Frank Mento

Harpsichord Method - Volume 1 Frank Mento

Here is a complete harpsichord method for children and even all beginners! It was while teaching harpsichord in Education Action Zones (UK), or in Affirmative Action Areas (USA), that I noticed that a great effort still remained necessary to make the learning of this instrument accessible. The goal of this method is to favorize in a pleasant manner the learning and localization of the most commonly played notes, motor skills, as well as hand coordination and displacement by way of Basso Continuo, Diminutions, Articulations and Sight-reading. This project was born thanks to the pupils and their needs. It is the fruit of 12 years of planning and experimenting in real life situations. This approach parts from the standpoint that the beginning pupil has no previous musical knowledge. Volume 1 of 10Here, we are starting from nothing. It is the ABC's of music. The basics of learning and localizing notes are laid down, as well as the first steps in touch, hand coordination and displacement, motor skills, and articulation. Contents: The Grand StaffRight Hand - Left HandLittle MarchMinuet for Three FingersThe BrookThe WaterfallsSimple PleasuresThe MallThe BelvedereMotor Skills ExercicesThe BridgeThe UndergrowthTwinkle, Twinkle, Little StarThe HamletMorning SongEvening SongThe WavesThe MoorIn the Mountains!10 Fingers in a BlowMotor Skills ExerciceThe whole scale in early fingerings after Henry PurcellGymnastics no.1 in C PositionGymnastics no.2HillsA ChaseCoordination ExerciseThe Little DucksThe English GardenThe MirrorMotor Skills ExercisesThe French GardenThe scale in 2 octaves with early fingerings after Henry PurcellCanon in C PositionInvertible Counterpoint in D PositionFeeling IntervalsOctaves: Left HandOctaves: Right HandAllegro Daniel Gottlob TürkPresto Daniel Gottlob TürkPolyphonic PlayingAlterationsHanns ohne Sorgen Daniel Gottlob TürkExercise for Finger IndependanceThe Village WindmillIndependence ExercisesChoeur des statues Animées André Cardinal DestouchesIndependence ExercisesDanse de Hercules oft Maticine Tielman SusatoIndependence ExercisesDie Tonleiter Daniel Gottlob TürkEin kleines Ballet Daniel Gottlob TürkBourrée Cristoph GraupnerMenuet N° 6 Leopold MozartArticulated Dance inspired from Béla BartokThumbs Under and Other Fingers OverPièce Jean LeclercFingers Up and OverNoël: Savez-vous, mon cher voisin Jean-François DandrieuHeld NotesMenuet Johann KriegerHeld NotesMenuet en Rondeau Jean-Philippe RameauMenuet en Rondeau Jean-Philippe RameauIndependence ExerciseLocalizing Notes