FOREWORD Method books give you the materials you need, yet only the relationship between you and the student can bring the music to life. This Teacher’s Guide is intended to suggest possible ways to introduce and work with each piece in Piano Lessons Book 2 of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. New Concepts:
highlight the new musical ideas presented in each piece
Touch & Sound: highlight the physical skills needed to create the appropriate sound and mood of each piece Review:
highlights those concepts that may need continued work
The teaching suggestions are divided into the following categories: Prepare
Practice
Perform
Introduces the coordination and rhythm of each piece before combining those aspects of the music with pitch reading.
Includes steps to learning each piece, such as blocking, comparing phrases, and saying note names or intervals out loud.
Includes suggestions for putting all the steps together to play each piece accurately and in the appropriate tempo, mood, and style.
Many activities throughout this book include accompaniments that can be added in the following ways:
Teacher
4
2
Audio CD
General MIDI Disk
Each page also includes references to the coordinated activities in Piano Practice Games, Piano Theory Workbook, Piano Technique, Notespeller, Piano Solos, and Music Flash Cards. In addition, the Lesson Planning Charts on pages 49-65 give you an at-a-glance view of how to coordinate all of the books and materials in Books 1-5 of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. We hope these teaching ideas will stimulate your own unique teaching style and will help you organize your lessons in ways that keep the pleasure of making music the first priority!