Grier’s objectives for writing these pieces was to provide twelve concert-worthy pieces in a modern idiom; to have the student develop a basic aural and theoretical awareness of intervals, and for them to develop some basic techniques of analysis.
This 16 page handbook opens with an essay on the Art of Productive Practicing covering motivation, practice environment, expectations, the practicing space, scheduling, goal setting and teacher motivation.
This best-selling book by the nationally acclaimed pianist is a realistic program for conquering nervousness, sharpening concentration, and enhancing coordination.
This text gives the student, through many exercises, a solid foundation in scales, arpeggios, chords in every major key-all inversions, harmonization of folk tunes in both solos and ensembles, and creative composition drills.
The Bach Two Part Inventions in this collection were chosen in order to present a mini course in learning Baroque two-voiced contrapuntal style using a series of graded Inventions.
The purpose of this edition is to present a growth pattern in the study of sonatinas which picks up where the Learners Level Sonatinas stopped and culminates in the full sonata form found in the Intermediate Level in the Piano Curriculum Chart.