LEVEL 2B – TECHNIQUE & ARTISTRY BOOK – 2ND EDITION

Piano Adventures®

Series: Faber Piano Adventures®
Publisher: Faber Piano Adventures
Format: Softcover
Composers: Randall Faber, Nancy Faber

The Technique & Artistry Books combine two essential elements of Piano playing, providing a smooth, integrated approach building the basics of technique towards an artistic goal.

Organised into units that correspond directly with the Piano Adventures Lesson Books, level 2B concentrates upon four ‘technique secrets’ that will help you develop a fluid and confident performance ability:
Arm weight
Slur gesture
Light thumb
Connected pedaling

Further chapters focus upon artistic interpretation and cadences, discussing exactly how to approach and ‘shape’ you performance as well as providing the skills to make it possible. The integration of technique and artistry gives students the tools for truly expressive performance, rich in dynamic variety, fluent rhythm and beautiful tone.

Song List:

• Autumn Colors
• Backward Somersaults (for LH)
• Badminton Game
• Carillon Bells
• Carousel Ride
• Changing Lanes
• Etude in C
• Fancy Footwork for LH
• Forward Somersaults (for RH)
• Grand Waltz in F
• High-Rise Window Washer
• House of Mirrors
• Ice Hockey
• London Bridge (for RH)
• London Bridge Rhythm (for LH)
• Lookout Mountain (for LH alone)
• Major I and V7 chords - D Major
• Maracas!
• Minor I and V7 Chords - D Minor
• Nickel in the Dryer
• Owl in the Woods (A Minor)
• Painted Pony
• Pedal Magic for RH
• Penny in the Washer
• Pep Rally
• Rip Roarin' Rag
• Sights on Sixth Ave.
• Snowball Scales (for LH)
• Snowball Scales (for RH)
• Sunshine, Raindrops
• Swiss Music Box
• The Hurdy-Gurdy (The Street Organ)
• Tiger by the Tail!
• Tightrope Walk
• Turning Corners
• Waltzing LH
• Waltzing RH
• Water Skiers
• Winter Wind (C Minor)

40 Pages