Alfred's Basic Piano Library - Lesson Book Level 5

This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book 5 concepts include the ornaments: long appoggiatura, short appoggiatura, trill and mordent; plus arpeggios; the A Major scale; and the keys of B minor and C minor. Also introduces the playing of minuets, sonatinas, preludes and arias.

For reinforcement of each principle as it is introduced, supplementary material is carefully coordinated, page for page, at each level of instruction. Coordinating supplemental books for Level 5 include: Classic Themes Ear Training Merry Christmas Recital Repertoire Theory and Top Hits! Solo. Songs include: An American Hymn (Lowry) Aria from "The Marriage of Figaro" (Mozart) Bagatelle (Diabelli) Ballade (Burgmuller) Brazilian Holiday Loch Lomond Magic Carpet Ride A Miniature Overture Minuet (Bohm) Prelude in C Major (Bach) Prelude in C Minor (Morovsky) Rondeau (Mouret) Scene from "Swan Lake" (Tchaikovsky) Sonata in the Style of Scarlatti Sonatina on Three French Folk Tunes Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 1, 1st Mvmt. (Clementi) Spanish Dance The Tailor’s Song Theme (Corelli) Variations on a Sea Chanty * A Very Special Day (Palmer)