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Providing essential tools to transform college piano students into professional piano teachers, Courtney Crappell's Teaching Piano Pedagogy helps teachers develop pedagogy course curricula, design and facilitate practicum-teaching experiences, and guide research projects in piano pedagogy. The book grounds the reader in the history of the domain, investigates course materials, and explores unique methods to introduce students to course concepts and help them put those concepts into practice. To facilitate easy integration into the curriculum, Crappell provides example classroom exercises and assignments throughout the text, which are designed to help students understand and practice the related topics and skills. Teaching Piano Pedagogy is not simply a book about teaching piano--it is a book about how piano students learn to teach.
This unique text uses a step-by-step approach to guide the reader from fundamental concepts to advanced topics in improvisation. Each subject is broken into easy to understand segments, gradually becoming more complex as improvisational tools are acquired. Designed for the classically trained pianist with little or no experience in improvisation, it uses the reader’s previous knowledge of basic theory and technique to help accelerate the learning process. Included are more than 450 music examples and illustrations to reinforce the concepts discussed. These concepts are useful in all improvisational settings and can be applied to any musical style. For pianists interested in jazz, there are three chapters dedicated to introducing jazz improvisation, which can be used as the basis for further study in this idiom. Teachers using this text can go online to www.improvisationatthepiano.com to download lesson plans, ask specific questions about improvisation, and view answers to the most frequently asked questions about this book.
Thinking as You Play focuses on how to teach, not what to teach. Sylvia Coats gives piano teachers tools to help students develop creativity and critical thinking, and guidelines for organizing the music taught into a comprehensive curriculum. She suggests effective strategies for questioning and listening to students to help them think independently and improve their practice and performance. She also discusses practical means to develop an awareness of learning modalities and personality types. A unique top-down approach assists with presentations of musical concepts and principles, rather than a bottom-up approach of identifying facts before the reasons are known. Thinking as You Play is one of the few available resources for the teacher of group piano lessons. Ranging from children's small groups to larger university piano classes, Coats discusses auditioning and grouping students, strategies for maximizing student productivity, and suggestions for involving each student in the learning process.
Titles: * Le coucou, Rondo pour le clavecin (L.C. Daquin) * Little Prelude, Prelude in C Minor for the Lute, BWV 999 (J.S. Bach) * Sonata K. 330 (I. Allegro moderato, II. Andante cantabile, III. Allegretto) (W.A. Mozart) * Sonata K. 545 (I. Allegro, II. Andante, III. Rondo) (W.A. Mozart) * Sonata "Pastorale," K. 9; L. 413 (D. Scarlatti)
Titles: * Für Elise, Wo O59 (L. van Beethoven) * Arabesque from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100, No. 2 (F. Burgmüller) * By the Limpid Stream from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100, No. 7 (F. Burgmüller) * Sonatina in F Major from Zwei Leichte Sonaten No. 2, Kinsky-Halm, Anh. 5 (Allegro assai, Rondo: Allegro) (L. van Beethoven) * Old French Song from Album for the Young, Op. 39, No. 16 (P.I. Tchaikovsky) * Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol. I, BWV 846 (J.S. Bach) * Invention No. 1 from Two-Part Inventions (J.S. Bach) * Sonata No. 48, Hob. XVI/35 (Allegro con brio, Adagio, Finale: Allegro) (J. Haydn) * Siciliano from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 11 (R. Schumann) * First Loss from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 16 (R. Schumann)
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Titles: * Sonata K. 331 (I. Andante grazioso, II. Menuetto with Trio, III. Alla Turca: Allegretto) (W.A. Mozart) * Prelude from Suite No. 14 in G Major, Allegro (G.F. Handel) * he Harmonious Blacksmith from Suite No. 5 in E Major (G.F. Handel) * Minuet in G Major, Op. 14, No. 1 (I.J. Paderewski)