Texts

Please purchase the appropriate text by the 1st class: Monday, Sept. 11

• PCL 101-102: Keyboard Musicianship Book 1, 8th ed. (Lyke, Caramia; Stipes Pub.)
• PCL 103-104: Keyboard Musicianship Book 2, 8th ed. (Lyke, Caramia; Stipes Pub.)
• PCL 105-106: no text

This is the eighth edition. It provides the first year adult pianist in group instruction with the necessary unified musical materials to develop into a well-rounded keyboard musician. This allows the musician to read well, play in many keys, harmonize folk and popular melodies, play by ear, improvise, compose, and notate music with skill. The book is organized in a sequential manner to enable skills and understanding to unfold in a logical manner.

The eighth edition follows a basic plan in each chapter. As new musical elements are introduced they are reinforced by a variety of keyboard activities. Evaluation of progress is assisted with suggested quiz topics that appear at the end of each chapter.

The text's eight chapters and appendices reflect a typical first year college secondary piano curriculum for music majors who are not pianists. Most often the first four chapters are covered in the first semester and the second four in the second semester.

This edition includes a play along CD containing both audio tracks and embedded Standard Midi Files. The tracks have been digitally recorded by coauthor Dr. Geoffrey Haydon.

Keyboard Musicianship: Group Piano for Adults, Book Two by James Lyke, Tony Caramia, Reid Alexander, and Geoffrey Haydon, 2004.
ISBN 1-58874-332-2; (CD included)

Keyboard Musicianship: Piano For Adults, Book Two provides a comprehensive set of materials for college music majors who are enrolled in second year piano courses. It integrates the study of repertoire and technic with practical piano skills such as sight reading, transposing, harmonizing both folk and popular melodies, playing useful chord patterns, analyzing musical structures, and improvising.

The eight chapters start with examples and a review of traditional and jazz harmony, then move quickly into new elements that are introduced through a variety of musical activities. Technical work is woven throughout the various chapters and suggested quiz topics appear at the end of each chapter.

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