By: Helen Marlais
This beautiful Christmas Book starts students with pre-reading pieces so even the youngest students get a chance to play favorite Christmas music. Students play pieces on the black keys, Middle C, and "almost" Middle C position. The cha
By Helen Marlais.
Grade 1 thoroughly reinforces all of the concepts and the six basic techniques from the Preparatory level. New concepts include: melodic and harmonic intervals; tempo markings; quarter, half, and whole rests; legato and staccato articul
By: Helen Marlais
These entertaining pieces with artistic illustrations and fanciful lyrics are slightly longer and can serve as performance pieces for recitals or adjudications. Optional teacher duets are included, but these selections can stand on thei
By: Various
Students continue to learn wonderful repertoire in the Recital Book, especially when it's used with the Lesson and Technique Book. The pieces are engaging and exciting to play. Artistic illustrations provide students with additional ways to im
by Various
Engaging pieces, in a wide variety of compositional styles, reinforce valuable concepts presented in the Lesson and Technique Book. These compositions make fine recital, festival, and competition repertoire for students.
By: Helen Marlais
Valuable concepts presented in the Lesson and Technique Book are reinforced in the Recital Book. Short practice steps and musicality questions teach students how to listen and enjoy music. Each piece has 3 tracks on the CD: practice spe
By Helen Marlais.
Grade 1 thoroughly reinforces all of the concepts and the six basic techniques from the Preparatory level. New concepts include: melodic and harmonic intervals; tempo markings; quarter, half, and whole rests; legato and staccato articul
By Various
This book reinforces the concepts taught in the Lesson and Technique Book Grade 2A with creative and diverse activities such as writing, playing, ear training, and special "Time to Compose." Reading is reinforced by traditional as well as inter
by Helen Marlais
The writing exercises are short and varied yet very useful and informative. The attractive format includes: fill in the blank; drawing; matching; and "Time to Create," and a new icon introduced in Grade 4 called "Quick Analysis.".
by Helen Marlais.
Students will engage in writing, playing, rhythm, and composing activities, while reinforcing concepts such as notes, intervals, basic rhythms, and musical terms and symbols from the Lesson and Technique Book.
by Various
This book reinforces the concepts taught in Lesson and Technique Book Grade 2B with creative and diverse activities such as writing, playing, ear training and special "Time to Compose." These activities engage and motivate students with support
By: Various
Creative and diverse activities such as writing, playing, ear training, and"Time to Compose" keep students motivated as concepts are reinforced. Counting exercises guide students to internalize rhythms and understand them easily. Short games s
By: Various
Grade 3 expands on the concepts introduced in earlier levels and teaches new ones, such as: new time signatures of 3/8, 6/8 and cut time; compound meter; triads and inversions; IV chord and I-IV-I cadence; I-IV-I-V7-I in C, G, and F Major; syn
by Helen Marlais and Cynthia Coster
A proven series to reinforce the note names and intervals students learn in Succeeding at the Piano®, 2nd Edition, Succeeding with a Notespeller, Grade 1B correlates with 2nd Edition, Succeeding at the Piano®, Grade 1B.
By: Helen Marlais with Cynthia Coster
This artistic book with brilliant colors and clever activities is so attractive that children can’t wait to turn the pages to see what comes next! Note reading is reinforced with emphasis on intervals. Some of the con
by Helen Marlais with Cynthia Coster
Students learn to read in an ideal way by combining Middle C, intervallic, and multi-key reading approaches. They learn intervals early, and continue to build on this reading foundation throughout the method. The creat
By: Helen Marlais with Cynthia Coster
Succeeding with a Notespeller provides an enjoyable reinforcement of the note names and intervals presented Succeeding at the Piano®, Grade 2A, but it also can be used with any method. Colorful and creative activities
By: Helen Marlais with Cynthia Coster
Succeeding with a Notespeller provides an enjoyable way for students to reinforce all of the note names and intervals they learn in Succeeding at the Piano®, Preparatory Level. Students will be motivated to review the
by Helen Marlais and Cynthia Coster
Succeeding with a Notespeller provides a terrific way to reinforce all the notes and intervals (Bass C–Treble G, steps and skips) presented in Succeeding at the Piano®, Preparatory Level. Students are motivated by color
Editor: Helen Marlais
Baroque Era, Volume One of Succeeding with the Masters® is a collection of 22 graded repertoire pieces by J.S. Bach, Handel and Scarlatti. These works, mostly dances, build a foundation for playing more advanced baroque music. Comple
Editor: Helen Marlais
Baroque Era, Volume Two of Succeeding with the Masters® continues the collection of graded repertoire, featuring the great masters of the Baroque era. These 25 marvelous selections build a foundation for playing even more advanced ba
Editor: Helen Marlais
Succeeding with the Masters® is a collection of 26 graded repertoire pieces by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. It provides a complete overview of the musical characteristics of the Classical Era in an easily comprehensible manner. Stu
Editor: Helen Marlais
Volume Two continues this collection of graded repertoire pieces by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. These marvelous selections, compiled from original sources, build a foundation for playing advanced classical music. After studying and
Succeeding with the Masters®, Romantic Era, Volume One, is a collection of graded repertoire featuring selections from Tchaikovsky, Schumann, and Schubert-three great masters of the Romantic era. These works build a foundation for
