Level Four Textbook: The Mayron Cole Piano Method - Softcover

Cole, Mayron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1981952071 ISBN 13: 9781981952076

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

The Level 4 Textbook is for graduates of The Mayron Cole Piano Method Level 3 and builds directly on the knowledge from Levels 1, 2, and 3. Concepts covered in Level 4 include simultaneously playing triads with both hands; chord inversions; 6/8 and 12/8 compound rhythm; hand crossovers; inner and outer ledger notes; 1st and 2nd endings; descending harmonic minor scale; major scale pattern; the seven flats and the seven sharps in order; scale analysis; key signatures; melodic and harmonic intervals; root chords and inversions; dotted eighth/sixteenth rhythms; boogie form; different types of accent marks; compositional form; the history of common time; pattern, sequence, phrase, and motive; "turtle-ing"; break sign; The Circle of Fifths; and Mayron's Memory Helper Hand for Sharp Scales and Flat Scales. Ten of the compositions in Level 4 are classics by Beethoven, W. Mozart, L. Mozart, Couperin, Baumfelder, Rebikoff, J.S. Bach, and LeCouppey. Each classic was specifically chosen to teach Level 4 concepts, and music history essays compliment the classics.The Level 4 Textbook is paperback-bound with color covers and spine, contains 30 lessons, 214 pages, 15 original solos, 13 classical solos, a six-piano ensemble, 123 corresponding theory sheets& music history lessons, major and harmonic minorscales & cadences, glossary of musical terms, and 147 original drawings. This book is also available on FreePianoMethod.com website as a free pdf download; please visit FreePianoMethod.com for free orchestrated accompaniments to the compositions in this book. Amazon does not allow returns, but before you order you can preview each lesson of the book on FreePianoMethod.com. Original copyright 1980; current edition copyrighted 2018. (Level 4 is exactly the same material as the previously printed Level 4A and Level 4B of The Mayron Cole Piano Method.)Graduates of Level 4 will progress to Level 5 of The Mayron Cole Piano Method.

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About the Author

In 1969, I fulfilled a lifelong dream and created The Mayron Cole Piano Studio in the living room of my home. From the beginning, I was not pleased with the then available piano methods. There was too much focus on reading fingering numbers and too little emphasis on teaching rhythm counting and note reading. Concepts were presented too fast with practically no reinforcement in later lessons. My students were floundering. That’s when I decided to write the piano method that I’d always envisioned. I theorized that playing the piano involves three basic steps: The first step is a thorough understanding of playing and counting rhythm. The second step is exploring and understanding the keyboard. The third, and most difficult of the three steps, is staff note reading. All of my piano teaching material follows these three basic steps of learning. I then began placing some students with the same piano playing abilities in small groups and teaching all of them at the same time. Surprisingly, the group piano classes created an unexpected surge in enthusiasm and lesson preparation by the students. And, I could easily see that the group taught students were becoming stronger musicians than my few remaining privately taught students. Their rhythm counting and sight-reading skills were superior in every way! I wasn’t aware of it at the time, but those first group piano students were also testing all of the music for the thousands of students who would eventually study from my books. Since 1985, I have been publishing my piano method and selling it to piano teachers, schools, and students worldwide.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1981952071
• ISBN 13: 9781981952076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 229
• Editor: Cole Colleen