{"product_id":"contemporary-class-piano-9780195389074","title":"Contemporary Class Piano","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContemporary Class Piano\u003c\/strong\u003e by Mach, Elyse. plastic_comb edition. ISBN: 9780195389074.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for its richly diversified styles of repertoire and ensemble pieces and its abundance of creative materials, Contemporary Class Piano, Seventh Edition, includes the widest-ranging repertoire of solo and ensemble pieces available in any beginning piano text. Elyse Mach presents an abundant solo and ensemble repertoire--which includes classical pieces and folk, jazz, rock, pop, and blues tunes--providing ample opportunities for students to improvise, transpose, harmonize, and compose accompaniments.\n\nFEATURES OF THE NEW EDITION\n\n* Reorganized from six to ten units, the material is now more accessible for classroom use.\n* Twenty diverse new reading, repertoire, and ensemble pieces introduce students to music of various styles and levels of difficulty.\n* Unit 9 provides additional practice opportunities in interpreting chord symbols and harmonizing.\n* More score reading examples in three- and four-part settings provide reinforcement of chorale style reading.\n* Alto and tenor clef reading examples are introduced.\n* Two new appendices offer more help: Appendix B features vocal and instrumental accompaniments to help students further develop skills, and Appendix E offers a timeline and historical overview of the style and characteristics of music from the Baroque period through the 21st century.\n* Appendix A presents new material on transposing instruments.\n* New CD and MIDI disk icons in the text indicate track numbers for ease of reference.\n* \"Practice Strategies\" boxes give beginners helpful hints.\n* A \"Classic Miniatures\" section of excerpts contains original keyboard pieces written by master composers.\n* Worksheets appearing at the end of most chapters provide further practice opportunities.\n\nSUPPORT PACKAGE\n\n* A new in-text audio CD for students, which includes orchestrations by renowned composers Phillip Keveren and Jason Nyberg, presents selected pieces at both practice tempo and performance tempo.\n* A set of four MIDI disks--containing approximately 240 orchestration accompaniments prepared by composers Phillip Keveren and Jason Nyberg--motivates students to practice and complete their assignments more readily. This set is available free to adopters.\n* The Instructors Companion Website (www.oup.com\/us\/classpiano) will offer suggested lesson plans, teaching tips, and full track listings for the in-text CD and Instructor MIDI disks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44662923690037,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195389077","price":90.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0195389077_bf8ac3a1-9b54-46c0-9d06-780fca38d951.jpg?v=1784260866","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/contemporary-class-piano-9780195389074","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}