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1 Contents SECTON Old Key Signatures Some Ne Concepts ust for Fun A SUPER-SPECAL SORTA SONG! 6 Revie The Key of C aor CALYPSO RHUBA 8 Scale Degrees: Tonic, Dominant, Subdominant 9 Writing the Dominant 0 Writing the Subdominant Revieing: The Circle of Fifths Revie The Key of A inor FANDANGO ore Scale Degrees: ediant Submediant Writing the ediant 6 Writing the Submediant 7 Revie The Key of C aor A inor ODERN SOUNDS 8 AZZ SEQUENCES 0 ore Scale Degrees: Supertonic Leading Tone Writing the Supertonic Leading Tone Revieing the Scale Degrees Scale the Ladders! Alberti Bass Alberti Bass in Time in C aor 6 SERENADE from String Quartet, Op, No (Haydn) 8 ust for Fun THE GRAND PANO BAND 0 Revie The Key of F aor A VERY SPECAL DAY The Diminished Seventh Chord A CLASSY RAG Writing Diminished Seventh Chords An Easy Way to ake ANY Diminished Seventh Chord 6 Revie The Key of D inor PRELUDE N D NOR (Clementi) 8 Revie The Key of B aor THE STAR- SPANGLED BANNER (Smith-Key) 0 Revieing aor inor Triads AKE UP YOUR ND! Revie The Key of G inor Scene from the Ballet, SWAN LAKE (Tchaikovsky) Revie The Key of G aor SCHEHERAZADE Theme (Rimsky-Korsakov) 6 Theme from THE UNFNSHED SYPHONY (Schubert) 8 Revie The Key of E inor SPOOKY STORY 0 Revie The Key of D aor STEAL AWAY COE BACK TO SORRENTO (De Curtis) Arpeggios AGC CARPET RDE 6 Revie The Key of B inor N THE HALL OF THE OUNTAN KNG (Grieg) SECTON Ne Key Signatures Concepts 8 The A aor Scale AN AERCAN HYN (Lory) 60 Writing the A aor Scale 6 The Primary Chords in A aor 6 The Primary Chords in A aor All Positions 6 ore inors, aors Arpeggios 6 ADAGO N A AOR (orovsky) 66 The Key of F inor BLUE RONDO 69 Scales in F inor 70 The Primary Chords in F inor

2 7 The Primary Chords in F inor All Positions 7 ust for Fun UST A GOOD OLD TUNE 7 The E aor Scale 7 SHENANDOAH 76 Writing the E aor Scale 77 The Primary Chords in E aor 78 LAREDO 80 The Primary Chords in E aor All Positions 8 Completing the Circle of Fifths: The Sharp Key Signatures 8 The Key of C inor 8 Scales in C inor 8 AZZ OSTNATO N C NOR 86 The Primary Chords in C inor 87 The Primary Chords in C inor All Positions 88 ust for Fun THE TAP DANCER 90 The E aor Scale SOLDERʼS OY (Hornpipe) 9 Writing the E aor Scale 9 The Primary Chords in E aor 9 THE TOREADOR SONG from Carmen (Bizet) 96 ROCK-A-Y SOUL 98 The Primary Chords in E aor All Positions 99 PRELUDE N E AOR (Heller) 00 The Key of C inor VARATONS ON A SEA CHANTY 0 Scales in C inor 0 The Primary Chords in C inor 0 PRELUDE N C NOR (orovsky) 0 The Primary Chords in C inor All Positions 06 The A aor Scale DRY BONES 0 Writing the A aor Scale The Primary Chords in A aor COUNTRY SONG The Primary Chords in A aor All Positions Completing the Circle of Fifths: The Flat Key Signatures 6 Revieing: Ornaments (The long appoggiatura, the short appoggiatura) 7 The ordent WALTZ WTH ORDENTS 8 The Trill ozartʼs Trill Exercise 9 KNG WLLAʼS ARCH (Clarke) 0 RONDEAU (ouret) SECTON Ambitious Selections PRELUDE N C AOR from The Well- Tempered Clavier, Vol (Bach) 6 TRUPET TUNE (Clarke) 7 Thirty-Second Notes 8 TOCCATA N D NOR (Bach) FÜR ELSE (Beethoven) 7 PRELUDE N A AOR (Chopin) 8 SONATA QUAS UNA FANTASA, oonlight Sonata, First ovement (Beethoven) Dictionary of usical Terms Certificate

3 Alberti Bass This style of LH accompaniment takes its name from the 8th-century talian composer, Domenico Alberti, ho used it extensively in his keyboard music t consists of broken chords played in the folloing style, and it as frequently used by almost all the classical composers, including Haydn, ozart, Clementi and Beethoven The first line of the music belo shos a basic V V 7 progression The second and third lines introduce the corresponding Alberti bass in and time Play the folloing several times: V V7 Alberti bass in time Alberti bass in time G AOR PROGRESSON Write in the missing measures of Alberti bass, then play several times: Alberti bass in time Alberti bass in time

4 6 Theme from The Unfinished Symphony Preparation: Play several times, counting aloud COUNT: oderato f n Franz Schubert π π p ritard b a tempo F * *Play the C D together ith the side tip of the thumb

5 7 THE ORDENT Rapidly play: ritten note, note belo ritten note, then ritten note again may be played: or or Waltz ith ordents n the measure above each mordent sign, rite out the mordent in full, using one of the rhythms shon above Be sure the first note is the same as the note that appears under the sign Play KEY OF D AOR Allegro moderato p % F last time 8va Fine KEY OF B NOR (Relative of D AOR) p * *For the loer tone of this mordent, use the raised 7th tone of the B minor scale (A ) n n D S % al Fine (pause)

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# w. # w # # w # w # w & & PRIMARY TRIADS In Levels 1-4, triads (3-note chords) ere built on the first note of the scale. If an example as in the key of E Major, then the triad introduced as an E Major triad, ith E, G and B.