Name: My Muscle Builder Book 4 - 2nd Edition
SKU: MB-027
Availability: InStock

My Muscle Builder Book 4 – 2nd Edition

$20.00

In Book 4 of the Muscle Builder Book piano technique series, young pianists will learn five-finger scales starting on black keys, one-octave major scales, basic chord progressions, chromatic scales, one-octave arpeggios and more! These piano technique books feature picture scales and adorable pictures to color on every page for each day of practice, adding a level of fun and accountability for the student.

The Muscle Builder Book series is an adorable comprehensive piano technique series, helping teachers foster healthy technique in their students and helping students gain confidence playing in many keys all over the piano from the first lesson. Students who progress through the series will not only gain important technical skills and learn how to play scales, chords and arpeggios, but will also come away with a deeper understanding of practical music theory.

Studio-licensed digital PDF download, 66 pages

Description

Concepts Learned in Book 4:

Smooth Finger Crossovers technique
Five-finger black key scales with proper scale fingering
Chromatic scales
Major five-finger scales with different articulations: Legato Lifts, Sneaky Staccato, Drop and Rotate, Dynamic Ranges, Fast & Exact in the following keys: D-flat, D, E-flat, E, G-flat, G, A-flat, A, B-flat, B
Scale Clusters to help remember scale notes and fingerings
Hands-alone 1-octave ascending & descending scales in scale clusters and rhythms in the following keys: C, D, E, F, G, A and B
Contrary-motion 1-octave major scales in the following keys: C, D, E, F, G, A and B
Introduction to Roman Numerals
I-V-I and I-V7-I chord progressions in the following keys: C, D, E, F, G, A and B
1-octave hands alone arpeggios in the following keys: C, D, E, F, G, A and B
Finding tonic and dominant notes and chords in black keys: D-flat, E-flat, G-flat, A-flat, B-flat
Diminished & Augmented chords
Identifying major keys from their key signature
Introduction to relative minor keys, and natural minor scales in the following keys: A minor, B minor, D minor, E minor

The New Edition

I am so happy to be releasing this brand new edition of My Muscle Builder Book 4! The Muscle Builder Books have been a staple in my studio and many others for many years. I use them with all of my young students that I teach, and its benefits are huge when students realize that they can harmonize a lead sheet, play in so many keys and positions on the piano and have greater confidence in their musical literacy. I have been wanting to redo these books for a long time now to give the series a fresh look and make it even better.

This new edition makes printing much simpler for teachers – you do not need a color printer, and you simply print it one page per regular sheet of paper. Although it is not in color, it is absolutely adorable, and students learn accountability and the importance of daily practicing of their scales with the motivating reward of coloring a picture on the page each time they complete the exercises.

This new edition is also more affordable when you purchase paperback copies for your students.