For Today's Students . . . Tomorrow's Musicians
Creative Approach for Teaching Children, Teens and Adults
Promotes Note Reading Proficiency through
Ear, Eye and Finger Training
New Editions make Teaching Easier
- Useful Explanations and Directions
Facilitate Progress at Every Lesson
- Colored Arrows Highlight New Concepts
- Improved Music Dictionary and Reference Page
Quiz Page for Review
Music Appreciation Stories, Pictures and
Facts about Composers and Their Music
Variety of Musical Styles
including Many American Composers
Introduces Impressionistic and Modern Styles of Music
New Concepts at This Level:
- Vocal Song-Style Reading on 3 Staffs
- Choral 4-Part Reading
- Two-Part Invention
- Turn – Mordents – Tremolo
- Chromatic and Whole Tone Scales
- 32nd Notes – Soft Pedal
- Opera and Oratorio
Includes themes by: Brahms – Cadman – Cohan
Dennee – Drigo – Jessie Gaynor – Gillet – Haydn
Jacques-Dalcroze – Leschetizky – Meyerbeer
Moszkowski – Rimsky-Korsakov – Scarlatti
Cyril Scott – Strauss – Toselli – Verdi – Wilm
Contents:
Page:
3 - Polish Composer: World's Fair (Moszkowski)
4 - Program Music: French Poodle (John Schaum)
5 - Soft Pedal - Two Octaves Higher: Swiss Music Box
6 - Tarantella Form: Dancers of Taranto (Beaumont)
8 - Rapid Repeated Notes: Woodpecker's Waltz (Gillet)
9 - Martellato: Patio Polka (Strauss)
10/11 - Playing Two Notes with the Thumb: Neapolitan Serenade (Toselli)
12 - Chromatic Scale: Police Sirens At Night
13 - Left Hand Melody: Water Under the Bridge (Gaynor)
14/15 - Marching Rhythm: Jolly Coppersmith (Peter)
16/17 - Color In Music: Color It Blue (Waltz Medley):
Valse Bleue Alfred Margis – Valse Bluette R. Drigo
18 - Reading Vocal Music on 3 Staffs: 45 Minutes From Broadway (Cohan)
20/21 - Whole Tone Scale: Whole Tone Parody
22 - The Turn: U Turn Permitted Here
23 - Swiss Composer: Lake Lucerne (Jacques-Dalcroze)
24 - Tremolo: Legend of the Plains (Cadman)
26 - Opera: La Traviata (Verdi)
27 - Oratorio - Reading 4-Part Vocal Music: Creation (Haydn)
28 - 32nd Notes: Shadow Waltz (Meyerbeer)
30 - Melody and Accompaniment in Same Hand: Jasmine (Kussner)
31 - Arpeggios: Two Swans (Leschetizsky)
32 - Velocity Study: Carefree (Dennee)
34/35 - Russian Composer: Procession of the Nobles (Rimsky-Korsakov)
36 - Accenting Upper and Lower Notes: Riderless Horse
37 - Accenting Upper and Lower Notes in Same Hand: Intermezzo (Brahms, Op. 117 #1)
38 - Impressionistic Music: Green Hills (Cyril Scott)
40 - Two-Part Invention: Night and Day (Vincent)
41 - Mordents, Plain and Inverted: Harpsichord Dance Tune (Scarlatti)
42/43 - Recital Piece: Pursuit (Lasson)
44 - Rapid Staccato Notes: Control Tower (Wilm)
45 - Making Music Quiz
46 - Music Dictionary
47 - Certificate of Progress
This book is Level 5 (Upper Intermediate)
Additional books in this series:
Making Music Method, Primer Level (catalog #01-31)
Making Music Method, Level 1 (catalog #01-32)
Making Music Method, Level 2 (catalog #01-33)
Making Music Method, Level 3 (catalog #01-34)
Making Music Method, Level 4 (catalog #01-35)
Making Music Method, Level 6 (catalog #01-37)
Making Music Method, Level 7 (catalog #01-38)
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