Making Music Method, Level 4 (01-35)

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

Includes Preparatory Drills ("Finger Workouts")

Two Music Quiz Pages for Review

Music Appreciation Stories, Pictures and
Facts about Composers and Their Music

Variety of Musical Styles
including Many American Composers

New Concepts at This Level:

• Harmonic Minor Scale
• Parallel Major and Minor
• 3/2 and 12/8 Time Signatures – Cut Time
• 3-Staff Reading – Theme and Variations
• White Key Sharps – Wrist Staccato
• Polyphonic and Monophonic Music
• Key of G-Flat Major
• Relative Major and Minor

  Includes Themes by: Bach – Beethoven – Chopin
  Cui – Dvorak – Handel – Victor Herbert
  MacDowell – Schumann – Sousa

Contents (29 Titles):
Page:
3/4 - Flash Cards (Key Signatures)
5 - American Rhythms: Syncopated Windshield Wipers
6/7 - Arpeggio Waltz: Driftwood
8 - March Rhythm: Safety Cadets
9 - Ludwig van Beethoven: Farmer's Market
10/11 - Three Staff Reading: Davey Jones' Locker (Petrie)
12 - Dutch Folk Dance: Tulip Festival
13 - Wrist Staccato: Dart Game
14 - Victor Herbert: In Old New York
15 - John Phillip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
16/17 - Recital Piece: Winter Carnival Waltz (Czibulka)
18 - Minor Scale Story
19 - Key of A Minor: Deserted Farm (MacDowell)
20 - Key of E Minor: Slavonic Dance (Dvorak)
21 - Key of G Minor: Meadowlands March
22 - Parallel Major and Minor: Masks
23 - Making Music Quiz #1
24/25 - Medley: Four Seasons Suite
26 - Famous U.S. Woman Composer: Wayside Picnic Table (Mrs. H.H.A. Beach)
27 - White Key Sharp: Juggler (Dussek)
28 - Monophonic Music: Merrily We Roll Along + London Bridge
29 - Polyphonic Music: Merrily We Roll Along + London Bridge
30 - Schumann and Gade: Northern Song (Schumann)
31 - Schumann and Gade: King's Hunting Song (Gade)
32/33 - Oriental Rhythm: Desert Patrol (Cui)
34 - Cut Time (2/2): Bavarian Peasant Dance (Bach)
35 - 3/2 Time: Hornpipe (Handel)
36/37 - Theme and Variations: Birthday Bouquet
38 - Key of G-flat Major: Black Key Mazurka (Herzog)
39 - 12/8 Time: Day Dreaming
40/41 - Cross Hand Etude: Whispering Winds
42 - Key of A-flat Major: Town Crier
43 - Relative Minor - Key of F Minor: Dusk (Chopin)
44 - Technical Waltz: Scattered Showers
45 - Making Music Quiz #2
46 - Music Dictionary
47 - Certificate of Progress

This book is Level 4 (Intermediate)