Continuing with her series, Melody has written fun pieces that teach and reinforce a variety of concepts in a variety of keys and styles. You can look inside the book here. There are jazz and blues influences, toccata-type pieces, smooth showy pieces, spooky pieces. They're all here.
Students breaking out of the "my hands belong here" idea may find this book challenging because there are several 8va jumps, as well as moving to a new "position." These books have been great to stretch my students, because though they like to comfort of staying in a position they know, they genuinely like these pieces. This book has pushed them to try new things.
Many of these songs have a a repetitive form, such as ABA, which I find greatly helpful. Students become less overwhelmed by "black dot shock" if they recognize similar sections. Also, none of these songs is longer than 2 pages, which is also helpful in reducing stress.
Titles Include: (links will take you to a youTube video of the piece. Not my students or videos.)
The Camel's Tale - poor video quality, but you can hear the song
Cool Walkin'
Dinosaur's Journey
Fiesta Rag
A Jazzy Tune
Jugglers
Mysterious Rider
Mystery at Midnight
Rainbow Falls - this song starts at 0:47 of this video
Sunset Serenade -this young pianist is a bit enthusiastic with her fortes, but hopefully you get the idea of the piece.
Video Game Master - first of two songs in this video.
In this book, you will find these concepts:
Time Signatures: 4/4, 3/4, 6/8
Key Signatures: F major, C major, c minor, d minor, G major, g minor,
Full range of dynamics, sfz
Technique: melodic and harmonic intervals up to a fifth, 3 note chords, hand over hand chords,
Concepts: slur, accidentals, notes and rests up to eighth notes, accents, ties, staccato, 8va, D.S. al Coda, grace notes, pedaling, D.C. al Coda, fermata,
This book is available from Sheet Music Plus for $6.95.
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