Alfred's Group Piano for Adults, Book 1 is designed for non-keyboard music majors with little or no keyboard experience. Upon completion of the course, students will have a strong grasp of functional skills, keyboard technique and musical styles. The text is easy to use, containing 26 units, each designed to be completed in one week. It is fully supported by CDs and MIDI disks with more than 500 accompaniments.
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Dr. E. L. Lancaster is Vice President and Keyboard Editor-in-Chief of Alfred Music Publishing. He draws upon his teaching experience, ranging from pre-school students through doctoral candidates, to direct the Alfred keyboard catalog. Dr. Lancaster holds degrees from Murray (KY) State University, the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
From 1979 until 1998, Dr. Lancaster was Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he taught courses in piano pedagogy and coordinated the group piano program. Dr. Lancaster established the masters and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma in 1980 and served as Major Professor for more than 50 doctoral dissertations in that field. He taught pre-college students in the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, combining group and private instruction. In addition, from 1981 to 1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a large independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma.
Dr. Lancaster has served as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA. He has held offices in the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy, including Chair of the Administration/Pedagogy Liaison Committee. Dr. Lancaster has received numerous teaching awards from the University of Oklahoma, including the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), and Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996). In 1991 he was awarded a David Ross Boyd Professorship, named in honor of the first OU president, given to faculty members who excel in teaching, counseling and guiding students.
Dr. Lancaster has presented workshops for teachers throughout the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. He is the author or co-author of more than 350 publications designed for students of all ages. Dr. Lancaster is a regular writer for the "Questions and Answers" column for Clavier Companion magazine and also serves as a consulting editor. He now lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and their two children, Kelsey and Chase.
From 1979 until 1998, Dr. Lancaster was Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he taught courses in piano pedagogy and coordinated the group piano program. Dr. Lancaster established the masters and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma in 1980 and served as Major Professor for more than 50 doctoral dissertations in that field. He taught pre-college students in the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, combining group and private instruction. In addition, from 1981 to 1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a large independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma.
Dr. Lancaster has served as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA. He has held offices in the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy, including Chair of the Administration/Pedagogy Liaison Committee. Dr. Lancaster has received numerous teaching awards from the University of Oklahoma, including the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), and Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996). In 1991 he was awarded a David Ross Boyd Professorship, named in honor of the first OU president, given to faculty members who excel in teaching, counseling and guiding students.
Dr. Lancaster has presented workshops for teachers throughout the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. He is the author or co-author of more than 350 publications designed for students of all ages. Dr. Lancaster is a regular writer for the "Questions and Answers" column for Clavier Companion magazine and also serves as a consulting editor. He now lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and their two children, Kelsey and Chase.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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The best class piano book I've seen,
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This review is from: Alfred's Group Piano for Adults, Book 1 (Adult Piano Course) (Plastic Comb)
I have taught from this book this year and also used the first edition for several years. This is a good book with lots to recommend it to the teacher and student. The multiple-key approach dovetails very well with college theory courses. The instruction in lead sheet and figured bass harmonization is also excellent. Solo repertoire pieces have been thoughtfully integrated and offer the teacher and student plenty of choices. The only drawback I have found, from a teacher's perspective, is that the presentation of scales is, in my view, unsound. Stressing two octave scales and arpeggios at this level is much too advanced. It would be better to spread the presentation of scales out more (one per week after they are first introduced) and require only one octave. Of course, a good teacher can adapt the scale presentation, but with so many other excellent features, I think that the authors could easily address this (maybe in the next edition). Also, since this is used as a college text, it is preferable to teach natural and melodic minor scales and fingerings too. But other than this slight quibble, I highly recommend this great book, which is useful for the entire first year of piano study.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The Best Book for Novice Pianists,
By Celia A. Escalante (Miami, Fl USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Alfred's Group Piano for Adults, Book 1 (Adult Piano Course) (Plastic Comb)
This is a very well arranged instructional book on piano. When I took my first year Classical Piano class with Maestro Ping-Cheng Wang, it was just our group, the pianos and this book. I learned so much and with a practacally dismal musical background. One of the authors of this book is a professor at the prestigious University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. I was able to do assemblies, preludes and boogies and play accelerando and staccato. This book helped me with my music theory classes, as well. The large sized book allows you to make notes and record assignments. My advice is to practice, practice, and practice. Especially, practice your scales.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Good Beginning Piano text,
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This review is from: Alfred's Group Piano for Adults: Book 1 (First Edition) (Plastic Comb)
I used this for my first piano class at Fullerton College which was intended for the non piano music major and total beginnier.I had had two years of piano study before taking hte class so the material in the text was very easy to me. It is sutibable for beginners but may be boring for non beginner but works for a beginning piano class for the total piano beginner. The gloassary at the back of the books is helpful and the unit revies. I like how the how the book teaches improvisation off of lead sheets from the very begginning which is now required oon college piano profiency exams.It does a good job at presenting concepts, theory, music hisotry tidbits, and technique. I strongly reccomend this book for college piano classes for music majors.
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Upon completion of this unit the student will be able to: 1. Name, find and play all keys on the keyboard. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
following practice directions, tetrachord position, block chord accompaniment, waltz style accompaniment, end your melody, favorite improvisation, chord progression exercise, using whole notes, transpose melodies, broken chord accompaniment, indicated tempo, solo repertoire, suggested rhythm, precedes tonic, indicated chords, duet repertoire, eight white keys, transpose music, primary chords, tap hands, accompaniment style, iii chord, improvise melodies, numeral name, minor arpeggios Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Assignments Week of Write, Keyboard Basics, Supplementary Solo Repertoire, Minor Five-Finger Pattern Review, Cornelius Gurlitt, Major Five-Finger Pattern Review, Other Scale Structures, Ferdinand Beyer, Ludwig van Beethoven, Written Exercise, Harmonization Harmonize, Play Group, Yankee Doodle, Daniel Gottlob, Heinrich Wohlfahrt, Alberti Bass Accompaniment, Chord Objectives Upon, Dorian Mode, Ludwig Schytte, Mixolydian Mode, Phrygian Mode, Minor Rif, Student Teacher New!
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Upon completion of this unit the student will be able to: 1. Name, find and play all keys on the keyboard. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
following practice directions, tetrachord position, block chord accompaniment, waltz style accompaniment, end your melody, favorite improvisation, chord progression exercise, using whole notes, transpose melodies, broken chord accompaniment, indicated tempo, solo repertoire, suggested rhythm, precedes tonic, indicated chords, duet repertoire, eight white keys, transpose music, primary chords, tap hands, accompaniment style, iii chord, improvise melodies, numeral name, minor arpeggios Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Assignments Week of Write, Keyboard Basics, Supplementary Solo Repertoire, Minor Five-Finger Pattern Review, Cornelius Gurlitt, Major Five-Finger Pattern Review, Other Scale Structures, Ferdinand Beyer, Ludwig van Beethoven, Written Exercise, Harmonization Harmonize, Play Group, Yankee Doodle, Daniel Gottlob, Heinrich Wohlfahrt, Alberti Bass Accompaniment, Chord Objectives Upon, Dorian Mode, Ludwig Schytte, Mixolydian Mode, Phrygian Mode, Minor Rif, Student Teacher New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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