The Adult Approach to Piano Study
By Michael Aaron
Piano Book
Item: 00-11007
The interest in piano and the desire to play, has increased tremendously in the past few years. Especially is this noticeable among adults who have either had some elementary piano instruction in their youth or have been denied this study for various reasons. This increased interest is partly due to the widespread influence of radio. Hearing music almost daily has become an integral part of our lives and it is this constant influence which has awakened a keen and natural desire to become an active participant. it is to the furtherance and stimulation of this natural desire that this course was planned. The adult approach has been kept constantly in mind, however not to the exclusion of certain basic principles which are necessary in order to make rapid and satisfactory progress. The logical and stepwise manner of progression in this course should prove of inestimable aid to both the student and teacher.
| Title | Composer |
| College Song | |
| Major and Minor Triads | |
| Etude in C | Aaron |
| Beautiful Dreamer | Foster |
| High Tide | Aaron |
| Mexican Hat Dance | |
| Extension Study No. 1 | |
| Extension Study No. 2 | |
| Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair | Foster |
| Intervals | |
| Trill Study | |
| Day-Dreams | Aaron |
| Old English Folk Dance | |
| Thumb Crossings, Chromatic Scale | |
| Etude in B-flat | Aaron |
| Swiss Yodler | |
| Cadence Chords | |
| Land of the Midnight Sun | Aaron |
| Rest Tones and Active Tones | |
| Rigoletto | Verdi |
| Rivulet | Aaron |
| Minor Scale | |
| Swanee River | Foster |
| Dolores | Waldteufel |
| Major and Minor Sixths | |
| Study in Sixths (Wrist Staccato) | |
| Oh! Susanna | Foster |
| Study in Broken Chords | |
| The Maiden's Wish | Chopin |
| The Star-Spangled Banner | |
| Mazurka | Aaron |
| Arpeggio Study | |
| Skip to My Lou | |
| Prayer | Aaron |
| Gold and Silver | Lehar |
| Prelude in A Major | Chopin |
| Augmented and Diminished Triads | |
| Songs My Mother Taught Me | Dvorak |
| Major Scales and Major Triads | |
| Minor Scales and Minor Triads | |
| Major Tonic Chord Arpeggios | |
| Minor Tonic Chord Arpeggios | |
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Dictionary of Musical Terms |