Piano Adventures Performance Book

Book 1: The 2nd Edition Performance Book provides a collection of 24 effective pieces in a variety of styles that reinforce the concepts presented in the Level 1 Lesson Book. Discovery questions encourage students to explore the music in a new light. Selections include: The Spanish Guitar • I’m a Fine Musician • Painting with Pastels • Hill and Gully Rider • Rain Dance • Silver Moon Boat • and more.

Book 2A: This book offers a collection of effective pieces in a variety of styles designed to be used in conjunction with the Lesson and Theory books. Contents include: Coconut Shuffle • Dance of the Irish • Dance Theme and Variation • Green Frog Hop • Home on the Range • The Horseman’s Night Ride • Italian Children’s Game • The Juggler • The Loch Ness Monster • March of the English Guard • Mr. McGill’s Boop Sha-Bop! • Pachyderm Caravan • Rhino in the Mud • Rocky Mountain Train • Snow Fort Hideout • The Storm and the Rainbow.

Book 2B: The revised 2B Performance Book fosters a love of the piano while stretching students’ technique and musical expression. Eight additional pages feature three new pieces including a lively four-hand duet. Students will enjoy the challenge of the three-movement Classic Sonatina included at the end of the book as a special graduation piece.

Book 3A: This book provides a collection of exciting pieces which effectively reinforce the concepts introduced in this level. Charming lyrics and teacher duets enrich the learning experience. Contents include: Persian Market • Carnival of Venice • Allegretto • Vivace • Morning Has Broken • Hot Summer Blues • Funiculi Funicula • Malaguena • America the Beautiful • The Erie Canal • The Great Wall of China • The Fly’s Adventure • Song of Kilimanjaro • and more.

Book 3B: The 2nd Edition of the 3B Performance Book offers appealing pianistic pieces that closely correlate with the Lesson Book concepts. Students will enjoy a German Dance by Beethoven and a selection from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach as well as arrangements by Strauss and a four-hand duet by Felix Mendelssohn. Well-loved standards such as “Hava Nagila” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” along with new originals by the Fabers provide a variety of major and minor keys accompaniment styles and pianistic expression.

Book 4: The 2nd Edition Level 4 Performance Book offers an inspiring collection of pieces that reinforce the concepts presented in the Lesson Book. Pieces are organized in groups of related major and minor keys reflecting the orientation of the Lesson and Technique & Artistry Books.

Book 5: This book provides a collection of effective pieces to be used in conjunction with the Lesson Book. However teachers will find that the creative appealing pieces in this book make an ideal supplement with many other piano methods as well. Contents include: Allegro in A major • Appalachian Trail • Bearcat Boogie • Come Back to Sorrento • The Danube Waves • Gypsy Prayer • Mazurka in G Minor • Poetic Theme and Variations • Simple Gifts • St. Anthony’s Chorale • The Swan • and more.

Premire Book: The 2nd Edition Performance Book is a solo collection of 28 effective pieces that reinforce the concepts presented in the Primer Lesson and Theory Books. Fanciful lyrics colorful artwork and sophisticated teacher duets enrich the learning experience. Contents include: In the Jungle • The Doorbell • The Shepherd’s Flute • Hot Cross Buns • Banana Split • Listen to the Drums • Classical March • The Opposite Song • Rex the Tyrannosauraus • Trumpet Song • and more.