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Popular Pieces for Piano

Notasium — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:31:17 +0000

Easy to play popular pieces for piano and other instruments.

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Note-Making for Piano

Notasium — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 19:26:13 +0000

Designed for Music Beginners
Note-Making! for Piano is a music book first and a piano book second! Students who complete this book will drastically improve their ability to HEAR and distinguish musical sounds, which is the most important aspect of playing and learning music! The skills acquired from this method book will give students a strong musical foundation that will prepare them for future musical success on any instrument, not just piano! Music beginners, especially those aged 10 and under, will find this book fun, engaging, and challenging.

Music is a Language — this book teaches it like one!
Other beginner piano methods focus primarily on reading music, but that is counterintuitive to how humans initially learn a language. When children first learn their native tongue, they naturally learn how to speak it before learning how to read it. Likewise, music beginners should focus on learning how to hear and imitate the SOUNDS of music before learning how to read music. The melodies and exercises in this book were chosen to help students build a musical vocabulary quickly and naturally.

Introducing the Note-Friends™
The colorful and engaging Note-Friend™ stickers allow young beginners to focus on PLAYING music first and foremost, while subtly preparing them with the skills needed to become successful music readers in the near future. The stickers are a lot like training wheels for a bike – once the student can move comfortably through the material without them, they can be removed. NOTE: Older beginners will initially find the Note-Friends™ helpful to quickly learn where the notes are on the keyboard and will most likely move past the front section of this book quickly as well.

Everything Music Beginners Need in ONE BOOK!
A lot of beginner piano methods require separate books for songs, technique exercises, theory work, and sight-reading material. For many young beginners, this is too many concepts to learn and retain. Note-Making! for Piano introduces and extensively reinforces the essential musical concepts a beginner needs in a practical, concise, and colorful manner.

Builds a Positive Relationship with Making (and Practicing) Music
Rather than measuring progress with a “one and done” approach for each piece, this book offers multiple goals for its songs and exercises. This empowers students to challenge themselves further and enjoy continued success with songs they have already learned. It also provides a guideline for students and their parents to create sustainable, efficient, and positive practice habits at home.

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Faber – Level 3A – Sightreading Book

Notasium — Tue, 19 May 2020 04:13:46 +0000

This Level 3A Sightreading book uses material taught in the Level 3A Lesson Book to improve the students ability to sightread and increase the pace. The pieces in this book include carefully crafted variations of 3A Lesson Book pieces to help students gain confidence with the familiar and experience challenge in perceiving the new.

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Faber – Level 3A – Performance Book

Notasium — Tue, 19 May 2020 04:08:41 +0000

This Level 3A Performance Book is a collection of pieces using concepts within the other books of the Level 3A set to further understanding of the concepts presented and to provide more practice materials. It closely correlates with the 3A Lesson book and includes well-loved pieces that provide performance opportunities set in a variety of major and minor keys and accompaniment styles.

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Faber – Level 3A – Theory Book

Notasium — Tue, 19 May 2020 04:02:53 +0000

The 3A Theory Book is usually taught in partnership with the 2B Lesson Book to further understanding of the concepts taught in that book. While this book builds on other material, it also contains valuable and essential theory material including new improvisation opportunities, harmonization with primary chords, ear-training and eye-training exercises, and creative written review.

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Faber – Level 3A – Lesson Book

Notasium — Tue, 19 May 2020 04:00:42 +0000

After completing the Faber Level 2B Books, students will move on to this book, taught in conjunction with other books from this set. This book is meant to launch students into intermediate playing with more choices given for in-depth instruction of technique, theory, transposition, and creativity.

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Faber – Level 2B – Technique & Artistry Book

Notasium — Tue, 19 May 2020 03:54:05 +0000

This book is used to further reinforce ideas learned throughout the Level 2B book set, but with a focus on technique. The contents of this book have an emphasis on pattern recognition, new teacher duets, and a new exercise for playing chord changes. There are also four effective technique secrets that are used as warm-ups throughout the book.

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Faber – Level 2B – Sightreading Book

Notasium — Tue, 19 May 2020 03:50:08 +0000

This Level 2B Sightreading book uses material taught in the Level 2B Lesson Book to improve the students ability to sightread and increase the pace. The pieces in this book include carefully composed variations of the Level 2B Lesson Book pieces help the student see the “new” against the backdrop of the “familiar.”

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Faber – Level 2B – Performance Book

Notasium — Tue, 19 May 2020 03:47:22 +0000

This Level 2B Performance Book is a collection of pieces using the ideas taught within the other books of this Level 2B set to further understanding of the concepts presented and to provide more practice materials. It is intended to foster a love of the piano while stretching students’ technique and musical expression.

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Faber – Level 2B – Theory Book

Notasium — Tue, 19 May 2020 03:44:03 +0000

The 2B Theory Book is often taught at the same time as the 2A Lesson Book to further understanding of the concepts taught in that book. While this book builds on other material, it also contains valuable and essential theory material including in-depth study of chords, harmonization, and rhythm, as well as improvisation activities to creatively explore C major, G major and F major scales.

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