Contemporary Class Piano 9th Edition By Elyse Mach
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Contemporary Class Piano, 9th Edition by Elyse Mach is a comprehensive, student-centered text designed for collegiate group piano courses. Published by Oxford University Press, this edition emphasizes functional skills, creative improvisation, and a diverse repertoire across 17 structured units. [1, 2, 3]
Below is the complete breakdown of all topics covered by unit: [1]
Part 1: Foundational Technical Elements & Mechanics
    • Unit 01 - Keyboard Basics: Introduction to the keyboard layout, posture, hand positions, basic note reading, rhythm fundamentals, and playing simple five-finger patterns. [1, 2]
    • Unit 02 - Intervals and Playing Melodies in Other Positions: Developing spatial awareness on the keys, identifying and playing intervals (seconds through fifths), and moving beyond standard home keys. [1]
    • Unit 03 - More Five-Finger Patterns and the Drone Bass: Exploring major and minor five-finger shapes in different keys alongside static bass accompaniments (drones). [1]
    • Unit 04 - Playing in Different Registers: Moving fluidly across the high and low octaves of the piano to expand keyboard range and register recognition. [1]
Part 2: Key Signatures & Chordal Accompaniments
    • Unit 05 - Key Signatures: Identifying sharp and flat signatures on the staff, navigating the Circle of Fifths, and understanding key relationships. [1]
    • Unit 06 - Major and Minor Triads: Building, playing, and recognizing three-note chords in root position. [1]
    • Unit 07 - The Dominant Seventh Chord: Learning the structure and application of the V7 chord to resolve harmonies back to the tonic. [1]
    • Unit 08 - The Subdominant Chord and Changing Five-Finger Positions: Integrating the IV chord (subdominant) into standard chord progressions and practicing physical shifts between positions. [1]
Part 3: Intermediate Scale Mechanics & Inversions
    • Unit 09 - Major Scales and Easy Pieces with Block-Chord Accompaniments: Full two-handed major scale construction, traditional fingerings, and applying basic block chords to support melodies.
    • Unit 10 - Easy Pieces Using Various Accompaniment Patterns: Developing left-hand coordination through broken chords, Arpeggiated styles, and Alberti bass lines.
    • Unit 11 - Intervals within the Scale and Chord Inversions of Triads and Seventh Chords: Mastering larger intervals (sixths, sevenths, octaves) and shifting chord shapes into first and second inversions.
    • Unit 12 - Minor Scales: Learning the forms of minor scales, including natural, harmonic, and melodic minor variations. [1]
Part 4: Advanced Harmonization, Modes, & Modern Styles
    • Unit 13 - Secondary Chords (ii, iii, vi): Expanding classical and popular harmonizations by adding minor secondary triads to standard chord progressions.
    • Unit 14 - Modes and Other Scale Forms: Stepping outside of standard major/minor frameworks to explore Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian modes, and whole-tone scales.
    • Unit 15 - Tonality and Atonality: Exploring 20th- and 21st-century musical styles, including contemporary rhythms, jazz voicings, and experimental sounds. [1, 2]
Part 5: Core Repertoire & Performance Materials
    • Unit 16 - Twenty-Four Piano Classics: A curated anthology of standard performance literature spanning the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras. [1]
    • Unit 17 - Supplementary Melodies to Harmonize: Extensive sight-reading and functional harmony exercises targeting transposing, improvising, and lead-sheet realization. [1, 2]

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Advanced Harmonization Modes & Modern Styles Contemporary Class Piano Core Repertoire & Performance Materials Easy Pieces Using Various Accompaniment Patterns Intermediate Scale Mechanics & Inversions Intervals and Playing Melodies in Other Positions Intervals within the Scale and Chord Inversions of Triads and Seventh Chords ISBN 9780190078294 Key Signatures & Chordal Accompaniments Key Signatures: Identifying sharp and flat signatures on the staff Keyboard Basics: Introduction to the keyboard layout Major and Minor Triads: Building playing Major Scales and Easy Pieces with Block-Chord Accompaniments Minor Scales: Learning the forms of minor scales Modes and Other Scale Forms: Stepping outside of standard major/minor frameworks More Five-Finger Patterns and the Drone Bass Playing in Different Registers Secondary Chord Supplementary Melodies to Harmonize The Dominant Seventh Chord The Subdominant Chord and Changing Five-Finger Positions Tonality and Atonality: Exploring 20th- and 21st-century musical styles Twenty-Four Piano Classics: A curated anthology of standard performance
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