Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 2: Learn How to Play Piano with Lessons, Theory, and Solos

Willard A. Palmer · Morton Manus · Amanda Vick Lethco

May 2005 · Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Book 2 · Alfred Music

About this eBook

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for use with an 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 includes lesson, theory, technic, and additional repertoire in a convenient, "all-in-one" format. This comprehensive course features written assignments that reinforce each lesson's concepts, 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. 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.

Titles:
*Alexander's Ragtime Band
*Arkansas Traveler
*Ballin' the Jack
*The Battle Hymn of the Republic
*Black Forest Polka
*Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair
*Bourlesq
*Brahms Lullaby
*Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin"
*Calypso Carnival
*Canon in D (Pachelbel)
*Chorale
*Circus March
*Danny Boy
*Dark Eyes
*Deep River
*Divertimento in D
*Down in the Valley
*Etude (Chopin)
* Farewell to Thee (Aloha Oe)
*Fascination
*Festive Dance
*For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
*Frankie and Johnnie
*Guantanamera
*Hava Nagila
*He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
*The Hokey-Pokey
*The House of the Rising Sun
*Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
*Introduction and Dance
*La Bamba
*La Donna E Mobile
*La Raspa
*Light and Blue
*Loch Lomond
*Lonesome Road
*Love's Greeting
*The Magic Piper
*The Marriage of Figaro
*Mexican Hat Dance
*Morning Has Broken
*Musetta's Waltz
*Night Song
*Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
*Olympic Procession
*Overture from "Raymond"
*Plaisir D'Amour
*Polyvetsian Dances
*Pomp and Circumstance No. 1
*The Riddle
*Rock-a My Soul
*Sakura
*Scherzo
*Solace
*Space Shuttle Blues
*The Streets of Laredo
*Swingin' Sevenths
*Tarantella
*Theme from Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)
*Village Dance
*Waltz in G Minor
*Waves of the Danube
*When Johnny Comes Marching Home
*You're in My Heart

Ratings and reviews

It would be a great idea if the publishers would provide video or audio examples for the music instrument methods they provide. Please do so. We will be waiting for those, because the audio or video example are a great supplement for the learning experience. MUSIC TEACHER

The book looks great--a gradual introduction to piano for adults--but why did they put the odd pages on the left? For pieces spread across multiple pages, the page breaks are all in the wrong places. The electronic copy of book 1 was correct, but they messed up books 2 and 3.

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