Schaum Piano Course, F Book - Level 6

F – The BROWN Book – Level 6

Revitalized Edition with New Music Engraving

• Practical Pedagogy – Appealing Music

• Easy-to-Teach – Gradual, Logical Progression

– Music Appreciation stories
– Leger Line Drills – Time Signature Drills
– Quiz Page Helps Organize Review

New Concepts at This Level:

• Double dot – D.S. al Fine
• Double Sharp – Double Flat – 9/8 Meter
• 2-Against-3 Rhythm – Stem Up/Down

Contents:
Page:
3 - Sight reading drills: Key signatures --
Leger lines -- Time signatures
4/5 - Slavonic folk rhythm: Clog Dance (Dvorak, Op. 46 #1)
6 - Painting and music: Great Gates of Kiev (Moussorgsky)
7 - Chopin etude: With Love In My Heart (Op. 10 #3)
8/9 - Ethelbert Nevin and American music: Water Carnival
10 - Melody and accompaniment in same hand (stems down/up): Men and Mice
11 - Melody and accompaniment in same hand (stems up/down): Mice and Men
12/13 - Accenting first note of each beat: Surfboarding (Lichner)
14/15 - Octave study: Clicking Clock (Kullak)
16 - Learning to compose by imitation: Moszkowski's Serenade
17 - Moszkowski's influence on Victor Herbert: Herbert's Serenade
18/19 - A finger twister: Feather In the Breeze (Bohm, Op. 221)
20/21 - Theme from "Les Preludes" by Liszt: Black Water In the Moonlight
22 - Staccato etude: Perpetual Commotion (Rubinstein)
23 - Theme from "Pathetique" symphony: Lonely Dreams (Tchaikowsky)
24/25 - Double dot: Dancing Doll (waltzes by Poldini and Oesten)
26/27 - 9/8 meter: At Daybreak (Godard, Op. 83)
28 - Schumann's first opus: Theme on the Name "Abegg"
29 - Rubato playing: Minuet (Bolzoni)
30/31 - Study in style: Old English Court Dance (Handel)
32/33 - Quintuplet note groups: Gypsy Violins (Schaum)
34 - Rubinstein as a teacher: Waltz
35 - Josef Hofmann as a pupil: Waltz, Op. 53
36/37 - Clarity and phrasing: Border Patrol (Heller)
38/39 - Double sharp: Scherzo from "Midsummer Night's Dream" (Mendelssohn)
40 - Double flat: Spinning Spokes (Lavellee)
41 - How to play 2 against 3: Your Eyes Are Stars (Mendelssohn)
42/43 - Edward MacDowell and American music: The Witch Hazel Stick (Op. 32 #3)
44/45 - Recital piece: Rink Queen (Durand)
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 6 (Early Advanced)