Children's Piano Preliminary Course (2)

Author: Xianyi Jiang
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Publish Date: 1988-06-01
Features: The second volume collects pieces that primarily focus on depicting children's life and interests, while also selecting one hundred and one tunes such as folk songs from China and abroad, and excerpts from world-famous compositions. This volume begins to emphasize the training of phrase articulation, teaching students how to correctly master the "lift" and "drop" actions. In technical training, exercises include trills, double notes, same-note finger switching, octave leaps, and more. Students are also introduced to pieces with polyphonic elements, training their hands' independence and teaching them to listen to the different progressions of two voices. The key signatures increase from one sharp and one flat to four sharps and three flats. The rhythmic values also progress from eighth notes to sixteenth notes. This volume can be used by beginners for one semester or longer, depending on the student's age and individual learning conditions.