TECHNICDear teachers and parents. ‘Technic contains a variety of exercises to develop hand and finger coordination, and to develop ‘ease, control, and facility at the keyboard. The student should allow time each day for technic practice. These exercises may be played as warm-ups before beginning to practice pieces. ‘Technic is coordinated page-by-page with Piano, Theory, and Performance books at each level. The four books should be used simultaneously for thorough reinforcement of each concept. The suggested sequence among the books is listed in the Contents. Please be aware of these three items: DYNAMICS Unless indicated, the dynamics are to be suggested by the teachers. On each repeat of the exercise, have the student use a different dynamic level, ‘TEMPO Direct the student to play each exercise in three tempos: slow, medium, and fast On each repeat, have the student use a different tempo. TOUCH Unless staccato is indicated, the basic touch for these exercises is legato. However, ‘many of the legato exercises may be repeated with a staccato touch at the teacher's discretion. BASTIEN PIANO BASICS is an exciting and comprehensive series designed to get the young piano student off to the right start. The learning sequence is carefully graded to assure steady progress in all areas. ‘We offer you our best wishes for achievement and success. Neil A. Kjos Music Company James Bastien Jane Smisor Bastien © 1986 Kjos West, 4382 Jutland Drive, San Diego, California 92117, International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. WARNING! All the music, text, art, and graphics in this book are protected by copyright law. To copy or reproduce them by any method is an infringement of the copyright law. Anyone who reproduces copyrighted matter is subject to substantial penalties and assessments for each infringement. 078 Tee ; PgR aot "anaioy cme immer 10% Ssi51 Cl quesBASTIEN PIANO Basics TECHNIC LEVEL 3 BY JAMES BASTIEN ,. Contents Downtown Boogie .... Uptown Boogie ‘Scale Workout in A Minor ‘Major-Minor March ... ‘Tiger Chase . Lion Chase Graceful Unicorn — Scale Workout in D Minor Chord Exercises........ Major Triads and Inversion Minor Triads and Inversions Snowmobiling .... ‘Triplet Rhythm Warm-ups On the Escalator Space Flight Scale Etude... Stretching Out Gypsy Dance —— Alberti Etude Chromatic Scale Studies Over the Hurdles... Workout in Db. —— Mechanical Men Workout in Ab .. Ranch Roundup = — Workout in .............. Jumpin’ 'n Swayin’ Finger Extension Study 1 Finger Extension Study 2 Four Exercises by Schmitt Double Notes Etude .... [Wwo-Octave Major Scales .-.- —— two-Octave Sharp Scales... Special Requests for‘Technic . “To reinforce the feeling of achievement, the teacher or student may put a / when the page has been mastered, + boogie bass. Major, minor triads, ¢ * primary chords in D minor... ‘Aminor scale. primary chords in A minor - broken chord bass (1st style). Dminor scale triads and inversions triplets, pp, £7 Frag ec hand crossings broken chord bass (nd sie - octave at waltz, bass Alberti bass chromatic scale... y phrasing studies using chromatics Dh Major scale... 2.2.0.1 primary chords in Db ‘Ab Major scale... primary chords in Ab Eh Major scale primary chords in Eb. Hanon exercise ... Hanon exercise .... Schmitt exercises . Czerny etude .. sharp scales... flat scales ‘from teacher or student . ISBN 0-8497-9302-5, HERSSRRESHEREESEsat rest WP218 Use with page 4 of Piano, Level 3! 1 a nf Use with page 5 of Piano, Level3. WP218Scale Workout in A Minor A Natural Minor A Harmonic Minor 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 7 4 : A Melodic Minor ies a fininei + 8 -=—— e tog £ pS . = SS ss WP218 Use with pages 6-9 of Piano, Level 3.cad Use ith pages 10-11 of Piano, Level. WP218Tiger Chase Lion Chase 1 1 mf mf 5 a T WP218 Use with page 12-13 of Piano, Level 3Graceful Unicorn ake ‘= we wae oS Use with pages 14-15 of Piano, Level’. WP218Scale Workout in D Minor D Natural Minor Scale 1 3 2 8 1 2 died ee a 7 JT 7 1°06 af D Harmonic Minor Scale D Melodic Minor Scale 1 1 3 1 1 3 WP218 Use with page 16 of Piano, Level 3.uy oe: 1 # =e ee Cl Ss th 2 = ¥ TS KF Use with page 17 of Piano, Level 3. WP21810 ‘Transpose to other Major keys. Major Triads and Inversions 1ogf ‘Transpose to other minor keys. Minor Triads and Inversions 5 d Rog io ie | je WP218 Use with pages 18-19 of Piano, Level 3D.C.al Fine ‘ 2 1+ —__ mp 1 i Use with page 20-21 of Piano, Level 3. WP21812 ‘Transpose to other Major and minor keys. Triplet Rhythm Warm-ups 1 ase =~ pe SEN ot Pe On the Escalator ee ee 1 1 1 Pa: 3 ~~ re ~— — 2 : ; 3 SS SN 2 NS eorese. I Swe poco wet: WP218 Use with pages 22-23 of Piano, Level 3Scale Etude WP218 Lise wth pages 26-27 of Piano, LevelsPlay staccato if you cannot reach an octave. Stretching Out! 1 1s Use with pages 28.29 of Piano, Level 3. WP218WP218 Use with pages 30-31 of Piano, Level 3‘Transpose to other keys. Alberti Bass Warm-up Use with pages 32-38 of Piano, Level 3. WP21818 Chromatic Scale Studies = 28 8 tf ay et 8 14 8. a 8d 82 1 8 1812 81 81 81281921 Shgiseia 1 a1 2 8 1821 8181 $21 81912 81 sts1238 1 WP218 Use with pages 34-35 of Piano, Level 319 Over the Hurdles 5 5 + 2431 5 = i SP oe a re 2 a2 Ze = Tere Sees 1 2ist 1 poe % 7 1 9esigt 8 s2rei = 3 Use with pages 36-37 of Piano, Level 3. WP218WP218 Use with pages 40-41 of Piano, Level 3i 4 oo 1 Use with pages 42-43 of Piano, Levels. WP218Workout in Ab WP218 Lise with pages 44-45 of Piano, Level 3.Use with pages 46-47 of Piano, Level 3. WP218WP218 Use with pages 48-49 of Piano, Level 3Jumpin’ ’n Swayin’ , 6 5 a 4 i Use with pages 50-51 of Piano, Level 3. WP218* & 7 i Finger Extension Study 1. Charles-Louis Hanon (1819-1900) re bbe aas te 13 SP eerirrs ¢ 125 i2$ 12 Sat ea Be 1 5 2123234 51 5 Ts sesa82 136 Ts 5 1s eF +. e RS eaeeeree eee = a = Bor ae WP218 Use with page 52 of Piano, Levelue a))) Finger Extension Study 2. Charles-Louis Hanon 1 5 1234343 51 it —— E petetec ft iertete|t te 16482828 wr2i8 Use with page 53 of Piano, Level 3Four Exercises by Schmitt from opus 16 Aloys Schmitt (1788-1866) Continue this pattern up the keyboard on the white keys. 6 5 _ FH gee Continue this pattern SP up the keyboard on the white keys. ‘Continue this pattern up the keyboard ‘on the white keys. "@- Continue this pattern ‘up the keyboard = on the white keys. WP218 Use with page 54 of Piano, Level 4Double Notes Warm-up Double Notes Etude from opus 777 Carl Czerny (1791-1857) 3 i 1 5 6 D.C. al Fine f 7 g Use with page 54 of Piano, Level 3. WP218€ Major A Major wr218 Two-Octave Major Scales Sharp Scales tt and Root C Position inversion tnversion Ppation at 1s te, 8 a Le fe Fiat 1 bs i i31 Two-Octave Major Scales Flat Scales Root stand Root Position Inversion Inversion Position 1 at = Ja 19 5 § eet PRE Bh, + | 3 ms >] 74 Bb Major 13) ey ds 5 8 5 8 wr2i8ecia