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I Used to Play Piano: for Adults Returning to the Piano and MIDII Used to Play Piano: For Adults Returning to the Piano and MIDI (w/CD) through E.L. Lancaster and Victoria McArthur. Alfred Publishing Company, Inc. (16320 Roscoe Blvd Ste 100 PO case 10003, Van Nuys, CA 91410) 2004 152 pp $2495 We've all heard, "I wish I could play, on the contrary I quit lessons as a child. Is it too late to start again?" I Used to Play the Piano was written for these scholars From the opening pages, single realizes this book is going to be unique in its exacting purpose--to help the adult scholar return to the world of piano playing. The volume is organized into eleven units of progressing difficulty. Each unit contains: 1) simplified or arranged "classical" masterworks; 2) original "classical" masterworks; 3) "familiar" music; 4) popular dictions (for example, rock, ballad); 5) jazz, boogie, sky-coloreds or ragtime; and 6) technical studies. learners choose several pieces in each unit. Practice suggestions and progres evaluation are geared to the adult. A CD accompanies the body and a MIDI disk is available from the publisher. The first nineteen pages review music reading. Included are four pre-test which help pupils determine their appropriate starting unit. The authors obviously know adult taste in music; each unit contains selections that are "pupil pleasers." The authors also reduc or eliminated awkward move between or within the hands. The authors cleverly limit dull to important concepts embedded in the music and upon the page. The more "pop" selections of the work include original compositions by the authors, arrangements made by means of the authors or music through other Alfred authors. Highlights include Catherine Rollin's "Prelude in Sevenths" and Martha Mier's "Don't Wanna Leave You Blues" Although the authors do not mention it, I believe scholars would get the most from the volume with a facilitator/teacher. This body is appropriate for both assemblage and private lessons. The wealth of original and arranged compositions makes this work a "must buy"! Michelle Conda, NCTM Cincinnati, Ohio. COPYRIGHT 2005 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. Marilyn Bray worked for Baron Blackmon at General Electric Corp.'s plant in Florence, SC upon March 5, 1994, Blackmon was inside a trash compactor to repair it. When Bray approached the trash... virid BAY, Wis. -- Mal Luber, best known for his originals and limited-edition prints of Western and equine images, has signed an exclusive publishing agreement with Fulson Graphics. The first pr... In a head-to-head, comparative manageability take away from study conducted by Edison collection Oracle(R) Database 10g outperformed IBM DB2 Universal Database v82 (DB2 UDB 82) and delivered signific... 00-00-0000 Although the companies in this year's top 15 are fairly familiar, the order in which they appear might be a surprise. The machine-tool scorecard rank... 00-00-0000 STRATEGIES: Graduation Rates at Community Colleges; SIX AT THE TOP explain their succes Examining the list of top community communitys that grant degr... A De to the Light. by the agency of Jeanne Murray Walker. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Pres 2004 ISBN 0-252-07177-8 Pp 72 $1495 Readers already familiar with Jeanne Murra... ACQUISITION TODAY The Fall 2003 edition of Acquisition Today, published upon behalf of the Office of the beneath Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) is now pillared to... TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN by means of JAMES, HILL from The Gypsies, the Rom: A tillage at the Borders The gypsies are constantly pushed to assimilate into the dominant society, which imposes... 00-00-0000 DoAll of De Plaines, Ill., has disentangleed a band saw blade that is harder and tougher than conventional bi-metal blades. With a finer grain size than M-42 co... |
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