THE PIANO KEYBOARD 1
NOTATION OF PITCK 5
AIDS TO MOTE READING 7
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT ONE 9
NOTATION OF RHYTHM 10
TIME VALUES OF NOTES AND RESTS 10
PATTERNS 11
PIECES FOR SIGHT READING 13
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT TWO 14
RHYTHM ACTIVITY 14
SCALE AND KEY 16
SHARPS AND FLATS 16
KEY SIGNATURES OF MAJOR KEYS 16
THE PHRASE 18
DYNAMICS 20
INTERVALS 21
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT THREE 23
KEYBOARD REVIEW 23
THE SUBDOMINANT(Ⅳ)CHORD 25
WAYS OF CHANGING FINGER POSITION SMOOTHLY 27
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT FOUR 28
THE STRUCTURE OF MAJOR SCALES 30
SERIES OF MAJOR SCALES 31
THE STRUCTURE OF CHORDS 33
CHORDING OR STRUMMING AN ACCOMPANIMENT 34
CREATIVE MUSIC WAITING 34
BROKEN-CHORD ACCOMPANIMENT 35
MUSICAL FORM 39
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT FIVE 44
SUGGESTIONS FOR SIGHT READING 45
SUGGESTIONS FOR EFFICIENT PRACTICE 45
INVERSIONS 49
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT SIX 49
CADENCES 51
SYNCOPATION 53
COUNTERPOINT 54
THE MINOR MODE 56
RELATIVE MINOR 57
COMPARISON OF MAJOR AND MINOR CHORDS 58
CHORDING ACCOMPANIENTS IN MINOR KEYS 58
MINOR SCALES(Harmonic form) 62
SECONDARY CHORDS IN MAJOR KEYS 69
SECONDARY CHORDS IN MINOR KEYS 69
THE PEDAL 71
LEARNING A PIECE VY MEMORIZING IT 82
SOME WAYS OF IMPROVISING ACCOMPANIMENTS 83
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ACCOMPANIST 84
SONGS TO HARMONIZE 86
THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE 86
CREATIVE WRITING 103
GLOSSARY 106
CLASSIFIED INDEX 107