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African American Music Instruction Guide for Piano: Children, Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced Students

by Darshell Dubose-Smith

Piano fundamentals alongside music history

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Piano fundamentals alongside music history

Darshell Dubose-Smith organizes piano and music instruction into four sections of lessons, with review activities that include questions, musical examples, listening exercises, and puzzles. The guide covers foundational music concepts and piano material, including charts, while placing instruction alongside histories of African American and European American music. Its stated range—from children and beginners through intermediate and advanced students—makes it a broad instructional resource, with material also described for classroom and music teachers. The combination of practical learning activities and historical context gives the book a scope beyond a sequence of piano exercises alone.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Piano learners seeking instruction across beginner, intermediate, or advanced levels.
  • Teachers looking for supplementary piano and music-learning material.
  • Readers interested in studying piano fundamentals alongside African American and European American music history.

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Piano instructionMusic fundamentalsAfrican American music historyEuropean American music historyMusic education

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Book overview

Teaches the important elements needed to learn basic music. Can be used by Children, Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Students as well as by a General Classroom Teacher or Music Teacher. THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC INSTRUCTION GUIDE is PERFECT FOR ALL LEVELS AND AGE GROUPS AS WELL AS GENERAL CLASSROOM TEACHERS OR MUSIC TEACHERS. Complete with everything you need to know about the piano from charts to the history of music, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC INSTRUCTION GUIDE is a thorough teaching guide for students learning the fundamentals of music, as well as a guide that supplements material already used by budding musicians. According to Rutger s University graduate Ms. DuBose-Smith, I first conceived this book while writing my Master s Thesis, Learning How to Play Jazz Piano from the Beginner s Point of View. I later began teaching and developed my book even more in order to give you EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BECOME EXPERT PIANO PLAYERS. THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC INSTRUCTION GUIDE serves as a foundation for a formal music education and a diverse music experience for music students of all levels and ages. THE MOST THOROUGH GUIDE EVER WRITTEN IS A MUST HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO EVER THOUGHT ABOUT PLAYING THE PIANO. THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC INSTRUCTION GUIDE is broken up into 4 Logical Sections made up into specific lessons followed by a review in the forms of Questions, Music, Listening Exercises, Musical Puzzles, African American and European American Music History.

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