Leading to Mastery of the Instrument
By John W. Schaum
A time-honored tradition just got better! The John W. Schaum Piano Course has been newly revised with 100 percent new engravings and typesetting, color highlighting for concept emphasis, updated song titles and lyrics, and full-color illustrations.
Contents
| Title | Composer |
| Rhythm Drills | |
| Finger Staccato Study -- The Globe Trotter | Gautier |
| Chime Effects -- The Angelus Bell | Sibelius |
| Scale Passages -- Deer at Winter Feeding Place | Beethoven |
| Rural Dance Form -- Barnyard Jamboree | Baumfelder |
| Melody Playing -- Summer Moon | Fibich |
| Finger Dexterity -- The Chase | Lichner |
| Tremolo -- "1812" Overture (Excerpt) | Tchaikowsky |
| Left Hand Rotation -- Log-Rolling Contest | Koelling |
| Whole Tone Harmony -- Stratosphere Man | |
| A Norwegian Composer -- Starlight over Norway | Grieg |
| Sentiment in Music -- I Love Thee | Grieg |
| Gypsy Rhythm -- Camp of the Gypsies | Behr |
| Glissando -- Sliding on a Rainbow | |
| Legato Melody with Staccato Accompaniment -- Wild Horse Canyon | Concone |
| The Mordent (Plain and Inverted) -- Gavotte | Gluck |
| Pep Rally March -- The Track Meet | J. F. Wagner |
| Opera Theme -- The Bullfighters' March | Bizet |
| Oratorio Theme -- The Shepherd and His Sheep (from Messiah) | Handel |
| Arpeggio Study (Thumb Under) -- Up the Airy Mountain | Streabbog |
| Staccatissimo Touch -- Pappy's Polka | Strauss |
| Musical Emotion -- Purple Sunset | Liszt |
| The Waltz as an Art Form -- Crystal Ballroom | Chopin |
| Tenuto -- The Postage Stamp | Czerny |
| The Soft Pedal -- Magic Carpet of Dreams | Debussy |
| The Barcarolle Form -- Theme from Oberon | Weber |
| Velocity Study -- Thirty Seconds to Go | Koelling |
| Reading a Vocal Accompaniment -- Merry Widow Waltz | Lehar |
| Passing Left Hand over Right -- Pass the Sugar, Please | |
| How to Turn a Page of Music -- News Flashes | Behr |
| Alternating Finger Study -- Crazy Quilt | |
| Depicting Nature in Music -- Fingal's Cave | Mendelssohn |
| Schaum Piano Quiz | |
| Schaum Music Dictionary | |
| Certificate of Promotion |