John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part Four

This is a book for the early intermediate level piano student combining rote and note approach with something new in every lesson. This may be one of the oldest and most successful piano methods in the last 100 years. Contents: *Foreword *Wrist staccato - Dancing raindrops *Melody in the left hand - At the ball *Leger lines above bass staff *Etude on leger lines *Dotted quarter notes in three four - *Song of the brook - dotted quarter notes in four - Puck *Leger lines below treble staff *Etude on leger lines *change on the same key - From a story Book, Comin' *round the mountain *Work sheet - new key - E major *Five finger drill in E major - Cotton pickin fingers *Two and three note slurs - Barcarolle from the Tales of *Hoffman (Offenbach) *Short & long slurs - The cuckoo clock *Staccato thirds - The overland stage *Work sheet - new key - A flat major *Broken chord study in Ab major - Giant redwood trees *Staccato study - from the opera William Tell (Rossini) *Recital piece - from The beautiful blue Danube (Strauss) *Cross hand piece - Scampering squirrels *Syncopation - College capers *Work sheet - new key - B major *Study in B major - Bohemian dance *Nocturne - Song of Twilight *Staccato & sostenuto - from Hopak (Moussorgsky) *Work sheet - new key - Db major *Etude in Db major *Recital piece - At the skating rink *Work sheet - new key - Gb major *Study in Gb major - Korean serenade *Novelty - The man on the flying trapeze (O'Keefe) *Recital piece - Narcissus (Nevin) *Glossary of music terms *New scales and chords *Certificate