Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Piano Course - Book 1 (Book and Dvd)

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Piano Course - Book 1 with Dvd 📚📀

Lesson * Theory * Technic

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for use with a piano 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, technic and additional repertoire in a convenient, "all-in-one" format.

This comprehensive course adds such features as isometric hand exercises, finger strengthening drills, and written assignments that reinforce each lesson's concepts. There is 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. The accompanying Dvd includes introductions to the lesson material in the book and performances of most of the pieces by well-known teacher, Gayle Kowalchyk. 

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. 160 pages. Authors: Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco

Song Titles Include:

Alouette

Alpine Melody

Amazing Grace

Au Claire de la Lune

Aunt Rhody

Auld Lang Syne

Aura Lee

The Bandleader

Beautiful Brown Eyes

Blow the Man Down!

Blues for Wynton Marsalis

Brother John

Café Vienna

The Can-Can

Chasing the Blues Away

Chiapanecas

Cockles and Mussels

The Cuckoo

Day Is Done

Dueling Harmonics

The Entertainer

A Friend Like You

Go Down, Moses

Good King Wenceslas

Good Morning to You!

Good People

Got Those Blues

Greensleeves

Happy Birthday to You!

Harmonica Rock

Harp Song

Here's a Happy Song!

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

I'm Gonna Lay My Burden Down

Jericho

Jingle Bells

Joy to the World!

Kum-ba-yah!

Largo (Dvorak)

Lavender's Blue

Lightly Row

Little Brown Jug

Liza Jane

London Bridge

Lone Star Waltz

Love Somebody

Lullaby

The Marine's Hymn

Mary Ann

Merrily We Roll Along

Mexican Hat Dance

Michael, Row the Boat Ashore

Money Can't Buy Everything

My Fifth

Ode to Joy

On Top of Old Smoky

O Sole Mio

Raisins and Almonds

Rock Along

Rockets

Rockin' Intervals

Rock It Away!

Scarborough Fair

Shoo, Fly, Shoo!

Skip to My Lou!

Standing in the Need of Prayer

The Stranger

Tisket, a Tasket

Waltzing Chords

Waltz Time

What Can I Share

When the Saints Go Marching In

Why Am I Blue?

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