Product Description
The pieces in Events Book 1 have truly become memorialized in the hearts of all the students, teachers and parents who have played, taught and listened to them.
Events For Piano Book 1 – Song List
𝆕 Spanish Dance has been every student’s “favorite piece” when they first learned it. In ABA form, the piece has two themes that bear a characteristic Spanish flavor and are in two different tempos. The triplet near the end imposes a little extra work.
𝆕 Penguins introduces the need to transfer fingers on the same key. It also contrasts perfectly with pieces on either side of it:
𝆕 Solitude and Spanish Dance and are horizontal “in feel” for the most part, while, Penguins has a vertical feeling.
𝆕 Splashing Waters features broken chords and scales divided between the two hands in flowing cascades of sound. The need to transfer seamlessly from one hand to the other is evident.
𝆕 Next is Melody in A with the familiar Alberti bass. The endearing tune takes an unexpected twist in measure 8 and slips in a sly chromatic passing tone in measure 12.
𝆕 Gyroscope is characterized by alternating broken chords which have clear patterning and colorful changes of its “all – major” triads. The coda can be played two different ways: in 6/8 as implied or in 3/4- – hemiola style.
𝆕 The last piece is a Toccata in every sense of the word. Students feel like real pianists when they can play it.
This book is part of the complete Events 4-Book Set
