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Duet
Yourself is a collection of eleven solo pieces and their accompaniments,
which consist of fairly simple repetitive patterns. To play a duet, simply
record the accompaniment to play along with the melody. The music has been
written so that the pieces can even be played on one keyboard by two people.
Study notes, hand positions, and finger and rhythm drills are provided.
ISBN: 978-1-936411-13-9 26 pages
Foundations
A Keyboard Musicianship Enrichment Program
By Paul Sheftel and Phyllis Lehrer
Foundationsderives
from a larger project entitled Personal Trainer, a keyboard program
offering musical workouts and enrichment activities for piano students of many
ages and skill levels.
We felt that extracting the keyboard theory sections, Foundations, from Personal Trainer might serve the needs of certain players primarily interested in reinforcing their understanding of basic theory and, above all, in strengthening their knowledge of the piano keyboard. The keyboard can serve as an excellent map for helping to understand basic elements of theory. The term "keyboard geography" is often used in this regard. Relating keyboard patterns to theory is fundamental to relating the cognitive to the kinesthetic—the mind to the body.
Materials are presented sequentially. "Fitness Challenges" provide the player with carefully constructed drills that can serve the purpose of developing and increasing skills as well as for evaluating progress. Each challenge has a MIDI accompaniment specifically designed for that activity.
ISBN: 978-1-936411-04-7 50 pages
Twenty
Eight-Measure Etudes
By Carl Czerny
With accompaniments for second piano or MIDI player by Paul Sheftel
The
soloist in the premiere performance in Vienna of Beethoven’s monumental Emperor
Concerto, Carl Czerny, was a prolific composer but is today only remembered
for the exercises and etudes that he composed for piano students. He studied
under such masters as Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Antonio Salieri,
and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Now one does not always love Czerny studies, for they can be rather long and repetitive—and taxing. However, early in my training I came to understand the value of such study. During that early training I worked exclusively in a volume entitled 160 Eight-Measure Exercises (op. 183). This was a wise choice on the part of my mentor because these particular etudes are short and succinct—and absolutely charming and beautiful. From that collection of 160 etudes I have chosen twenty of my special favorites.
The road to developing technical skill involves a considerable amount of repetition. It can be lonely and a bit wearisome. With this in mind, I have added a second piano part for each of the twenty studies. A teacher or another student may play these on a second piano or you make use of the MIDI files that you can easily obtain.
—Paul Sheftel
Professor Sheftel is a member of the faculty of The Juilliard School. He has
served on the faculties of the Mannes College of Music, The Manhattan School of
Music, and Hunter College.
Paul Sheftel has performed in most of the capitols of Europe and throughout the United States. In New York City alone he has performed in most of the noted performing venues including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully, Town, and Merkin Concert Halls.
Personal
Trainer
A Keyboard Muscianship Enrichment Program
By Paul Sheftel and Phyllis Lehrer
Personal
Trainer is a training program offering
musical workouts and enrichment activities for piano students of many ages and
skill levels. The overall structure consists of five books, each containing four
sections dealing with specific issues. These four sections are entitled:
•Explorations
•Eye-So-Metrics
• Foundations
• Repertoire.
We believe the development of technique, sight playing and analytical skills are part of an integrated approach to total musicianship; all are stepping-stones to aesthetic expression and musical understanding. We want our students to feel comfortable as they learn to hear what they see, see what they hear, and grow in their understanding of the building blocks of music. Those, simply stated, are fundamental goals of Personal Trainer.
This book was created to work well by itself. It works even better when used with Home Concert Xtreme, an interactive software environment for learning, practicing, and performing music.
Modules: 2010 Edition
By Paul Sheftel
Noted
pianist and Julliard professor, Paul Sheftel, asks, “When learning to play a C
chord, why not also learn F and G chords, since they all use only white keys?”
The three modules are all about groupings that concentrate on the 12 major scales, their perfect, major and minor intervals, and the 12 major triads in root position and first and second inversions. These are all studied in logical groupings. There is a specific musical composition for each scale, chord and interval.
Sound
accomplished with ease.
"My thought, as I composed these pieces, was 'keyboard recreation.' Ideally, I wanted to write pieces which would sound hard without being so. I have tried, in the Study Notes, to outline the approaches to learning each piece which worked best."
Paul Sheftel
12 pieces with study
notes.
32 pages plus cover.
A
Singer's Manual of Foreign Language Dictions
By Richard F. Sheil, Ph.D.
Professor Richard Sheil lays out the fundamentals for singing accurately and
clearly in the crucial languages for singers: Roman Church Latin, French, German, Hebrew,
Italian, Spanish, and Russian.
Emeritus professor of music in the State University of New York, Richard F. Sheil guides students, singers and anyone who wishes to sing properly in a foreign language through an education of the highest degree. His writing is clear and lively. His comprehensive text will be an indispensable tool for every singer from established professionals to voice majors to those who want to sing in church on Sunday morning. A lesson from Professor Sheil will revitalize your expression of all these languages.
ISBN 0-9703923-7-0 196 pages
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