Leading to Mastery of the Instrument
A time-honored tradition just got better! The John W. Schaum Piano Course has been newly revised with 100 percent new engravings and typesetting, color highlighting for concept emphasis, updated song titles and lyrics, and full-color illustrations.
- Foreword
- Outlining Hands (Correlating fingers with staff names)
- Sight Reading Discovery
- Sight Reading Drills
- Five-finger Position in C Major -- The Woodchuck
- Phrase Development -- Snug as a Bug in a Rug
- How to Count -- Hannah from Montana
- Rhythmic Development -- Crunchy Flakes
- Musical Terms -- Swinging Along
- Half Steps and Whole Steps (Sharps, Flats and Naturals)
- Accidentals -- Tick-Tack-Toe
- Five-finger Position in G Major -- A Nutty Song
- Crescendo and Diminuendo -- How to Transpose -- Down in a Coal Mine
- Andante and Review -- The Kangarooster
- Music Appreciation -- Beethoven -- Bells Are Ringing
- Arm Phrasing Touch -- Steady Eddie
- Bringing Out the Melody -- The Goofy Gopher
- Extended Right Hand Position -- The Dandy Lion
- Left Hand Development -- Captain Silver
- Piano Quiz No. 1
- Transposing -- Jumping Beans
- Technique -- Warm-Ups
- Memorization -- The Snake Dance
- Major Scale Pattern
- Scale Writing
- C Major Scale (Ascending) -- The Escalator
- Broken Chords and the Triad -- The Sphinx
- Five-finger Position in F Major -- Tune of the Tuna Fish
- Extended R.H. Position in F Major -- Which Is Witch?
- Contrast in Music
- Reading Notes as Well as Finger Numbers -- Brahms' Lullaby
- A Recital Piece
- Left Hand Accompaniment Patterns -- Riding on a Mule
- Five-finger Position in D Major -- Cycles
- Common Time
- Extended R.H. Position in D Major -- The Movies
- Intervals: The Third -- At the Ice Cream Counter
- New Hand Position (B-flat Major) -- The Picnic
- The Pianoforte and Fortissimo -- The Life Guard
- Staccato Study -- The Steam Iron
- Hand Position: Key of A Major -- The Pet Shop
- Repertoire -- The Rodeo
- The Dotted Quarter Note in 4/4 Time -- Motorcycle Police
- The Dotted Quarter Note in 3/4 Time -- Schubert's Waltz
- Reversible Melody -- A Musical Trick / The Cheerleader
- Changing Keys -- Birthday Greetings
- Piano Quiz No. 2
- Certificate of Promotion
