Shawnee Press
Piano Method Series, Level D
Available from J. W. Pepper

There are 7 books in this series. Costs for each book varies.

Source Books (free) are available only through Mark Hayes Productions –
please contact mark@markhayes.com for details.

Level D features longer one- and two-page pieces supporting new concepts, including melodic and harmonic intervals; half and whole steps; C, G, D, and F major scales; primary triads in C, G, and F major; triads and inversions; key signatures; syncopation; eighth rests; dominant seventh chords; blocked and broken chords; and Alberti bass.

By Level D, students are playing more complex rhythms, chordal progressions, counter-melodies, and are introduced to the following new concepts:

overlapping pedal
C, G, F and D major scales
D.C. al fine
alla breve
syncopation
8th rests
advanced triad work
7th chords
accompaniment patterns such as block chords, broken chords, and waltz bass
Alberti bass
secondary triads
chord inversions