This volume contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for the ABRSM Grade 3 Piano exams. The book is written in attractive and approachable styles and representative of the technical level expected in the exam.
This series of Specimen Sight-Reading tests are benchmark publications, setting standardsof sight-reading ability tested in the Associated Board's exams. They provide excellent practice material, with tests fully exploring the parameters of each grade.These volumes reflect the changes in requirements in piano exams from January 2009.
This volume contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for the ABRSM Grade 2 Piano exams. The book is written in attractive and approachable styles and representative of the technical level expected in the exam.
Joining the Dots: Book 2 Edition Number 9781860969775 Extra Details A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading Additional Details "Sight-reading can be the aspect of learning that pupils find most difficult and frustrating, and which fills them with most fear when exam-time comes along.
Joining the Dots is designed to improve students’ skills in reading music at sight, enabling them to perform new music with confidence. The books feature short, creative exercises which help students to develop their ability to read music more quickly and easily, both in exams and when learning new pieces.
Joining the Dots is designed to improve students’ skills in reading music at sight, enabling them to perform new music with confidence. The books feature short, creative exercises which help students to develop their ability to read music more quickly and easily, both in exams and when learning new pieces.
As the music becomes more complex, an initial scanning of the music is greatly encouraged: Is the key in major or in the relative minor? Spot the rhythm pattern used throughout. Plan how you will play the last arpeggiated chord. Students gain experience in C and Am, G and Em, F and Dm. Concepts extend to chord inversions, the octave, and 16th note patterns. Occasional Rhythm Road exercises invite tapping and writing work.
This series of Specimen Sight-Reading tests are benchmark publications, setting standardsof sight-reading ability tested in the Associated Board's exams. They provide excellent practice material, with tests fully exploring the parameters of each grade.These volumes reflect the changes in requirements in piano exams from January 2009
This volume contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for the ABRSM Grade 5 Piano exams. The book is written in attractive and approachable styles and representative of the technical level expected in the exam.
Good sightreading skill is a powerful asset for the developing musician. Carefully composed variations of the Level 2B Lesson Book pieces help the student see the new against the backdrop of the familiar. Fun, lively characters instruct students and motivate sightreading with a spirit of adventure and fun.
This volume contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for the ABRSM Grade 7 Piano exams. The book is written in attractive and approachable styles and representative of the technical level expected in the exam.
This innovative sightreading book for Level 2A builds confident readers through recognition of individual notes and perception of note patterns, both rhythmic and melodic. Entertaining musical art and rhythm road exercises motivate and guide student progress.
By Level 4 students are sightreading variations on Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag, new settings of Grieg’s Hall of the Mountain King, and patterned variations of Bach’s Prelude in C. Rhythm patterns become more complex with the dotted eighth to sixteenth; harmonic patterns advance to the V7 chord in root position and sharp key signatures of D, A and E major.
This inventive sightreading course uses sets of exercises based on melodic and rhythmic patterns from the 2nd Edition Primer Lesson Book. Students play one exercise a day, completing one set per week. Entertaining musical art helps guide the sightreading process and each page presents a new learning vignette in a spirit of fun.
This early-intermediate sightreading book presents carefully crafted variations of 3A Lesson Book pieces. The student gains confidence with the familiar and challenge in perceiving the new. Sighteading goes beyond the notes to recognition of musical patterns: the Alberti Bass accompaniment, chunking rhythm patterns in 3/8 and 6/8 time, the triplet in various time signatures, and expanded intervals through the 7th. Musical art provides theory review.
Level 1 students can have lots of fun while developing strong sightreading skills. This inventive course uses sets of exercises based on melodic and rhythmic patterns from the Level 1 Lesson Book. Students play one exercise a day, while enjoying the entertaining musical art that guides their sightreading progress.
This volume contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for the ABRSM Grade 1 Piano exams. The book is written in attractive and approachable styles and representative of the technical level expected in the exam.
This progressive method provides a carefully paced approach to the sight reading requirements of Trinity grade exams at Initial to Grade 2. For each grade there are ten lessons each with a clear area of focus. Stage-appropriate sight reading tips both general and specific to the instrument are given along the way. Each lesson presents four or five preparatory exercises leading to a duet included to encourage the development of ensemble sight reading skills.
This progressive method written by Ralph Allwood and Andrew Morris provides a carefully paced approach to the sight reading requirements of Trinity Singing exams at Grade 3 to Grade 5. For each grade there are ten lessons each with a clear area of focus featuring a wide range of classical genres. Stage-appropriate sight reading tips both general and specific to the voice are given along the way. Official Trinity specimen sight singing tests conclude each grade section.
This progressive method provides a carefully paced approach to the sight reading requirements of Trinity grade exams at Grades 6 to 8. For each grade there are ten lessons each with a clear area of focus. Stage-appropriate sight reading tips both general and specific to the instrument are given along the way. Each lesson presents four or five preparatory exercises leading to a duet included to encourage the development of ensemble sight reading skills.