FJHmusic.com > Piano Music > FJH Piano Teaching Library > Pianist’s Curriculum The FJH Pianist’s Curriculum Intervallic Reading Series Be A Star! Book 1 FF1568 / 5.50 Kevin Costley The Intervallic Reading Series provides supplemental repertoire that allows students from all backgrounds and methods to benefit from playing interesting pieces which emphasize intervallic reading. This early elementary/elementary version of Be A Star! provides practice strategies that focus on blocking, interval reading, finger placement, as well as directional reading-encouraging students to learn to read intervals and patterns in music, instead of reading note by note. [view sample page] [view sample page]   Be A Star! Book 2 Kevin Costley FF1581 / 5.95 Late Elementary The Intervallic Reading Series provides supplemental repertoire that allows students from all backgrounds and methods to benefit from playing interesting pieces which emphasize intervallic reading. This Late Elementary addition encourages students to read intervals and patterns in the music rather than reading note by note. Because the pieces are based on patterns, reading the music will sound impressive without being too terribly difficult. Also includes beginning practice strategies at the top of each piece for further learning.   Be A Star! Book 3 Kevin Costley, edited by Helen Marlais FF1678 / 5.95 Early Intermediate / Mid-Intermediate In Book 3, the early intermediate to mid-intermediate piano student will further their understanding of compositional forms, chords, phrases, intervals, and patterns within a piece of music. Following Helen Marlais' carefully crafted practice strategies, the students' awareness and ability to identify and label these forms, chords, and intervals, allows them to gain the freedom to read a piece of music as a unified whole rather than several small parts.   Be A Star at Christmas! Kevin Costley, edited by Helen Marlais FF1693 / 5.95 Elementary / Late Elementary This special holiday "addition" to the Intervallic Reading Series provides both teachers and students the opportunity to study the intervallic reading approach by utilizing the practice strategies provided by Helen Marlais. Using familiar Christmas favorites, students will be encouraged to uncover the intervals and patterns that comprise each piece, and at the same time prepare their Christmas repertoire.   On Stage! Book 1 FF1629 / 5.95 Christopher Goldston Early Elementary/Elementary This book is part of the Intervallic Reading Series that focuses on reading intervals and patterns rather than note by note. Along with playing on the white keys, students will also play pieces on black keys utilizing a giant flat sign. This giant flat sign indicates that all notes on the staff are to be played as flats (on the black keys). A pencil icon at the top of each page highlights a beginning practice strategy such as blocking, identifying, and circling intervals. At the end of the book, there is an interval review where the student identifies which piece the interval examples are found in.   On Stage! Book 2 Christopher Goldston Editing and Practicing Strategies by Helen Marlais FF1708 / 5.95 Elementary/Late Elementary Following the format set forth in Book 1, On Stage! Book 2 progresses from the elementary to late elementary level by applying new and more advanced intervallic reading techniques. Some of the concepts include blocking (playing together) intervals,identifying intervals including the octave, identifying whole tone scales, melodic and harmonic intervals, half and whole steps, triads, and much more. [View Sample Page]    About Us :: Composers & Writers :: Contact Us :: Conventions & Workshops Piano Adventures® :: Piano Music :: Guitar Music :: Concert Band Music Jazz Ensemble Music :: String Orchestra Music :: Solo & Ensemble Music Canzonique Music :: Percussion Music :: :: Home Copyright © The FJH Music Company Inc.