In Recital Throughout The Year is a series that focuses on fabulous repertoire, with musically engaging pieces by leading FJH composers and arrangers. This series of books is carefully levelled to ensure that goals areattainable, which is essential in motivating students. Providing excellent teaching material, these books address the strengths and weaknesses of students, with progressive discussions by Dr. Helen Marlais on the art ofperformance and an analysis of performance strategies.
The pieces presented in these books provide repertoire for the entire year, including pieces for Halloween and Christmas, as well as arrangements of famousclassicalthemes, with original solos and duets.
The accompanying CD includes demonstrations of the pieces presented in this book, allowing the student to develop their interpretive skills.
Volume Two Book 6 issuitable for Late Intermediate pianists and covers many basic principles, including:
Rhythmic patterns of dotted eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and triplet sixteenth notesPieces in simple, compound, and mixedmetersMore challenging passage work, scales in tenths, octaves, glissandos, and hand-over-hand configurationsAn introduction to the rhythms and style of Spanish musicPieces with changes of tempo,character and articulationsPieces in which the melody and the accompaniment are found within the same handSyncopated rhythms, jazz chords, and all kinds of arpeggiated and broken chord patternsSimpleornamentation such as grace notes and trillsPieces reinforce the following musical terms: espressivo, semplice, più animato, appassionato, più mosso, meno mosso, con passionecontrollata, accelerando, rallentando along with basic musical terminology found in books 1-5.A mixture of major and minor keys strengthen the student’s command of the piano.