Basic Piano Library ​Repertoire Books

The well-researched Repertoire Books contain simple versions of classical compositions from the 17th century to the present. Each piece correlates page-by-page with Level 2 through Level 5 of the Basic Piano Course Lesson Books.  

​Once they have mastered Level 1 of the Basic Course, your child - or you! - will enjoy playing and appreciating the concert and operatic pieces found in these easy to play books while being educated on well known composers. You are welcome to purchase any of these additional books and Carolyne will then incorporate them into your child's lesson.

By Level 6, students will progress to playing original versions of classical pieces.
Composers covered in this series:​
  • Johann S. Bach
    German
    Baroque Period

  • Béla Bartók
    Hungarian
    20th Century

  • ​Ludwig van Beethoven
    German
    Classical Period

  • Johann F. Burgmüller
    German
    Romantic Period

  • Jeremiah Clarke
    English
    Baroque Period

  • Muzio Clementi
    Italian
    ​Classical Period

  • Carl Czerny
    Austrian
    Classical Period
  • Anton Diabelli
    Austrian
    Classical Period

  • Cornelius Gurlitt
    German
    Romantic Period

  • Franz J. Haydn
    Austrian
    Classical Period

  • Stephen Heller
    Hungarian
    Romantic Period

  • James Hook
    English
    ​Classical Period

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky
    Russian
    20th Century

  • Johann P. Kirnberger
    German
    Baroque Period
  • Johann Kuhnau
    German
    Baroque Period

  • Anatol Liadov
    Russian
    Romantic Period

  • Wolfgang A. Mozart​
    English
    Classical Period
    ​
  • Henry Purcell
    English
    Baroque Period

  • Robert Schumann
    German
    ​Romantic Period

  • Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky
    Russian
    Romantic Period
    ​
  • Daniel G. Türk
    German
    Classical Period

Repertoire Book 2

Alfred's Basic Piano Library
​Repertoire Book 2
Method Concepts
  • Dotted half notes, dotted quarter notes
  • Melodic and harmonic intervals:
    6ths, 7ths and octaves
  • Crossing two over one
  • Scales
  • Triads, primary chords, blocked and broken chords

Classical and Folk Themes Presented:
  • A 16th Century March
  • A Little Joke (Kabalevsky)
  • A New Irish Tune (Purcell)
  • Air In D Major (Handel)
  • Allemande (Haydn)
  • Among the Leaves So Green-O (English folk)
  • Dance In G (Bartok)
  • Etude in C (Czerny)
  • Etude in Sixths (Czerny)
  • Humming Song (Kabalevsky)
  • Music Box (Gurlitt)
  • Remembrance (Bartok)
  • Scherzo (Gurlitt)
  • The Beautiful Jasmine (Chinese folk)
  • Two Songs (Kabalevsky)
  • Variation on a Theme (Mozart)

32 pages

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Repertoire Book 3

Alfred's Basic Piano Library
​Repertoire Book 3
Method Concepts​
  • Overlapping pedal
  • 3/8 and 6/8 time signatures
  • Primary triads in Major and Minor keys
  • Passing one under two / one under three
  • Major scales in contrary motion
  • Chromatic scale
  • Minor scale

Classical and Folk Themes Presented:
  • Bagatelle (Diabelli)
  • Etude (Gurlitt)
  • Folk Song (Bartok)
  • Follow the Leader (Gurlitt)
  • Hungarian Folk Dance (Bartok)
  • Prelude in G Major (Bach)
  • Summer Song (Liadov)
  • The Wild Rider (Schumann)
  • Waltz in C Major (Diabelli)
    ​​
32 pages​​

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Repertoire Book 4

Alfred's Basic Piano Library
​Repertoire Book 4
Method Concepts​​
  • Tarantellas
  • Eighth note triplets
  • Arpeggiated chords
  • First and second inversion triads in C
  • Triads in all positions
  • Major scales in parallel motion
  • Two-part writing
  • Seventh chords and inversions
  • E harmonic minor scale in contrary motion
  • Primary chords in E minor
  • Sixteenth notes
  • Dotted eighth notes
  • Primary chords in B-flat Major and G Minor
  • Repeated-note warm-ups
  • Harmonic minor scales in parallel motion

Themes Presented:
  • ​Allegro (Haydn)
  • Country Dance (Haydn)
  • German Dance (Beethoven)
  • In Church (Tchaikovsky)
  • Old French Song  (Tchaikovsky)
  • Rhythmic Dance (Bartók)
  • Spanish Dance (Clementi)
  • Tarantella (Diabelli)
  • The Ocean (Gurlitt)
  • Theme and Variation (Gurlitt)
  • Toccatina (Kabalevsky)

32 pages
​​
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Repertoire Book 5

Alfred's Basic Piano Library
Repertoire Book 5   
Method Concepts​​
  • Ornaments:
    - long and short appoggiatura
    - trill and mordent
  • Arpeggios
  • A Major scale
  • Keys of B minor and C minor
  • Minuets, sonatinas, preludes, arias

Themes Presented:
  • Allemande (Beethoven)
  • Autumn Song (Kabalevsky)
  • Gypsy Dance (Haydn)
  • Landler (Haydn)
  • Mazurka in A Major (Polish Folk)
  • Minuet in F Major (Mozart)
  • Musette (Bach)
  • Pageantry (Türk)
  • Pastorale (Burgmüller)
  • Polonaise (Bach)
  • Prelude in C Minor (Clementi)
  • Prelude in E-Flat Major (Heller)
  • Sarabande (Kuhnau)
  • Sonatina in Two Movements (Hook)
  • Swabian Dance (Kirnberger)
  • Trumpet Tune (Clarke)
    ​
​32 pages

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