Pathways to Artistry: a Method for Comprehensive Technical and Musical Development; Technique 2 and Repertoire 2.Pathways to Artistry: A Method for Comprehensive Technical and Musical Development; Technique 2 and Repertoire 2, by Catherine Rollin. Alfred Publishing Alfred Publishing is a US sheet music publisher specializing in educational music. It is one of the largest US publishers, second only to Hal Leonard. It is the largest educational music publisher in the world. Co., Inc. (16320 Roscoe Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91410), 2004. Technique, 40 pp; Repertoire, 32 pp. Technique, $7.95; Repertoire, $6.95. Elementary to late elementary. Catherine Rollin's new series, Pathways to Artistry, is designed to provide a systematic approach to the development of basic technical skills for the early level piano student. The series can be used as a supplement to the regular method or as an independent method for the student who has already attained basic reading skills. Each level consists of two books: Technique, in which basic concepts and exercises are presented, and Repertoire, a collection of original compositions intended to reinforce each technical concept. Each Technique book begins with a prelude (a summary of skills from previous books) and ends with a coda (a summary of this book). Page numbers are included for quick reference--a very helpful feature for both teacher and student. In between are six units that present basic technical skills. The material is carefully sequenced, with clear explanations and short, simple exercises for each concept. The first two units cover the basics of scale playing and other technical skills (overlapping pedal, wrist rolls, portato, wrist staccato, trills and voicing). Unit 3 presents major scales, triads and inversions, and chord progressions A chord progression (also chord sequence and harmonic progression or sequence), as its name implies, is a series of chords played in order. Chord progressions are central to most modern European-influenced music and the principle study of harmony. on white-key tonics. Unit 4 continues the scale work of Unit 1, Unit 5 applies the skills presented in Unit 2, and Unit 6 consists of etudes combining the scales and other skills in all the white-key tonics. A page of simple definitions for major scales, chords and inversions appears at the end. The Repertoire book consists of fifteen late-elementary solos by Rollin, which use the technical skills presented at that level. The pieces are modeled loosely after well-known teaching pieces from the baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary eras, including a Clementi sonatina son·a·ti·na n. A sonata having shorter movements and often less technically demanding than the typical sonata. [Italian, diminutive of sonata, sonata; see sonata. , Bach minuet minuet (mĭny  ĕt`), French dance, originally from Poitou, introduced at the court of Louis XIV in 1650. It became popular during the 17th and 18th cent. , Burgmuller arabesque arabesque (ărəbĕsk`) [Fr.,=Arabian], in art, term applied to any complex, linear decoration based on flowing lines. In Islamic art it was often exploited to cover entire surfaces. , Pachelbel canon and so on. These are intended to prepare students for those pieces, while introducing basic elements of style and form. Although most are fairly predictable, they would make effective etudes, and some are quite attractive, such as the American Prelude in the style of Copland. Reviewed by Rebecca Shockley, NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of Music NCTM North Carolina Transportation Museum NCTM National Capital Trolley Museum NCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage , Minneapolis, Minnesota “Minneapolis” redirects here. For other uses, see Minneapolis (disambiguation). Minneapolis (pronounced IPA: /ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs/) is the largest city in the U.S. . |
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