven's Sonatina in G, Chopin's Prelude in A Major, and originals by Kohler, Gurlitt and Clementi. Repertoire: The Repertoire Books contain attractive compositions from the 17th century to the present. The pieces have been organized in progressive order and meet the requirements of many piano festivals, auditions and competitions. The books may also be used as sight reading material or as a supplement to other method books. Titles: Allemande (Beethoven) * Autumn Song (Kabalevsky) * Bourree (L. Mozart) * Etude in D Minor (Gasparini) * Gaillarde (Anon.) * Gypsy Dance (Haydn) * Landler (Haydn) * March (A.M.B. Notebook) * Mazurka in A Major (Traditional Polish Dance) * Minuet in F Major (Mozart) * Musette from "English Suite" (Bach) * Pageantry (Turk) * Pastorale (Burgmuller) * Polonaise (A.M.B. Notebook) * Prelude in B Minor (Morovsky) * Prelude in C Minor (Clementi) * Prelude in E-flat major (Heller) * Sarabande (Kuhnau) * Sonatina in Two Movements (Hook) * Swabian Dance (Kirnberger) * Trumpet Tune (Clarke). Ear Training: The Ear Training Books reinforce each concept presented in the Lesson Books and specifically focus on the training and development of the ear. Rhythmic, melodic and intervallic concepts are drilled throughout each book and each page is designed to be completed using approximately five minutes of the lesson time. Top Hits! Solo: Alfred's Top Hits series has overwhelmingly been accepted by students and teachers. This series combines just the right combination of hits from Broadway, Hollywood, television and recordings! As you might expect from Alfred, this series offers a rare combination of great music arranged with care and creativity. Your beginning and intermediate students can savor the excitement of playing pop music and reap the benefits from making practicing more fun and rewarding. Titles: The Brady Bunch * Getting to Know You * I Love Lucy * The Odd Couple * Reflection * She Loves You * Sing * Summer Nights * Till There Was You * A Time for Us * The Way We Were * Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again * Y.M.C.A. Classic Themes: These volumes contain easy-to-play arrangements of great classical melodies. The arrangements allow the music to be introduced to younger students. While designed to correlate with Alfred's Basic Piano Library, Classic Themes may be used with any piano method or instruction course. Titles: Angel's Serenade (Braga) * Annen Polka (Strauss) * Aria from "Don Giovanni" (Mozart) * Drinking Song from "La Traviata" (Verdi) * Estudiantina (Waldteufel) * Forsaken (Koschat) * Gypsy Dance from "Carmen" (Bizet) * June Barcarolle (Tchaikovsky) * The Last Rose of Summer (Moore) * Lesson 2 (Hook) * Love's Greeting (Elgar) * Mirror Dance from "Faust" (Gounod) * Piano Concerto No. 2, Opening Themes (Rachmaninoff) * Piano Concerto No. 21, Theme (Mozart) * Prelude, Op. 28 No. 20 (Chopin) * Tambourin (Rameau) * To a Wild Rose (MacDowell) * Toreador Song from "Carmen" (Bizet). Merry Christmas! Sonatinas: Carefully graded carols arranged in sonata allegro form. Titles: O Thou Joyful Day * Sleep, Little Jesus * We Are Going to the Stable * There's a Song in the Air * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * Angels We Have Heard on High * Carol of the Bagpipers.
