Alfred Publishing

Authors: Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: 5

This easy step-by-step method emphasises 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

Song List:

• 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)