Schaum Piano Course, H Book - Level 7

H – The GREY Book – Level 7

Revitalized Edition with New Music Engraving

• Practical Pedagogy – Appealing Music

• Easy-to-Teach – Gradual, Logical Progression

– Music Appreciation Stories
– Quiz Page Helps Organize Review

New Concepts at This Level:

• 4-Staff Reading – Analysis of the Fugue – Ossia
• Habanera – Rhapsody – Tone Clusters
• Repertoire by Brahms – Chabrier – Chaminade
  Delibes – Benjamin Godard – Rachmaninoff
  Joachim Raff – Schumann – Scriabin – Sibelius

Contents:
Page:
3/4 - Rhapsody form: Royal Rhapsody (Brahms, Op. 119 #4)
5/7 - Study in delicacy and lightness: Maids of Cadiz (Delibes)
8/11 - Reading four staffs: Russian Concerto (Rachmaninoff, Op. 18)
12/13 - Mood in music: Whims (Schumann, Op. 12 #4)
14/17 - Chromatic velocity study: The Wasp (Godard, Op. 88)
18/19 - Forearm tone clusters: Sea Legend (Schubert-Schaum)
20/22 - Chord study: Manhattan Meditation (Schaum)
23/25 - Fugue form: Fugue in Boogie Woogie (Bach-Schaum)
26/27 - Russian master composer: Revolutionary Prelude (Scriabin, Op. 11 #6)
28/31 - Habanera form: Havana Nights (Chabrier-Schaum)
32/34 - Two women composers: A Toast To the Ladies (waltzes by Chaminade and Carreno)
35/39 - Scandinavian master composer: Romance (Sibelius, Op. 24 #9)
40/41 - Explanation of "ossia": Song of the Spinning Wheel (Raff, Op. 157)
42/45 - Study in thirds and sixths: Chopiniana (transcription of Op. 64 #1, Chopin-Rosenthal)
46 - Schaum Piano Quiz
47 - Music Dictionary
48 - Certificate of Completion

Written and arranged by John W. Schaum
Published by Alfred Publishing
This Book is Level 7 (Upper Advanced)