Expressive Etudes, Book 4.

Expressive Etudes, Book 4. by Suzanne Guy. The FJH FJH Franz Joseph Haydn (classical composer)FJH Friendswood Junior High (Friendswood, Texas)Music Company, Inc. (2525 Davie Rd., Ste. 360, Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale(lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , FL 33317-7424), 2002. 32pp., $6.50. Intermediate. Teachers already familiar with Suzanne Guy's Expressive Etudes series will be happy to know the fourth volume, for the intermediate student, has now been published. For those not familiar with this series, it is a new set of etude e��tude?n. Music1. A piece composed for the development of a specific point of technique.2. A composition featuring a point of technique but performed because of its artistic merit. anthologies designed to help students build their technique as they pass from the elementary to early advanced levels. The pieces themselves have been thoughtfully chosen on the basis of both physical and musical challenges. They represent a wide variety of nineteenth-century musical styles and techniques and are arranged in approximate level of difficulty. Some pieces will be familiar to most teachers, but almost everyone is sure to find a few new gems to add to their teaching repertoire. Students from all walks of life might find this book useful. Teachers could assign the entire book as part of a student's standard curriculum, or pieces could be selected to help "flu in the gaps" of a high-school transfer student or an adult returning to lessons after a few years' hiatus hiatus/hi��a��tus/ (hi-a��tus) [L.] an opening, gap, or cleft.hia��talaortic hiatus? the opening in the diaphragm through which the aorta and thoracic duct pass. . FJH has done a wonderful job making the text clear and readable read��a��ble?adj.1. Easily read; legible: a readable typeface.2. Pleasurable or interesting to read: a readable story. by an average late-elementary or middle school student while keeping the look sophisticated enough for those in high school and beyond. Care also was taken to choose pieces playable by younger students and pianists with smaller hands. Some pieces are entirely within the interval of a sixth, and only three of the fifteen require an octave reach. Each piece is attractively presented and well edited. Titles are followed by the name of the collection from which the etude was taken and a short list of the musical and technical elements addressed. This is an extremely valuable aid when assigning, teaching and practicing each etude. Composers' dates also are listed alongside their names, and a page of composer biographies appears at the end of the collection. Pedal markings have been carefully placed, and fingerings have been suggested for several passages. While I agree with the fingerings given, I would like to have seen a few more alternatives suggested. The intermediate years are some of the most difficult for students--and their teachers--to traverse traverse - traversal . As students grow from childhood to adolescence adolescence,time of life from onset of puberty to full adulthood. The exact period of adolescence, which varies from person to person, falls approximately between the ages 12 and 20 and encompasses both physiological and psychological changes. and find themselves leaving their old method books behind, it often is difficult to find well-sequenced materials to help ease the transition to advanced repertoire. Thanks to Guy, that task now is becoming a little easier! Jason Sifford, Lubbock, Texas “Lubbock” redirects here. For other uses, see Lubbock (disambiguation).Lubbock is the 10th-largest city in the state of Texas.[1] Located in the northwestern part of the state—a region known historically as the Llano Estacado .