Boosey & Hawkes Microjazz for Absolute Beginners

Boosey & Hawkes Microjazz for Absolute Beginners at a glance

Boosey & Hawkes Microjazz for Absolute Beginners makes starting to play the piano a creative and motivating experience. As the first volume in the renowned Microjazz series, this textbookTextbook:
textbook introduces beginners to the world of piano step by step, combining classical learning methods with modern jazz and pop styles.

The book not only offers well-structured exercises and pieces, but also an additional accompanying booklet with valuable tips for teachers and advanced students, which provide optimum support for the learning process. A special highlight are the online audio files, which can be downloaded free of charge. hether you are just starting out or are a teacher looking for innovative methods - Microjazz for Absolute Beginners combines fun and progress in a unique concept that has been inspiring for decades.

Contents:

• Chapter 1
  • Sit correctly and comfortably at the piano
  • Position your hands and fingers
  • Identify notes or the keyboard
  • Understand fingering markings
• Chapter 2
  • Read, follow and play basic rhythms
  • Read and follow musical notation in the treble clef, playing middle C, D and E with your right hand
  • Read and follow musical notation in the bass clef, playing middle C, B and A with your left hand
  • Understand some Italian terms
• Chapter 3
  • Understand time signatures and
  • Play pieces that use both the right and left hands
  • Play melodies that incorporate steps, skips and repeated notes, including two new right-hand notes (F and G) and two new left-hand notes (G and F)
• Chapter 4
  • Recognize and understand rest signs
  • Play in a new time signature
  • Recognize and understand slurs (legato), ties and staccato markings
  • Play hands together
• Chapter 5
  • Recognize and understand semitones, sharps and flats
  • Play two new right-hand notes (F# and Eb)
  • Play two new left-hand notes (D and Bb)