Keyboard Strategies : Master Text I (Chapters I-XI)

Preface iii Keyboard Orientation 1(18) Keyboard Theory and Technique 1(11) Fingering 1(1) Keyboard Direction 1(1) Rhythmic Drill 2(1) Keyboard (White Keys) 3(1) Sharp 4(1) Flat 4(1) Half Steps 5(1) Whole Steps 5(1) Double Sharp 6(1) Double Flat 6(1) Natural 6(1) Rhythm and Time Signatures 7(2) Rhythm and Coordination Exercises 9(1) Dynamics 10(1) Building Five Note Patterns of Whole and Half Steps 11(1) Reading 12(2) Directional Reading 12(2) Solo and Ensemble Repertoire 14(2) Boxes of Musical Elements 14(1) Register Chance 14(1) Cluster Round 15(1) Creative Activities 16(3) Black Key Improvisation 16(1) Playing By Ear 16(1) Coordination and Key Location Exercise 17(1) Improvisation Using Black Keys 18(1) Major Five Finger Patterns, Major Chords and Note Reading 19(46) Keyboard Theory and Technique 19(11) Major Five Finger Patterns 19(2) The Major Chord 21(1) Chord Activity Alternating Hands (Sharp Keys) 22(1) Chord Activity Alternating Hands (Flat Keys) 22(1) Playing Major Arpeggios 22(1) Five Finger Coordination Exercises 23(1) Notation of Five Finger Coordination Exercises 24(1) Rhythm and Time Signatures 25(1) Rhythm and Coordination Exercises 26(1) Triplets 26(1) Sixteenth Notes 27(1) The Staff 28(1) Steps, Skips and Repeated Notes 28(1) Interval Exercise Using Thirds and Fifths 29(1) Reading 30(15) Treble Clef 30(1) Bass Clef 30(1) Reading and Playing Melodies in Major Five Finger Patterns 31(4) The Grand Staff 35(2) Staccato and Legato 37(2) The Interval of a Fifth 39(1) Sight Reading Examples 40(4) Canon --- In All His Ways 44(1) Solo and Ensemble Repertoire 45(13) Creative Activities 58(7) Harmonization and Improvisation 58(2) Improvisation Using Major Five Finger Patterns 60(1) Drone Bass Improvisation 61(1) Ensemble Chance (Ensembles in Four Parts) 62(2) Rhythmic Improvisation 64(1) Minor Five Finger Patterns, Minor Chords and Chord Qualities 65(30) Keyboard Theory and Technique 65(11) Minor Five Finger Patterns 65(2) Building the Minor Five Finger Pattern Starting on the Second Degree of the Major Five Finger Pattern 67(1) The Minor Chord 68(1) Major-Minor-Major Chord Activity Alternating Hands (Sharp Keys) 69(1) Major-Minor-Major Chord Activity Alternating Hands (Flat Keys) 69(1) Playing Minor Arpeggios 70(1) Chord Qualities: Major-Minor-Diminished-Augmented 70(3) Rhythm and Coordination Exercises 73(1) Interval Exercise Using Seconds and Fourths 74(1) The Interval of a Fourth 75(1) Reading 76(5) Reading and Playing Melodies in Minor Five Finger Patterns 76(2) Sight Reading Examples 78(2) Canon --- O Jesus, Sweet Jesus 80(1) Solo and Ensemble Repertoire 81(7) Creative Activities 88(7) Harmonization and Improvisation 88(2) Improvisation Using Minor Five Finger Patterns 90(2) Creative Ensemble --- Greensleeves 92(1) Imitative Improvision 93(2) Major Scales, Key Signatures and Triads of the Key 95(38) Keyboard Theory and Technique 95(20) The Major Scale 95(1) Major Scale Tetrachord Drill (Sharp Keys) 96(2) Major Scale Tetrachord Drill (Flat Keys) 98(3) Major Scale Rhythm Drill 101(1) Key Signatures 102(1) Sharp Keys 102(1) Flat Keys 103(1) Key Signature Exercise 104(1) Tetrachord Scales with Accompaniment 105(3) Scale Degree Exercise 108(1) Circle of Keys (Major) 109(1) Scale Exercises 110(1) Intervals Within a Scale 111(1) Interval Exercise Using Sixths, Sevenths and Octaves 111(1) Triads of the Key 112(1) Finger Coordination with Intervals 113(1) Finger Coordination 114(1) Reading 115(5) Sight Reading Examples 115(4) Canon --- The Seasons 119(1) Sold and Ensemble Repertoire 120(8) Creative Activities 128(5) Harmonization and Improvisation 128(1) Improvisation Using Major Scales in Tetrachord Position 129(1) Creative Ensemble --- Melody --- Gaelic 130(1) Creative Activity --- Scherzo --- Dmitri Kabalevsky 131(2) Chord Inversions 133(24) Keyboard Theory and Technique 133(8) Triads and Their Inversions 133(1) Playing Triads and Their Inversions 134(1) Parallel Triads of the Key and Inversions 135(1) Playing Inversions from Letter Symbols 136(1) Expansion of Intervals (Fifths to Sixths) 136(1) The Major-Minor Seventh Chord (Dominant Seventh Chord) 137(1) Playing Dominant Seventh Chords and Their Inversions 138(1) Triads and Dominant Seventh Chords (Broken) 138(1) Building Chords from the Top Note 139(1) Pedal Rhythms 140(1) The Damper Pedal 140(1) The Una Corda Pedal 140(1) Reading 141(4) Sight Reading Examples 141(3) Canon --- Tallis 144(1) Solo and Ensemble Repertoire 145(7) Creative Activities 152(5) Harmonization and Improvisation 152(2) Sequence 154(1) Harmonization Activity 155(1) Melodic Improvisation 156(1) The Tonic and Dominant Chords 157(18) Keyboard Theory and Technique 157(3) The I Chord (Tonic) 157(1) The V Chord (Dominant) 157(1) Chord Progressions Using the Dominant Seventh Chord 158(1) Major Five Finger Patterns Accompanied by I-V65-I 159(1) Finger Coordination (Preparation for Etude in E Minor) 159(1) Reading 160(3) Sight Reading Examples 160(2) Canon --- Be You To Others 162(1) Solo and Ensemble Repertoire 163(6) Creative Activities 169(6) Harmonization and Improvsiation 169(2) Improvisation Using Roots, Thirds and Fifths 171(1) Melodic Improvisation 172(1) Left Hand Accompaniment 173(1) Two Hand Accompaniment 173(1) Playing By Ear 174(1) The Subdominant Chord 175(22) Keyboard Theory and Technique 175(2) The IV Chord (Subdominant) 175(1) The IV Chord 175(2) Reading 177(3) Sight Reading Examples 177(2) Canon --- Oh, Give Thanks 179(1) Solo and Ensemble Repertoire 180(8) Creative Activities 188(9) Harmonization and Improvisation 188(3) Harmonization of Holiday Music 191(2) Improvisation Using Roots, Thirds and Fifths 193(1) Melodic Improvisation 194(1) Playing By Ear 195(1) Improvisation from Chord Symbols 195(2) Minor Scales 197(30) Keyboard Theory and Technique 197(13) The Minor Scale 197(1) Finding the Relative Major Key from a Given Minor Key 197(1) Major and Relative Minor Five Finger Patterns 198(1) Three Forms of the Minor Scale 198(1) Minor Scale Tetrachord Drill (Sharp Keys) 199(1) Minor Scale Tetrachord Drill (Flat Keys) 200(2) Parallel Scales (Major and Minor) 202(1) Scale Degree Exercise (Harmonic Minor) 202(1) Interval Exercise on the Harmonic Minor Scale 203(1) Harmonic Minor Scale Rhythm Drill 204(1) The V Chord in Minor 205(1) Minor Five Finger Patterns Accompanied by i-V-i 205(1) The iv Chord in Minor 205(2) Harmonic Minor Tetrachord Scales with Accompaniment 207(3) Reading 210(4) Sight Reading Examples 210(3) Canon --- When Jesus Wept 213(1) Solo and Ensemble Repertoire 214(7) Creative Activities 221(6) Harmonization and Improvisation 221(2) Melodic Improvisation 223(1) Minor Sequences 224(1) Improvisation Using Harmonic Minor Scales in Tetrachord Position 225(1) Improvisation from Chord Symbols 225(2) Modes 227(28) Keyboard Theory and Technique 227(5) Modal Scales 227(1) Ionian (Major Scale) and Major-Related Modes 227(1) Tetrachord Scale Drill Using Ionian (Major Scale) and Major-Related Modes 228(1) Aeolian (Natural Minor Scale) and Minor-Related Modes 229(1) Tetrachord Scale Drill Using Aeolian (Natural Minor Scale) and Minor-Related Modes 229(1) Locrian Mode 230(1) Transposing Modes 231(1) Modal Harmonization 231(1) Reading 232(3) Sight Reading Examples 232(2) Canon --- Alleluia 234(1) Solo and Ensemble Repertoire 235(11) Creative Activities 246(9) Harmonization and Improvisation 246(3) Improvisation Using Modal Scales in Tetrachord Position 249(3) Creative Ensemble --- Modal Mood 252(1) Creative Ensemble --- Scarborough Fair 253(2) Major Scale Fingering, Intervals and Seventh Chords 255(58) Keyboard Theory and Technique 255(33) Major Scale Traditional Fingering Chart (Two Octaves) 255(1) Major Scale Alternative Fingering Chart for the Left Hand (Two Octaves) 255(1) Major Arpeggio Traditional Fingering Chart (Two Octaves) 256(1) Major Arpeggio Alternate Fingering Chart for the Right Hand (Two Octaves) 256(1) Scale Harmonization with Primary Chords 257(1) Intervals 257(1) Five Qualities of Seventh Chords 258(1) Seventh Chords Built on Scale Degrees 259(1) Triads and Seventh Chords 259(1) Five Finger Coordination Exercises 260(3) The Pentatonic Scale 263(1) The Chromatic Scale 263(1) The Whole Tone Scale 263(1) Scale Duets 264(24) Reading 288(4) Sight Reading Examples 288(3) Canon --- Dona Nobis Pacem 291(1) Solo and Ensemble Repertoire 292(11) Creative Activities 303(10) Harmonization and Improvisation 303(2) Creative Activity 305(1) Ensemble March Improvisation 306(1) Seventh Chord Improvisation Using I7-vi7-ii7-V7 307(1) Chromatic Scale Activity 307(1) Creative Arrangement 308(1) Improvisation from Chord Symbols 308(1) Ensemble Scales 309(1) Whole Tone and Pentatonic Improvisation 310(1) Improvisation Using Pentatonic, Whole Tone and Chromatic Scales 311(2) Secondary Chords in Major 313(22) Keyboard Theory and Technique 313(3) The ii Chord (Supertonic) 313(1) The vi Chord (Submediant) 314(1) The iii Chord (Mediant) 314(1) Building Chords from the Top Note 315(1) Scale Harmonization Chart 315(1) Reading 316(3) Sight Reading Examples 316(2) Canon --- Faith of Our Fathers 318(1) Solo and Ensemble Repertoire 319(8) Creative Activities 327(8) Harmonization and Improvisation 327(2) Improvisation Using Roots, Thirds and Fifths 329(1) Melodic Improvisation 330(1) Improvisational Accompaniment 331(1) Creative Activity 331(1) Creative Activity 332(1) Interval Activity 332(1) Improvisation from Chord Symbols 333(2) Appendix A --- List of Compositions 335(3) Melodies for Harmonization 335(1) Canons 336(1) Arrangements of Folk Songs and Themes by Master Composers 336(1) Piano Literature 336(1) Stecher, Horowitz and Gordon Repertoire 337(1) Ensembles 337(1) Creative 337(1) Duets 337(1) Two Pianos 337(1) Three Pianos 337(1) Four Pianos 337(1) Appendix B --- Suggested Repertoire From Keyboard Strategies Solo and Ensemble Books to be Used With Master Text I 338(2) Appendix C --- Glossary of Musical Terms and Signs 340(2) Index 342