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Bastien® New TraditionsALL IN ONE P IANO COURSE
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New Bastien Method
Bastien® New Traditions All In One PIANO COURSEIt's the captivating and dynamic new method everyone is talking about! Designed for student achievement and success, it combines the successful, time-tested Bastien piano pedagogy with fresh teaching ideas and techniques. Stemming from years of experience with students of diverse abilities and interests, the Bastiens have devel-oped this engaging curriculum for today’s busy students. The All In One books include lesson, technic, theory, and performance pages, fully integrated for a streamlined, comprehensive, easy-to-use approach.
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How Does It Work?
Introduction to the entire piano keyboardExpanded note reading Full staff note reading
Scales and chord progressions
More scales and chord progressions
Minor scales & triads plus chord inversions
Introduction to note reading on the staff
Start! On-Staff Notation
More major scales & chord progressions
More major & minor scales & chord progressions
Pre-Staff NotationFor inexperienced students:
builds a solid foundationFor students who are ready
to read music notation WP452 Level 1A
WP456 Level 3A
WP453 Level 1B
WP457 Level 3BWP454 Level 2A WP458 Level 4AWP455 Level 2B WP459 Level 4B
WP450 Primer A WP451 Primer B
The remaining major scales & chord progressions
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Introduction To The Entire Piano Keyboard
Pre-Staff Notation:• Single-line black and white key pieces• Multiple hand placements, including Middle C, C 5-finger positions and more• Quarter, half, dotted half, and whole notes; quarter and half rests• 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures• p, mp, mf and f dynamics• Steps, skips, and repeats
Polar Bear Parade
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Circle the quarter notes red, half notes blue, and whole notes green.
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Moving Up and Down
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MIDDLE
Play:
• a low key. • a high key. • a key in the middle. • three high keys moving up. • three low keys moving down. • three low keys moving up. • three high keys moving down.
Moving Down
When you play keys moving down to the left, the sounds become lower.
Moving Up
When you play keys moving up to the right, the sounds become higher.
BINGO
ACCOMPANIMENT (Student plays one octave higher.)
English Folk Song
WP450
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MIDDLE
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Staff Notation:• Individual notes introduced one at a time beginning with Middle C• Multiple hand placements, including Middle C, C 5-finger positions and more• Quarter, half, dotted half, and whole notes; quarter and half rests• 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures• 2nds and 3rds intervals
Introduction To Note Reading On The Staff
Neighbor D
Space D
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ACCOMPANIMENT (Student plays one octave higher.)
Family Time
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Third Line D
3rd Line D
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New Note
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Expanded Note Reading
My New Scooter
WP452
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RH 1 begins on .LH 1 begins on .
A slur is a curved line over or under two or more different notes that are to be played legato (smooth and connected).
The slur is also used to show a musical thought called a phrase.
Lift your hand gently at the end of a slur or phrase.
Slur = Legato
Expanded Note Reading:• Harmonic and melodic intervals: 2nds, 3rds 4ths and 5ths• Slurs and ties• Legato and staccato• Accidentals (sharps and flats)• Hands together playing both as 2-note harmonies and note against note
Full Staff Note Reading:• Multiple hand placements, including C, G, and F 5-finger patterns• Expanded hands-together playing• Eighth notes and rests• pp and ff dynamics• Harmonized melodies with I and V7 chords
Under the Surf
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G 5-Finger Position
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Waltz of the Butterflies
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Note Review
A. Name the notes.B. Write the number of each note on the matching key below.
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Dance of the Swans
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Progress With Scales And Chords
Seahorse Waltz
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Scales and Chord Progressions:• C, G and F key signatures & scales• Primary chords in root position• 6ths and 7ths intervals• Harmonized melodies with I, IV and V7 chords
More Scales and Chord Progressions:• D, A & E key signatures & scales• Cadences• Major & minor triads• Overlapping pedaling• Harmonizing melodies• Ledger line notes
Interval Review
Write the interval name (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) in the blank, then write the letter names of the notes on the keyboard.
Write X’s on the white keys between the letter names.
B. Draw lines to match each interval to its name.
2nd
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6th
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Naming Root Position Chords
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Name these Major triads, then play them on the piano.
When a chord is stacked in intervals of 3rds, it is in root position and is called a triad. The bottom note names the triad.
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More Scales and Chord Progressions:• D, A & E key signatures & scales• Cadences• Major & minor triads• Overlapping pedaling• Harmonizing melodies• Ledger line notes
Continue The Fun With Triads, Inversions & More
(Cherry Blossom Song)Japanese Folk Song
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Minor Scales & Triads plus Chord Inversions:• A, E and D minor scales and cadences & cadences• Minor key signatures: A, E & D• 3/8 & 6/8 time signatures & triplets• Bass styles: boogie, broken chords, and waltzes• Binary and ternary forms
D , A , E Scales, Cadences & Key Signatures:• Sixteenth-note rhythms• Lead sheets introduction• Chromatic scale• Alberti bass• Intro to interval qualities
Kangaroo Dash
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Trace and name these key signatures.
Name the RH chords in this piece. Use capital letters for Major and lower case for minor.
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Carriage RideCarriage Ride is in ternary form (A-B-A). Label each section in the boxes.
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Alberti BassDomenico Alberti was a classical-era Italian composer whose works include keyboard sonatas. These sonatas frequently featured a particular broken-chord bass pattern. This pattern is still known today as Alberti bass.
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Finish Strong, Review Concepts
Easy Livin’Jane Smisor Bastien
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Write the counts. Clap and count the rhythms aloud.
*Con moto means to play “with motion.”
More Major Keys/Chords & Multi-Key Reading Focus:• B Major & C and G minor scales, cadences & key signatures• Cut time• Motif/Sequence(s)• Minor, augmented and diminished intervals• Dotted 16th note rhythm
B, G Scales, Cadences &Key Signatures:• Augmented and diminished triads• Dominant, major and minor 7th chords• An abundance of attractive repertoire
Festival of Lights
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Write the letter names on the keyboard toformtheBMajor5-fingerpattern.
Warm Up in B MajorPracticethisexercisehandsseparatelyatfirst.
The key of B Major will be formally introduced in Level 4B.
A Day in Dublin
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Syncopation means to stress or accent the weak beats (“off beats”). A long note placed on a weak beat in a rhythm pattern is one form of syncopation.
Clap and count this rhythm aloud.
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