Adult All-in-One Course: lesson, theory, solo. Level 3 (Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course)

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Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for use with an instructor for the beginning student looking for a truly complete piano course. It is a greatly expanded version of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course that will include lesson, theory, and technique in a convenient, "all-in-one" format. This comprehensive course features written assignments that reinforce each lesson's concepts, a smooth, logical progression between each lesson, a thorough explanation of chord theory and playing styles, and outstanding extra songs, including folk, classical, and contemporary selections. At the completion of this course, the student will have learned to play some of the most popular music ever written and will have gained a good understanding of basic musical concepts and styles. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. Contents Section 1: Old Key Signatures & Some New Concepts "Just for Fun"—A Super-Special Sorta Song! Review—The Key of C Major Calypso Rhumba Scale Degrees: Tonic, Dominant, Subdominant Writing the Dominant Writing the Subdominant Reviewing: The Circle of Fifths Review—The Key of A Minor Fandango More Scale Degrees: Mediant & Submediant Writing the Mediant Writing the Submediant Review—The Key of C Major & A Minor Modern Sounds Jazz Sequences More Scale Degrees: Supertonic & Leading Tone Writing the Supertonic & Leading Tone Reviewing the Scale Degrees Scale the Ladders! Alberti Bass Alberti Bass in 4/4 Time in C Major Serenade from String Quartet, Op. 3, No. 5 (Haydn) "Just for Fun"—The Grand Piano Band Review—The Key of F Major A Very Special Day The Diminished Seventh Chord A Classy Rag Writing Diminished Seventh Chords An Easy Way to Make ANY Diminished Seventh Chord Review—The Key of D Minor Prelude in D Minor (Clementi) Review—The Key of B-Flat Major The Star-Spangled Banner (Smith-Key) Reviewing Major & Minor Triads Make Up Your Mind! Review—The Key of G Minor Scene from the Ballet, "Swan Lake" (Tchaikovsky) Review—The Key of G Major Scheherazade Theme (Rimsky-Korsakov) Theme from "The Unfinished Symphony" (Schubert) Review—The Key of E Minor Spooky Story Review—The Key of D Major Steal Away Come Back to Sorrento (De Curtis) Arpeggios Magic Carpet Ride Review—The Key of B Minor In the Hall of the Mountan King (Grieg) Section 2: New Key Signatures & Concepts The A Major Scale An American Hymn (Lowry) Writing the A Major Scale The Primary Chords in A Major The Primary Chords in A Major—All Positions More Minors, Majors & Arpeggios Adagio in A Major (Morovsky) The Key of F-Sharp Blue Rondo Scales in F-Sharp Minor The Primary Chords in F-Sharp Minor The Primary Chords in F-Sharp Minor—All Positions "Just for Fun"—Just a "Good Old Tune" The E Major Scale Shenandoah Writing the E Major Scale The Primary Chords in E Major Laredo The Primary Chords in E Major—All Positions Completing the Circle of Fifths: The Sharp Key Signatures The Key of C-Sharp Minor Scales in C-Sharp Minor Jazz Ostinato in C-Sharp Minor The Primary Chords in C-Sharp Minor The Primary Chords in C-Sharp Minor—All Positions "Just for Fun"—The Tap Dancer The E-Flat Major Scale Soldier's Joy (Hornpipe) Writing the E-Flat Major Scale The Primary Chords in E-Flat Major The Toreador Song from "Carmen" (Bizet) Rock-a My Soul The Primary Chords in E-Flat Major—All Positions Prelude in E-Flat Major (Heller) The Key of C Minor Variations on a Sea Chanty Scales in C Minor The Primary Chords in C Minor Prelude in C Minor (Morovsky) The Primary Chords in C Minor—All Positions The A-Flat Major Scale Dry Bones Writing the A-Flat Major Scale The Primary Chords in A-Flat Major Country Songs the Primary Chords in A-Flat Major—All Positions Completing the Circle of Fifths: The Flat Key Signatures Reviewing: Ornaments (The long appoggiatura, the short appogiatura) The Mordent Waltz with Mordents The Trill Mozart's Trill Exercise King William's March (Clarke) Rondeau (Mouret) Section 3: Ambitious Selections Prelude in C Major from "The Well-Tempered Clavier," Vol. 1 (Bach) Trumpet Tune (Clarke) Thirty-Second Notes Toccato in D Minor (Bach) Für Elise (Beethoven) Prelude in A Major (Chopin) Sonata Quasi una Fantasia, "Moonlight Sonata," First Movement (Beethoven) Dictionary of Musical Terms Certificate