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Originally created as a supplement for beginning piano lessons, this book is an excellent resource for any music student, regardless of their instrument. After orienting the student to the Grand Staff, it introduces them to 10 "landmark notes" and 4 other "symmetries," and then it relates the remaining notes of the Grand Staff to those landmark notes. This book also helps students to develop an understanding of intervals, accidentals, and key signatures, and how to identify and read them on the Grand Staff.
An exciting new resource, this book reinforces concepts through numerous review exercises, and it contains answer keys and keyboard diagrams for selected figures.
About the author
John Robertson holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, and he is currently pursuing a DMA in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, studying with Dr. Jean Barr, Dr. Andrew Harley, and Dr. Russell Miller. In 2019, he was the recipient of the Barbara M. H. Koeng Award for Excellence in Vocal Accompanying, and in January 2020, he was invited to participate in Renée Fleming's SongStudio at the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall.John currently teaches on the voice and opera faculty at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. For three years, John served as Lecturer and Collaborative Pianist at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, teaching applied piano and courses in accompanying, chamber music, and musical theater. He previously served as a member of the music faculty of Judson College in Marion, Alabama, teaching applied piano and group piano, and courses in music theory and piano pedagogy.John is also on the faculty of the Samford Academy of the Arts, where he maintains an active precollege piano studio and teaches class piano and musicianship courses.
