Correlates page-by-page with Alfreds Basic Adult Piano Course; Lesson Book; Level 1 and reinforces each concept presented. Specifically focusing on the training and development of the ear. Rythmic; melodic and intervallic concepts are drilled throughout the book. For group or individual instruction.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Dorothy Baker manages to do with words what her fictional ...By Nina HandlerDorothy Baker manages to do with words what her fictional character Rick Martin does with a trumpet. The very writing itself is evocative of jazz. The plot is minimal and there are no surprises; the Prologue lays it all out beforehand. But this book makes you feel the way musicians must feel about the music they play. and thats quite a feat.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Like reading ice chipsBy Carrie in HollandThe story is so sparsely written. it reminds us of how subtlety used to be an art form. Written in 1938. by Dorothy Baker inspired by the life of Bix Beiderbecke. the jazz cornetist. the story is gripping from start to finish. How art and the total control it takes of a person leads to the end.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A marked manBy Blue in WashingtonIn this fictional biography of a brilliant young musician. modeled on the tragic jazz pianist/trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke. one of the secondary characters refers to the protagonist. Rick Martin. as a marked man. Marked by genius but also marked for tragedy. Suggests that the geniuses of the world are all obliged to pay for their gifts in some painful way.Author Dorothy Baker doesnt speculate about her lead characters demise--and not a word about Bix Beiderbeckes fate. But somehow her beautifully laid out saga of Rick Martins life. which takes him from a lonely and unpromising childhood in the early 1900s to success after success in the years that follow seems to be leading to a mighty fall. Along the way. the reader learns a lot about jazz. the life of musicians. and most especially about race relations in the first part of the 20th Century.The novel is full of wonderful characters and some of the clearest and most enjoyable prose anywhere. A great read that will make you want to try other books by this author.
