By Willard A. Palmer Morton Manus and Amanda Vick Lethco. Lesson: A faster-paced, combined version of Levels 2 and 3. Perfect for students who are progressing rapidly through the Complete Level 1 Lesson Book and who wish to continue at the same accelerated pace. Sample Page Theory: Designed to coordinate page-by-page with the Complete Levels 2 & 3 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 Page 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. Sample Page Technic: The Technic Books provide reading and rhythm drills and exercises perfectly paced with each Lesson Book in "Alfreds Basic Piano Library" to improve musicianship and develop coordination of the hands. Sample Page Notespeller: Students needing to review and improve their note-naming and interval-naming skills will benefit greatly from these well-prepared Notespeller Books. Each book provides a variety of written activities that reinforce note reading concepts presented in the Lesson Books. Correlates page-by-page with the Lesson Books, but may also serve as an effective supplement to other piano methods. Fun: The Fun Books provide additional recital pieces designed for students who require more solo material and are particularly useful when two students are from the same family (Recital Book for one, Fun Book for the other). Sample Page Recital: The Recital Books congratulate students for a job well done by providing correlated repertoire to their Lesson Books that are based on concepts theyve already learned. As a result, the pieces are quickly mastered. Recital Book Complete Level 2 & 3 is for older beginners, and contains the best selections from Recital Books 2 and 3. Sample Page 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 a supplement to other method books. Contains: Air in D Major (Handel) * Alberti Etude (Duvernoy) * Allemande (Haydn) * Among the Leaves so Green-O (English Air) * The Beautiful Jasmine (Chinese Melody) * Blues Adagio (Amanda Vick Lethco) * Capriccio Allegro (Gossec) * The Cello (Spindler) * Distant Bells (Streabbog) * Dreams (Spindler) * Etude in A Minor (Kohler) * Etude in C (Czerny) * Etude in D Minor (Gurlitt) * Etude in Sixths (Czerny) * Folk Song (Bartok) * Follow the Leader (Gurlitt) * Friendly Conversation (Beyer) * Humming Song (Kabalevsky) * Hungarian Folk Dance (Bartok) * In Hot Pursuit (Palmer/Lethco) * Interlude (Bischoff) * March in C (Kohler) * Mechanical Toy (Godicke) * Miniature Suite No. 1 (Turk) * Miniature Suite No. 2 (Turk) * Minuet in D Major (Mozart) * Minuet in F Major (Mozart) * A Momentous Occasion (Palmer/Lethco) * Music Box (Gurlitt) * A New Irish Tune (Purcell) * Novelette (Hardy) * Prelude in G Major (Bach) * Quiet Falling Snow (Palmer/Lethco) * Russian Song (Anonymous) * A 16th Century March (Anonymous) * Song Without Words (Kohler) * Two Songs (Kabalevsky) * Variation on a Theme by Mozart (Mozart) * Waltz in A Minor (Dubois) * The Wild Rider (Schumann). Sample Page Popular Hits: Alfreds Basic Piano Library---Popular Hits answers the often expressed need for popular music to be used as supplementary music for students. Soon after beginning piano study, students can play attractive versions of the best-known melodies of today. This book is a compilation of Level 2 and Level 3 of Alfreds Basic Piano Library Popular Hits books, and correlates page-by-page with Lesson Book, Complete Levels 2 & 3 of Alfreds Basic Piano Library. Titles: All Night (Icona Pop) * Best Day of My Life (American Authors) * The Big Bang Theory (Main Title) * Colour My World (Chicago) * Dont Stop Believin (Journey) * Flicker (Kanye West Rework) * Hedwigs Theme (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone) * James Bond Theme * Maybe (from Annie) * Over the Rainbow (As sung by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoole) * Raiders March (from Raiders of the Lost Ark) * Run with the Herd (from Walt Disney Pictures The Good Dinosaur---A Pixar Film) * See You Again (from Furious 7) * Some Nights (fun.) * Star Wars® (Main Theme) * Take On the World (Theme from Girl Meets World) * What Do You Mean? (Justin Bieber) * When She Loved Me (from Walt Disneys Toy Story 2) * You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban) * Youre Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (from Annie---2014 Film Version) * Youve Got a Friend in Me (from Toy Story). Top Hits: Alfreds 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 Bare Necessities * Beauty and the Beast * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Cruella De Vil * The Grouch Song * I Just Cant Wait to Be King * Memory * My Favorite Things * My Heart Will Go On * Part of Your World * The Rainbow Connection * The Sound of Music * Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious * Tomorrow * What a Wonderful World * A Whole New World * Wont You Be My Neighbor? Sample Page Merry Christmas! Carefully graded carols are placed in order of difficulty within each book. Every carol has a duet part for the teacher or parent. May be used with any method. Titles: The First Noel * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * Jingle Bells * Joy to the World * O Christmas Tree * O Come, Little Children * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Pat-a-Pan * Silent Night * Ukrainian Bell Carol * Up on the Housetop * We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Sample Page Top Hits! Christmas: Carefully graded carols are placed in order of difficulty within each book. Every carol has a duet part for the teacher or parent. May be used with any method. Titles: The First Noel * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * Jingle Bells * Joy to the World * O Christmas Tree * O Come, Little Children * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Pat-a-Pan * Silent Night * Ukrainian Bell Carol * Up on the Housetop * We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Sample Page
