Not Just Another Scale Book, Book 2: Piano Book & Online Audio

These 10 pieces span vivid landscapes and moods: you'll drift through an enchanted lake, dance to a downtown groove, feel the warmth of a mountain sunrise, and explore a midnight forest. Despite the embedded scale work, each piece stands as a complete musical idea with character and storytelling.

Late intermediate pianists ready to expand their comfort across sharp keys and looking for repertoire that makes scale work feel purposeful. Students who respond well to real musical context and enjoy playing along with recordings will find these pieces especially rewarding.

• Listen through the full accompaniment track before practicing to hear how your part fits into the harmonic and rhythmic landscape.
• Practice hands separately first, mapping where scales begin and end so you're aware of the musical shape, not just the mechanics.
• Work the accompaniment into your practice gradually; start with the piece alone, then add the recording at a slower tempo before moving to full speed.
• Mark the key signatures and identify which scales appear in each hand so you're conscious of which tonality you're reinforcing.

Feature individual pieces in student recitals paired with the accompaniment tracks for a fuller, more polished sound. Use them strategically in a practice year to build major and minor key facility in sharp keys as your students prepare for more advanced repertoire.

• Reading and performing major and minor scales across three to seven sharps
• Recognizing scale patterns when embedded in melodic contexts
• Playing confidently with orchestrated accompaniment tracks
• Building technical fluency without sacrificing musicality and phrasing
• Coordinating both hands when scales appear in one or both parts