Level Eight Textbook: The Mayron Cole Piano Method Hardcover – January 1, 2011

The Level 8 Textbook is for graduates of The Mayron Cole Piano Method Level 7 and builds directly on the knowledge from Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7. The new theory that is taught in Level 8 consists of perfect and plagal cadences, picardy thirds, Grecian modal scales, whole tone scales, chromatic scales, gypsy scales, cut-time, and four-part voice writing... all of which are necessary foundation for college music courses. In addition to eleven of Mayron's original solos, Level 8 includes seven classical favorites with composer biographies: Joy of Man's Desiring (JS Bach), Scene from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky), Poem (Fibich), Wedding Recessional (Mendelssohn), Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven), Prelude from Carmen (Bizet), Waltz in A Flat (Brahams). Level 8 also contains a four-piano ensemble version of Mayron's popular "Madrid." The Level 8 Textbook is paperback-bound with color covers and spine, contains 21 lessons, 157 pages, 11 original solos, 7 classical solos, a 4-piano ensemble, 2 advanced theory lessons, 56 corresponding theory sheets & music history lessons, 4 rhythm tap exercises, major and harmonic minor scales & cadences, glossary of musical terms, and 51 original drawings. This book is also available on FreePianoMethod.com website as a free pdf download; please visit FreePianoMethod.com for free orchestrated accompaniments to the compositions in this book. Amazon does not allow returns, but before you order you can preview each lesson of the book on FreePianoMethod.com. Original copyright 2011; current edition copyrighted 2018. (Level 8 is exactly the same material as the previously printed Level 8A and Level 8B of The Mayron Cole Piano Method.)Graduates of Level 8 will progress to Level 9 of The Mayron Cole Piano Method. Read more