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Overview of New Materials in Lesson Book 2B

Moving the hand

Technique Principles

Hand-over-hand arpeggiosLegato pedalingScale fingeringspass-under and cross-overFingering—stretch

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A-B form

Musical Terms and Symbols

minor 5-finger patterns (A, D, C, G)

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melodic and harmonic intervals of a 7th, 8th (octave)D. C. al Fine

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major scales (C, G)

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three-note V7 chords (in C, G)

key signatures (C, G)

Premier Music Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2A-B Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4New Note F in Bass Clef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5New Note E in Bass Clef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6New Tempo Marking—Andante . . . . . . . . . . . . 7New Notes A and B in Treble Clef . . . . . . . . . . . 8Minor 5-Finger Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Major and Minor 5-Finger Patterns and Chords . 12Hand-over-Hand Arpeggios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 f–p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Interval of a 7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18D .C . al Fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Legato Pedaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22New Dynamic Sign π . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Interval of an Octave (8th) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24New Dynamic Sign ƒ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25A-B-A Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26C Major Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30G Major Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1The Three-Note V7 Chord in C . . . . . . . . . . . . 34The Three-Note V7 Chord in G . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Key Signature of G Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Single Eighth Note and Eighth Rest . . . . . . . . . 40Dotted Quarter Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Contents

Edited by Morton ManusCover Design by Ted Engelbart

Interior Design by Tom Gerou

Illustrations by Jimmy Holder

Music Engraving by Linda Lusk

Lesson Book 2B is designed to correlate with Theory and Performance Books 2B of Alfred’s Premier Piano Course. When used together, they offer a fully integrated and unparalleled comprehensive approach to piano instruction .

The Book with CD version includes a recording that provides a performance model and practice companion . Each title is performed twice on acoustic piano—a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo .

See page 49 for information on the CD . Flash Cards 2B (#25727) and a General MIDI Disk 2B (#23263) are available separately .

Lesson 2B is available in two versions: Book with CD (#25722) or Book without CD (#25721) . Level 2B continues the steady development of artistry and keyboard skills that began in 1A and continued through 2A . • Note-reading skills are expanded

to include additional ledger-line notes . Melodic and harmonic 7ths and octaves are used to help the student move freely around the keyboard . • Dotted quarter and eighth-note

rhythm patterns are added to other rhythms of gradually increasing complexity . • Technical Workouts continue

the development of skills, including one-octave scales, chord patterns, hand-over-hand arpeggios, and legato pedaling .

Copyright © MMVI by Alfred Music All Rights Reserved.

Lesson 2B

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