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February 2010 Teachers' Guide and Resources
February Student Pages

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Debussy pieces for students
Debussy wrote volumes of piano music, but most of it for advanced pianists. Intermediate students may have fun with pieces from Childrens' Corner, Two Arabesques, or some of the easier Preludes.

Editions that include those pieces: Favorite Piano Works (Schirmer), Debussy - An Introduction to His Piano Music (Alfred Masterwork CD Edition) 

Recommended recordings
Debussy's music:
Debussy: Images, Etudes, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Teldec)
Debussy: Preludes, Krystian Zimerman (Deutsche Grammophon)
Debussy: Preludes Books 1 and 2, Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Decca)
Debussy: Images, Etudes, Jean-yves Thibaudet (Decca)

French Pianists:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 (Teldec)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Bach: The Art of Fugue (Deutsche Grammophon)
Jean-Pierre Thibaudet, Grieg, Chopin: Piano Concertos (Decca)
Katia & Marielle Labeque, Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op 46, 72 (Philips)
Katia & Marielle Labeque, Bach, Vivaldi, C.PE. Bach: Concertos (DVD, Euroarts)

Beginner's Corner
Chords: Help students understand the concept of building chords out of thirds by pointing chords out in their music. You can also ask students to build triads on randomly chosen notes. Students could make chord flash cards to help them memorize major and minor triads.

Pentatonic Scales
Students will have more fun learning about pentatonic if they are encouraged to improvise a fun tune on all black keys. Teachers may choose to accompany students with black-key chords.

Answers to February Puzzles
Crossword Puzzle:


Quiz (page 15):
1. True   2. He had some unusual new ideas. 3. c  4. a  5. b