A Collection of Florence Price’s Piano Teaching Music
Volume 1
· Little Pieces on White Keys #1 “Marching Men”
o Written in the C 5 finger Scale
o Includes only half notes and whole
o Hands play alone until 1st and 2ndendings
· Little Pieces on White Keys #6 No Title
o C 5 finger scale
o Includes both parallel and contrary motions
o Introduction to polyphonic music
· Little Pieces on Black Keys #10 “This Way and That Way”
o Uses the key signature of F#, however, hands are positioned so the hands are on adjacent black groups allowing to students to use intervallic reading or teacher can teach by rote
o Charming melody
o Introduction to syncopation and precursor to some of her intermediate pieces i.e “Ticklin Toes”
· “The Forggie and the Rabbit”
o Price wrote as a study in rhythm
o 6/8 time
o RH in the F 5 finger scale including Bb/LH C 5 finger scale
o Repeating rhythm patterns are imitated between hands
o Articulation is provided by way of legato marks, students/teachers can determine their own dynamics
Volume 2
· “Autumn Echoes”
o Price wrote to develop the imagination and expression
o Written in d minor
o Hands imitate each other
o Students can use their imagination for articulations, dynamics, and tempo
· “Climbing the Mountain”
o Again, Price writes this piece for the student to develop their imaginations
o Written in the key of G
o Melodic lines ascends several octaves on the piano by crossing the left over the right ending on a high G played with the left hand
o Student can experiment with crescendos and diminuendos following the shape of the melodic line
Selected References
Jensen-Abbott, L. (2015). A Collection of Florence Price’s piano teaching music(Vol. 1). ClarNan Editions.