Schaum Piano Course, E Book - Level 5

E – The VIOLET Book – Level 5

Revitalized Edition with New Music Engraving

• Exceptional Music and Practical Pedagogy

• Easy-to-Teach – Gradual, Logical Progression

Time-Tested Middle-C Approach to Note Reading

– Music Appreciation Stories
– Rhythm Drills – Music Dictionary
– Quiz Page Helps Organize Review

New Concepts at This Level:

• Glissando – Mordent – Page Turning
• Staccatissimo – Tenuto – Tremolo
• Vocal Accompaniment – Whole Tone Sounds

Contents:
Page:
3 - Sight reading drills: Rhythm patterns
4/5 - Finger staccato study: The Globe Trotter (Gautier)
6 - Chime effects: The Angelus Bell (from "Finlandia" by Sibelius)
7 - Scale passages: Deer at Winter Feeding Place (from "Sonatina in F" by Beethoven)
8/9 - Rural dance form: Barnyard Jamboree (Baumfelder, Op. 208 #5)
10 - Melody playing: Summer Moon (Fibich, Op. 41 #14)
11 - Finger dexterity: The Chase (Lichner)
12/13 - Tremolo: 1812 Overture (excerpt from Tchaikowsky)
14 - Left hand rotation: Log Rolling Contest (Koelling, Op. 147 #3)
15 - Whole tone harmony: Stratosphere Man (Schaum)
16/17 - Norwegian composer: Starlight Over Norway (adapted from Grieg, Op. 54 #5)
18 - Sentiment in music: I Love Thee (Grieg)
19 - Gypsy rhythm: Camp of the Gypsies (Behr, Op. 424 #3)
20/21 - Glissando: Sliding On a Rainbow (Walsh)
22 - Legato melody with staccato accompaniment: Wild Horse Canyon (Concone)
23 - Mordent (plain and inverted): Gavotte (Gluck)
24/25 - Pep rally march: The Track Meet (Josef Wagner)
26 - Opera theme: The Bullfighters' March from "Carmen" (Bizet)
27 - Oratorio theme: The Shepherd and His Sheep from "The Messiah" (Handel)
28 - Arpeggio study using thumb under: Up the Airy Mountain (Streabbog)
29 - Staccatissimo touch: Pappy's Polka (Strauss)
30/31 - Musical emotion: Purple Sunset from "Consolation" (Liszt)
32 - Waltz as an art form: Crystal Ballroom (Chopin)
33 - Tenuto: The Postage Stamp (Czerny)
34/35 - Soft pedal: Magic Carpet of Dreams adapted from "Reverie" (Debussy)
36 - Barcarolle form: Theme from Oberon (Weber)
37 - Velocity study: Thirty Seconds to Go (Koelling, Op. 147 #1)
38/39 - Reading a vocal accompaniment on 3 staffs: Merry Widow Waltz (Lehar)
40 - Passing left hand over right hand: Pass the Sugar, Please
41/42 - How to turn a page of music: News Flashes (Behr, Op. 303)
43 - Alternating finger study: Crazy Quilt (Schaum)
44/45 - Depicting nature in music: Fingal's Cave from orchestral tone poem (Mendelssohn)
46 - Schaum Piano Quiz
47 - Music Dictionary
48 - Certificate of Promotion

Written and arranged by John W. Schaum
Published by Alfred Publishing
This Book is Level 5 (Upper Intermediate)