Stephen Chatman

Mix and Match Performance Book: Primer and Level 1

Mix and Match for Older Beginners is an imaginative and diverse supplementary album especially created for older piano students. It is designed as a rare, innovative mix-and-match complement to any standard piano method book. Through an array of stylistically varied pieces, all paired with harmonically rich, imaginative duets, the older beginning student will be musically engaged and challenged.

Explore an eclectic sonic world where students can play Happy Birthday or sample a folk song, boogie, rag, minuet, Christmas carol, or an arrangement of an ageless classic by a musical giant like Bach, Beethoven or Brahms. Ideal for recitals or festivals, these pieces arepedagogically sound yet captivating, representing the entire scope of the keyboard. With a sense of fun, the titles lure the student into deeper musicianship and artistry, inspiring the older beginner to move forward and succeed on his or her musical journey.

Using a multi-key, five-finger approach, this book contains pieces between Primer and Level 1. The sequence of pieces is incremental in difficulty, loosely corresponding in pedagogical approach to popular method books.