Adult Piano Adventures Course Book 1

Unit 1

• p8 Introduction to Playing
• p11 Raindrops, Thunder
• p12 Amazing Grace
• p15 Morning
• p16 Music Alphabet Melody
• p17 R.H. and L.H. on C-D-E Keys
• p18 R.H. and L.H. Interval Warm-up
• p19 Merrily We Roll Along (C-D-E)
• p21 Merrily We Roll Along (F-G-A)
• p22 C Pentascale Warm-up
• p23 Warm-up with 3rds
• p24 Ode to Joy
• p26 3-Minute Technique

Unit 2

• p28 Orientation to the Staff
• p30 4-Beat Alphabet
• p31 3-Beat Alphabet
• p32 Yankee Doodle
• p33 Row, Row, Row Your Boat and Clock Tower Bells
• p34 Warm-up with 2nds
• p35 Catch a Falling Star
• p36 Russian Folk Song
• p38 Midnight Ride
• p40 3-Minute Technique

Unit 3

• p42 Reading Reinforcement
• p43 Chant of the Monks
• p44 Shining Stars
• p46 Roman Trumpets
• p48 3-Minute Technique

Unit 4

• p50 More About Staff Reading
• p51 Starlit Melody
• p52 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
• p54 New World Symphony Theme
• p56 C Chord Warm-up
• p57 Jingle Bells
• p58 Royal Procession
• p60 3-Minute Technique

Unit 5

• p62 More Bass Clef Note Reading
• p64 Theme from the “Surprise” Symphony
• p65 Hungarian Dance
• p66 Shepherd’s Song
• p68 3-Minute Technique

Unit 6

• p70 Eighth (8th) Notes
• p71 French Minuet
• p72 Morning
• p74 Taps
• p75 Happy Birthday
• p76 English Folk Song
• p77 Gavotte
• p79 Simple Gifts
• p80 3-Minute Technique

Unit 7

• p82 Treble Space Notes: F-A-C-E
• p84 500-Year-Old Melody
• p86 Reveille
• p88 3-Minute Technique

Unit 8

• p90 Treble C Pentascale
• p91 When the Saints Go Marching In
• p92 African Celebration
• p94 3-Minute Technique

Unit 9

• p96 G Pentascales in 3 Locations
• p97 G Pentascale Warm-ups
• p98 Musette
• p99 Old Irish Blessing
• p100 Theme by Mozart
• p102 3-Minute Technique

Unit 10

• p104 Sharps and Flats
• p105 Half-Time Band
• p106 Greensleeves
• p108 Warm-up with Flats
• p109 Romance
• p110 Sleeping Beauty Waltz
• p112 Summer Mountain Rain
• p114 3-Minute Technique

Unit 11

• p116 Intervals: 4ths, 5ths, 6ths
• p117 Promenade
• p118 Water Lilies
• p119 Danny Boy
• p120 New Age Sounds
• p121 Aria
• p122 Sixth Sense
• p123 The Lion Sleeps Tonight
• p124 Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
• p126 3-Minute Technique

Unit 12

• p128 The C Major Scale
• p129 One Octave C Major Scale
• p130 Vive la France!
• p132 3-Minute Technique

Unit 13

• p134 The G7 Chord
• p135 Trumpet Voluntary
• p136 Can-Can
• p138 Ice Skaters
• p140 3-Minute Technique

Unit 14

• p142 Primary Chords in C Major
• p144 IV Chord Warm-up in C
• p145 Rise and Shine
• p146 Trumpet Concerto
• p148 The Entertainer
• p150 Home on the Range
• p152 3-Minute Technique

Unit 15

• p154 The G Major Scale
• p155 One Octave G Major Scale
• p156 Minuet in G
• p158 3-Minute Technique

Unit 16

• p160 Primary Chords in G Major
• p161 Alexander March
• p162 Amazing Grace
• p165 French Dance
• p166 Polovtsian Dance
• p168 For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
• p170 Banuwa (Village)
• p172 3-Minute Technique
• p174 The Carnival of Venice
• p176 Major Pentascales

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