Level 1 Basic Scope
Repertoire
Suzuki Piano School Volume 1
- Twinkle Variations
- Lightly Row (German Folk Song)
- The Honeybee (Bohemian Folk Song)
- Cuckoo (German Folk Song)
- French Children’s Song (French Folk Song)
- London Bridge (English Folk Song)
- Mary Had a Little Lamb (American Nursery Song)
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song)
- Au Clair de la Lune (Jean-Baptiste Lully)
- Long, Long Ago (Thomas Haynes Bayly)
- Little Playmates (F.X. Chwatal)
- Chant Arabe (Anonymous)
- Allegretto 1 (Carl Czerny)
- Goodbye to Winter (Folk Song)
- Allegretto 2 (Carl Czerny)
- Christmas Day Secrets (T. Dutton)
- Allegro (Shinichi Suzuki)
- Musette (Anonymous)
Musicianship
Solfegge
- Daily Do (Michiko Yurko)
Technical Concepts covered
- Finger strokes for playing legato: paste, walk, pull
- Finger strokes for playing staccato: flick, jump, drop, pop
- Alberti bass
- Chords
- Thirds
- Slur
- Phrasing
- Portamento
- Rests: wrist float
- Tonalization
Musical Concepts covered
- Legato
- Staccato
- Non-legato
- Interval singing: M2, M3, P4, P5, m6, m7, P8
- Forms: ABA, AABA, AA’BB’, ABAC
- Repeats, Fine, da capo
- Ostinatos
- Chords: I IV V V7
- Keys: C major, G major, a minor, d minor
- Time Signatures: 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 2/2
- Note patterns: tiri-tiri, ti-ti, ta, ti-tiri, syncopa, tay ti ta,
Level 2 Basic Scope
Repertoire
Suzuki Piano School Volume 2
- Ecossaise (Johann Nepomuk Hummel)
- A Short Story (Heinrich Lichner)
- The Happy Farmer (Robert Schumann)
- Minuet in G Major (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Minuet in G Major (Anonymous)
- Minuet in G Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Cradle Song, Op. 13, No. 2 (Carl Maria von Weber)
- Arietta (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Hungarian Folk Song (Bela Bartok)
- Melody (Robert Schumann)
- Minuet in G Major (Christian Petzold)
- Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
- Children at Play (Bela Bartok)
Hymn Playing
* Optional. Hymns assignments depend on the age, maturity, and learning curve of the student. Other pieces outside of this list are also given depending on the circumstances.
*Early Advent Hymns, arr. by Irene Bennett
- O When Shall I See Jesus
- What A Wonderful Saviour
- O Day of Rest and Gladness
- You Will See Your Lord A-Coming
- The Three Angels Messages
- Come Come Ye Saints
- Welcome Welcome Day of Rest
- We Love Thy Sabbath Lord
- The Judgment Has Set
- I’m a Pilgrim
- I Saw One Weary
*Immortal Hymns, arr. by Phillip Keveren
- And Can It Be
- Be Thou My Vision
- Christ the Lord Has Risen Today
- Come Thou Almighty King
- Come Thou Fount
- I Surrender All
- Immortal, Invisible
- In the Garden
- Softly and Tenderly
- O God Our Help
- O Worship the King
- This Is My Father’s World
Musicianship Activities
Reading
- Method Rose by Van de Velde
Sight-Reading
- Mini Books by Kristine Gore
Solfegge
- Kodaly 333 by Zoltan Kodaly
Rhythm Exercises
- Rhythm Graded Series by ComposeCreate
Music Theory
- Music Mind Games by Michiko Yurko
- Notation
Ensemble
- Diabelli Duets
- Suzuki Book 1 Duets
- Hymn Duets
Technical concepts covered
- Note-reading
- Scales and triads
- Potato or ‘dab’
- Slurs
- Rotation
- Independence of hands
- Holding the bass line or upper melodic line
- Ornaments
- Arpeggiation
- Tonalization
- Phrasing
- Finger substitution
Musical concepts covered
- Dynamics
- Forms: Uni-sectional, Binary, Ternary, and Through-composed
- Keys: CGF majors, adg minors
- New time signatures: 3/8, 6/8
- Tempo markings: Allegro, Moderato, Allegretto, Con moto, Andante, Andante cantabile, Andantino, Quasi adagio
- Modulation