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The FJH
Pianist’s Curriculum®
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Sight Reading
& Rhythm Every Day®
This series is
designed to help students achieve an impeccable sense of rhythm which
is the first step in successful sight reading, as well as develop
their skills with key recognition, time signature recognition,
pattern identification, interval recognition, and immediate response
to articulation and dynamics. |
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Designed to be accessible to young beginners,
we've used larger fonts and added lyrics that
appeal to kids. Each unit has a theme such
as At the Park, Up in Space, or Creepy
Crawly Things. Every day the student
claps/counts two short rhythm lines, and sight
reads two short pieces, and checks off a Did
It! box. This carefully sequenced book
starts with reading 2nds and 3rds from guide
notes Middle C, Treble G, and Bass F; then
adds the interval of a 4th in Unit 4. This
new addition to the series guides students
in a simple way to sight read with ease, accuracy
and musicality. |
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| Helen
Marlais, Kevin
Olson
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In
the Every Day plan for Book 1A, students
learn key and time signature recognition; how
to count rhythms; interval recognition starting
on the guide notes of middle C, treble G, and
bass F; pattern identification; and immediate
response to articulations and dynamics. |
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| Helen
Marlais, Kevin
Olson
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In
the Every Day plan for Book 1B, students
learn key and time signature recognition; how
to count basic rhythms in time signatures of
2/4, 3/4, and 4/4; interval recognition starting
on and around the guide notes of middle C, treble
G, treble C, and bass C; pattern identification;
and immediate response to articulations and
dynamics. [view
sample page] [view
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Helen
Marlais with Kevin Olson
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In
the Every Day plan for Book 2A, students
learn key and time signature recognition; how
to count basic rhythms that include eighth notes;
interval and pattern recognition through major
five-finger patterns; single-line music played
between the hands; immediate response to articulations;
dynamics; and beginning transposition. [view
sample page]
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Helen
Marlais with Kevin Olson
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In
the Every Day plan for Book 2B, students
learn triads and begin to play pieces with both
hands together on two staffs. Attention is given
to different articulations and dynamics, and
students are asked to transpose short pieces
to the nearest keys. In addition, students learn
to "plan" for note and rhythmic accuracy,
correct articulations, and a good sound. Helpful
suggestions guide students to think before they
play, and not to stop once they have started.
Students are also asked to count rhythmic examples
out loud and clap, tap, point, snap their fingers,
and march. Developing these important skills
lays the proper foundation for music making
and fosters stellar piano playing. [view
sample page]
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Helen
Marlais with Kevin Olson
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Level
3A
In
the Every Day plan for Book 3A, students
learn and practice different rhythmic activities
with accent markings, focusing on the dotted
quarter note rhythm followed by eighth notes.
Tonic and dominant chords are explored, as well
as melodic and harmonic intervals of major and
minor 2nds and 3rds, and perfect 4ths and 5ths.
Extending the usual five-finger pattern by crossing
the second finger over the thumb is taught,
as well as learning transposition of up to a
fifth interval. Students will develop important
skills such as eye, ear, and hand coordination
through carefully crafted exercises, and will
help turn your students into young artists. |
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In
Book 3B of this distinctive series, new concepts
carefully interweave with reviewed concepts
to further the students’ knowledge and
hone their sight-reading abilities. Some of
the concepts reviewed are: rhythms that include
dotted quarter notes followed by eighth notes,
crossovers of the second finger over the thumb
extending the five finger pattern, and a review
of tonic and dominant chords to name a few.
New concepts are introduced, such as how to
count triplets, play and recognize Sus4 (suspended
fourth) chords, play and recognize authentic
cadences, and expanding knowledge of intervals
to include M2, m2, M3, m3, P4, and P5. Students
will also play in the keys of B flat major and
B minor. |
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| Helen
Marlais with Kevin
Olson
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Intermediate
In
Book 4A of this outstanding series, Helen
Marlais along with Kevin Olson, provide students
with creative, structured lessons and activities
to further develop their sight reading abilities.
New concepts include: sliding the thumb under
the third finger; reading intervals that include
ledger lines; the beginning of playing one octave
scales; further study of intervals, cadences,
chord progressions, and keys; to name a few. |
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In
Book 4B of this outstanding series, Helen Marlais
along with Kevin Olson, provide students with
creative and structured lessons to further develop
their sight reading and rhythm abilities. New
concepts include: reading chord symbols; reading
intervals that include ledger lines; the beginning
of playing one octave scales; further study
of intervals, cadences, chord progressions,
and keys; to name a few. [View
Sample Page] |
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In
Book 5 of the Sight Reading &
Rhythm Every Day® series,
students learn about compound meters and cut
time, chords and their inversions, and new music
terms including dolce, meno, and sempre. Also,
Book 5 incorporates Rhythm Flashes!,
Interval Flashes!, and Pattern Flashes!,
which are designed to help students think and
plan quickly for excellent sight reading! Original
pieces and teacher/student duets along with
a carefully sequenced curriculum make learning
to sight read an engaging activity for developing
students. |
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Book
6 of Sight Reading & Rhythm Every Day®
reinforces previous skills and adds new skills
such as reading sixteenth-note rhythms in several
different keys and includes combinations of
rhythms such as an eighth note followed by two
sixteenth notes and a dotted eighth note followed
by two sixteenth notes. Also introduced are
diminished triads, augmented triads, dominant
seventh chords and their inversions. Students
further their skills in harmonization and are
provided with necessary sight-reading and rhythm
drills and "flash" exercises to hone
their sight-reading skills.
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