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The Piano Lesson: A Graduated Piano Curriculum.(Book Review)
The Piano Lesson: A Graduated Piano Curriculum, by Elise Beckett Russell. The Piano Curriculum Series LLC (P.O. Box 17651, Sugar Land, Texas 77496), 2004. Teacher manual, $35.95; 11 student manuals, $18.95 each.
The wealth of available piano literature and other teaching materials can be overwhelming. Teachers looking for guidance with lesson planning will appreciate the thought that the author, Elise Beckett Russell, has put into this curriculum guide and may find in it a safe road to follow.
The series includes a teacher manual covering 11 instruction levels (primer plus levels 1-10) and one student book per level; each level represents a year of lessons.
The contents of the student books support Russell's conviction that, beyond learning to play pieces, piano students should be well-educated in technique, theory, vocabulary and music history. In addition to a year's worth of assignment sheets, each book contains the appropriate level of written-out scales, chords, cadences and arpeggios; theory, ear training and analysis worksheets; a vocabulary list with definitions; and a few pages on music history. All this fits into a one-inch-thick, spiral-bound volume. It's a tidy package, but its brevity allows for only a taste of each subject. There are 12 theory worksheets in Level 1, for example, and 23 in Level 5--excellent for students ...
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