The FJH Classic First Scale Book

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Mastery of the time-honored standard patterns of scales, arpeggios, chords, and cadences continues to be a necessary part of every pianist's training. The FJH Classic First Scale Book is designed for the beginning pianist to develop these basic foundation skills, and it serves as an essential bridge to the more advanced techniques encountered in The FJH Classic Scale Book FJHFF1132.

The FJH Classic First Scale Book offers the following in an easy-to-read, carefully fingered format:

Pentascales, cross-hand arpeggios, tonic chords (blocked and broken), and authentic cadences in all major and minor keys)

Easy one-octave major and minor scales, along with related arpeggios, chord inversions, and cadences (I-IV-I, I-IV-V(7)-I)

The chromatic scale

Instructional pages explaining all of the concepts covered in this book

Practice guides

Progress charts.

Written by Victoria McArthur and Edwin McLean, this book provides essential materials for preparing students for auditions , contests and other events, as well as building a basic pianistic vocabulary used in performing, sight-reading, and improvising at the piano.