Contemporary Class Piano

by Elyse Mach

Overview

Known for its richly diversified styles of repertoire and ensemble pieces and its abundance of creative materials, Contemporary Class Piano, Ninth Edition, includes the widest-ranging repertoire of solo and ensemble pieces available in any beginning piano text. Elyse Mach presents an abundant solo and ensemble repertoire-which includes classical pieces and folk, jazz, dance, and blues tunes-providing ample opportunities for students to improvise, transpose, harmonize, and compose accompaniments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190078294
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/10/2023
Edition description:	9th ed.
Pages:	752
Sales rank:	304,373
Product dimensions:	10.92(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

Elyse Mach is Distinguished Professor of Music Emerita at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.

Table of Contents

Unit 1: Keyboard Basics
Unit 2: Intervals and Playing Melodies in Other Positions
Unit 3: More Five-Finger Patterns and the Drone Bass
Unit 4: Playing in Different Registers
Unit 5: Key Signatures
Unit 6: Major and Minor Triads
Unit 7: The Dominant Seventh Chord
Unit 8: The Subdominant Chords and Changing Five-Finger Positions
Unit 9: Major Scales and Easy Pieces with Block-Chord Accompaniments
Unit 10: Easy Pieces Using Various Accompaniment Patterns
Unit 11: Intervals Within the Scale and Chord Inversions of Triads and Seventh Chords
Unit 12: Minor Scales
Unit 13: Secondary Chords (ii, iii, and vi)
Unit 14: Modes and Scale Forms
Unit 15: Tonality and Atonality: Exploring Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Music Styles
Unit 16: Twenty-Five Piano Classics
Unit 17: Supplementary Melodies to Harmonize
Appendix A: Score Reading
Appendix B: Vocal and Instrumental Accompaniments
Appendix C: Major and Harmonic Minor Scales and Arpeggios
Appendix D: Three Patriotic Song Arrangements
Appendix E: Performance Terms and Symbols

Editorial Reviews

"This text is a comprehensive resource for beginning class piano. The diverse repertoire and extensive supplementary materials assist teachers in tailoring instruction to meet diverse student needs, and in facilitating creative and innovative musical expression." -Heather Waters, Adelphi University

"This textbook is very comprehensive and easy to use. It is great for class piano as a text that covers all students need to learn in the course, adaptable for all levels, and easy to use for students in varying levels even in the same class, as the text covers all the fundamental keyboard skills." -Quynh Nguyen, Hunter College

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