John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course 2
John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course 2
John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course 2
PAPT TWTO
REVIEW
The firsl exomple in Porl Two presents o review of Notes. Time Volues ond other Rudimenls leorned in Porf One.
NEW MATERIAI.
Greoi imporlonce is oitoched to the foct thoi os new notes ore introduced, the pupil is given opportunity to ploy exomples in
FINGER DRIIIS
Most exomples ore preceded by short four- bar Finger Drills in Five- finger Position. Since lhe five-finger group is the fore-
runner of the scole, the imporlonce of these little exercises connol be over-eslimoled.
The Scole os o musicol ond technicol figure will be token up more completely loter in the Course.
CHORDS
In lhe lo6er port of fhe book, some very simple two-ond three-noie chords ore introduced-both in."block" ond broken-chord
formotion. This enobles the pupil to gef the "feel" of hormonic occomponiments before he is required lo leorn fhe Theory ond Evolu-
tion of chords-which of cours-., con only follow o knowledge of Scoles ond Intervols'
By progressing slowly ond presenting mony exomples contoining eoch new set of noles, ihe pupil is cerfoin lo hove developed
fluency in Reoding by the time Port Two is finished-porticulorly if emphosis is ploced on the Work Sheets, lhe "Reoding Aloud"
Exercises ond the Finger Drills which ore olwoys built upon ihe new noles presenfed'
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