Reading at the Piano - Book One
Eighth Notes in Two-Four Time
CONTENTS
Lesson 1: Eighth Notes.............................................................................................................. 1
Eighth Note Drills........................................................................................................................ 4
Drills Using Mixed Patterns.......................................................................................................... 6
Radetzky March.......................................................................................................................... 7
The Quarter Rest......................................................................................................................... 8
Mozart: Rondo from Divertimento No.1....................................................................................... 9
8va (octava).............................................................................................................................. 10
Beethoven: Allegretto from Symphony No.7............................................................................... 11
Bobby Shaftoe.......................................................................................................................... 12
Lesson 2: Key Signature - One Flat......................................................................................... 13
Beethoven: Ode to Joy from Symphony No.9............................................................................ 14
Early One Morning.................................................................................................................... 15
Sur le Pont d'Avignon................................................................................................................ 16
Au Clair de la Lune.................................................................................................................... 17
Lesson 3: D.S.al Fine............................................................................................................... 18
Long, Long Ago........................................................................................................................ 19
The Eighth Rest......................................................................................................................... 20
The French Weasel.................................................................................................................... 21
Morning Hymn.......................................................................................................................... 22
Lesson 4: Key Signature - One Sharp...................................................................................... 23
On the North Bridge................................................................................................................. 25
Comin' 'Round the Mountain..................................................................................................... 26
Grandfather's Clock.................................................................................................................. 27
True Love................................................................................................................................ 28
Lesson 5: New Eighth Note Patterns....................................................................................... 29
Drills........................................................................................................................................ 31
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen...................................................................................... 33
Mozart: Allegro from Divertimento No.1................................................................................... 34
Miss Rabbit.............................................................................................................................. 36
Lesson 6: Dear One................................................................................................................ 37
Stars and Stripes...................................................................................................................... 38
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot....................................................................................................... 40
Old Folks at Home................................................................................................................... 41
Lesson 7: Fox, You Have Stolen the Goose............................................................................ 42
The Joke.................................................................................................................................. 43
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny................................................................................................ 44
Lesson 8: Lightly Row............................................................................................................. 46
I Had a Little Nut Tree.............................................................................................................. 47
Blue Bells of Scotland............................................................................................................... 48
Snip and Shear......................................................................................................................... 50
Tchaikovsky: Russian Dance from the Nutcracker..................................................................... 51
Lesson 9: New Sign: The Slur................................................................................................. 52
Another New Sign (.) Staccato................................................................................................. 53
Blue Danube Waltz................................................................................................................... 54
Pony Song................................................................................................................................ 56
Waltz (A.Sullivan)..................................................................................................................... 57
Bach: Finale from Italian Concerto............................................................................................. 58
Reading at the Piano - Book Two
Eighth Notes in Three-Four Time
Contents
Lesson 1: Eighth Notes in Three-Four Time (Patterns, etc.)......................................................... 1
Home on the Range..................................................................................................................... 4
The Phrase.................................................................................................................................. 6
Glad Tidings................................................................................................................................ 7
The Ringlet.................................................................................................................................. 7
The Streets of Laredo.................................................................................................................. 8
Greensleeves............................................................................................................................... 9
Lesson 2: Santa Lucia.............................................................................................................. 10
Brahms: Lullaby......................................................................................................................... 11
America.................................................................................................................................... 12
Grandfather............................................................................................................................... 13
How I Miss My Valley.............................................................................................................. 14
Lesson 3: New Notes, Studies................................................................................................. 15
Rameau: Menuet en Rondeau.................................................................................................... 16
Studies...................................................................................................................................... 17
Mozart: Minuet.......................................................................................................................... 18
Brahms: Sunday......................................................................................................................... 19
Over the Waves........................................................................................................................ 20
My Bonnie................................................................................................................................ 21
Lesson 4: Home on the Range.................................................................................................. 22
Crusader's Hymn (Fairest Lord Jesus)........................................................................................ 24
Playing Two Voices With One Hand.......................................................................................... 25
Trumpet Minuet......................................................................................................................... 26
Mozart: Allegro from Divertimento No.6.................................................................................... 27
Miniature Rondo....................................................................................................................... 28
Reading at the Piano - Book Three
Eighth Notes in Four-Four Time
CONTENTS
Lesson 1: Eighth Notes in Four-Four Time (Patterns, etc.).......................................................... 1
Handel: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes.................................................................................... 3
Spring Song................................................................................................................................ 4
Als Ich Auf Meiner Bleiche.......................................................................................................... 5
Schubert: To Music..................................................................................................................... 6
Hymn: Coronation....................................................................................................................... 7
In My Merry Oldsmobile............................................................................................................. 8
Lesson 2: Dividing the Notes on One Staff Between Two Hands................................................ 9
Mozart: Sonata K.69 for Organ and Strings................................................................................ 11
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come............................................................................................. 12
Brahms: The Sleep Walker......................................................................................................... 13
Song of the Shepherd................................................................................................................. 14
The Ash Grove.......................................................................................................................... 15
Lesson 3: Schumann: Melody................................................................................................... 16
Bach: Prelude in D Minor for Organ, BWV 554......................................................................... 17
Meet Me in St. Louis................................................................................................................. 18
Sharps and Flats........................................................................................................................ 19
Brahms: Bitter Words................................................................................................................ 20
Beethoven: German Dance......................................................................................................... 21
Couperin: Le Petit Rien.............................................................................................................. 22
Lesson 4: Mozart: Andante from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik......................................................... 23
Lieutenant Hermann................................................................................................................... 24
The Marine Hymn...................................................................................................................... 25
Handel: Allegro from Flute Sonata No.1..................................................................................... 26
Purcell: Air................................................................................................................................ 28
Lesson 5: Brahms: Finale from Symphony No.1........................................................................ 29
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E Minor for Organ, BWV 555......................................................... 30
Haydn: Austrian Hymn............................................................................................................... 32
Brahms: Remembrance.............................................................................................................. 33
Lesson 6: Bach: Minuet (Anna Magdalena)............................................................................... 34
Sandman................................................................................................................................... 35
The Classical Minuet (explained)................................................................................................ 36
Mozart: Menueto from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.......................................................................... 37
Handel: Bourree from Flute Sonata No.2 in G............................................................................ 38
Lesson 7: Bach: Fugue from Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 557.................................... 39
Delibes: Waltz from Coppelia..................................................................................................... 40
Handel Gavotte from Flute Sonata in C....................................................................................... 42
Handel: Menuet.......................................................................................................................... 43
Bach: March (Anna Magdalena)................................................................................................. 44