Joan Last

Last Rhythmic Reading Sight Reading Pieces Book 4 Grade 4

Joan Last's Rhythmic Reading: Book IV is a preparatory work for Grade 4 Piano examination that acknowledges the large differences between work at Grades 3 and 4. The book includes twenty-eight short pieces and preparatorystudies, which cover Independence of Hands, Slurs, Leger lines, Tied Notes in Chords, Dotted Quavers, Change of Clef, 6/8, 6/4 and 9/8 Time, Flowing Accompaniment and more. Last's goal is to prepare the student thoroughly for therhythmic demands of the Grade 4 exam. Her authoritative and commonsensical tone, gained from her own early solo career and her years as a teacher at the Royal Academy of Music, shines through this very practical publication.