Hal Leonard Piano Method Lesson Book 5

The Hal Leonard Piano Method – Lesson Book 5 is the concluding volume of the five-part piano method by Barbara Kreader, Phillip Keveren, and Fred Kern. The book builds on the knowledge and playing skills from the previous volumes and guides students to an intermediate piano level.

In this fifth lesson book, students are introduced to sixteenth notes and various combinations of eighth and sixteenth notes. Additionally, scales, cadences, chromaticism, chord inversions, open position triads, and grace notes are covered. The learning material is always linked to pieces, so that new musical concepts are immediately put into practice.

The repertoire is varied and includes folk music, jazz, classical compositions, and contemporary pieces. Students will play music and arrangements by Mozart, Beethoven, Burgmüller, Pachelbel, and Scott Joplin, among others, supplemented with original educational compositions. The alternation between styles helps in developing rhythm, musicality, technique, and independent sight-reading.

Topics in this lesson book

Sixteenth notes · combinations of eighth and sixteenth notes · major and minor scales · cadences · chord inversions · open position triads · scale degrees · grace notes · chromatic scales · articulation · rhythmic coordination · musical interpretation.

About the authors

Barbara Kreader, Phillip Keveren, and Fred Kern are American piano teachers, composers, and authors of educational piano music. Together, they developed the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, a method that combines a gradual progression of levels with creativity, improvisation, and repertoire from diverse musical styles.

This is the edition with audio-online. No CD included.