John W. Schaum Piano Course, E: The Violet Book

Contents

• Rhythm Drills

• Finger Staccato Study -- The Globe Trotter

  Gautier

• Chime Effects -- The Angelus Bell

  Sibelius

• Scale Passages -- Deer at Winter Feeding Place

  Beethoven

• Rural Dance Form -- Barnyard Jamboree

  Baumfelder

• Melody Playing -- Summer Moon

  Fibich

• Finger Dexterity -- The Chase

  Lichner

• Tremolo -- "1812" Overture (Excerpt)

  Tchaikowsky

• Left Hand Rotation -- Log-Rolling Contest

  Koelling

• Whole Tone Harmony -- Stratosphere Man

• A Norwegian Composer -- Starlight over Norway

  Grieg

• Sentiment in Music -- I Love Thee

  Grieg

• Gypsy Rhythm -- Camp of the Gypsies

  Behr

• Glissando -- Sliding on a Rainbow

• Legato Melody with Staccato Accompaniment -- Wild Horse Canyon

  Concone

• The Mordent (Plain and Inverted) -- Gavotte

  Gluck

• Pep Rally March -- The Track Meet

  J. F. Wagner

• Opera Theme -- The Bullfighters' March

  Bizet

• Oratorio Theme -- The Shepherd and His Sheep (from Messiah)

  Handel

• Arpeggio Study (Thumb Under) -- Up the Airy Mountain

  Streabbog

• Staccatissimo Touch -- Pappy's Polka

  Strauss

• Musical Emotion -- Purple Sunset

  Liszt

• The Waltz as an Art Form -- Crystal Ballroom

  Chopin

• Tenuto -- The Postage Stamp

  Czerny

• The Soft Pedal -- Magic Carpet of Dreams

  Debussy

• The Barcarolle Form -- Theme from Oberon

  Weber

• Velocity Study -- Thirty Seconds to Go

  Koelling

• Reading a Vocal Accompaniment -- Merry Widow Waltz

  Lehar

• Passing Left Hand over Right -- Pass the Sugar, Please

• How to Turn a Page of Music -- News Flashes

  Behr

• Alternating Finger Study -- Crazy Quilt

• Depicting Nature in Music -- Fingal's Cave

  Mendelssohn

• Schaum Piano Quiz

• Schaum Music Dictionary

• Certificate of Promotion