In the second book of South African pianist and composer Kevin Volans's Piano miniature series progressively more challenging pieces are presented for intermediate players while still retaining the fun and excitement ofthe previous edition. This truly is a collection of Pieces For Precocious Pianists. If you are looking for the antidote to all those boring Piano exercise books out there that claim to bebeneficial but are so dull it's hard to pull your head up off the keys look no further. This book contains nine fantastically fun and playful tunes that will get you interested in and enjoying practising as much as you possiblycan. As you play your way through the book you will be laughing scratching your head and sometimes crying but never not enjoying these pieces that resist all description. Not only are thesePieces For Precocious Pianists really great fun to play they also serve an educational purpose. As an accomplished pianist and composer Kevin Volans has crafted each piece to explore a singleaspect of essential Piano technique. This means that it will focus on a particular skill that you can hone while having fun with the pieces. These pieces are more challenging than the previous book in the series making this bookmore appropriate for the intermediate pianist although it makes a great progression if you've worked through the first. For a fun and thrilling ride through some inventive and innovative Piano miniatures Pieces For Precocious Pianists by Kevin Volans is a brilliant way to perfect particular techniques while having lots and lots of musical fun. Don't forget to checkout  Pint-Sized Piano Pieces  and  Progressively Prickly Piano

Christopher Norton?s acclaimed microjazz series has won worldwide popularity with teachers and students alike for its stimulating blend of contemporary genres and classical values. Two beginners? books and three collections of repertoire pieces form five clearly defined levels of achievement, making microjazz the ideal basis for progressive learning and teaching.
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La célèbre collection microjazz de Christopher Norton a acquis une réputation internationale auprès des professeurs et des musiciens grâce à sa fusion attachante de genres musicaux contemporains et de valeurs classiques. Deux méthodes pour débutants et trois recueils de pièces de répertoire offrent cinq niveaux bien définis faisant de microjazz une base idéale d'enseignement et d'apprentissage progressifs. microjazz collection 2 (niveau 4) est un ensemble de morceaux faciles et gradués dans des styles populaires tels que jazz, blues, rock'n'roll et reggae. Ce recueil contient des recommandations utiles à l'apprentissage des pièces, ainsi qu'un CD audio d'interprétations intégrales et d'accompagnements instrumentaux des pièces afin d'en stimuler et améliorer autant l'exercice que l'exécution.Contenu :ReggaeDisco DriveBlues No. 1Coconut RagA SpiritualTwo-handed BluesInter-city StompOpen SpaceCloudy DayChantPicnic PieceGet in StepWashing BluesJazz WaltzAn AdventureBlues LullabyThree plus Two BluesFifth DimensionReflectionsJust an AsideDuetMixed UpConversation PieceCruisingFace in the CrowdPlay it AgainNew DayJust a SampleSambaMiniatur BluesIn the ParkSunsetTouch SensitiveTiger BluesAloneReady or Not

This is the second volume of Modern Piano miniatures by American-Armenian composer Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee and is intended for Intermediate to early Advanced pianists. The natural musicality present in this tremendous collection of studies demands the same kind of careful attention that we expect from the standard canon of repertoire. These teaching pieces follow in the modern tradition of pedagogical works by Bartók Kabalevsky and others; they are written to challenge a student's mind fingers imagination and soul. The style is varied allowing students to tackle a broad range of study and practice such as Perfect fourths Staccato and Seconds. Contents include:Floating In Space Here and There Harlequin Waltz Popcorn Toccatina and more! Arranged in order of difficulty it is a practical volume that offers students interesting and absorbing study material. The FJH Contemporary Keyboard Editions Series focuses on the best contemporary music for the keyboard form the late 20th and early 21st centuries. These collected works have all been chosen for their strong musical voices and their artistic and pedagogical merits.

The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey and Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others.Carefully selected by Iain Farrington, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 5 pianist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.Each volume contains:a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tipgrade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercisesbrand new sight-reading and improvisation activitiesnewly-commissioned aural awareness tasksPackaged with a CD of full performance demonstrations and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources.Iain Farrington has an exceptionally busy and diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer and arranger. He has performed across the world, notably at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, and has worked with many leading musicians, including Bryn Terfel and Sir Paul McCartney. As a composer, Iain's music has been performed, recorded and broadcast worldwide, and his wide-ranging catalogue of arrangements receives regular international performances. / Piano

Pianovations Composer Series/Later Elementary Level-A masterful collection of 11 later elementary level piano solos each an absolute mini gem! David Karp creates lingering melodies and appealing harmonies in every piece. Titles include: First Toccatina Waterfall Autumn Tango and Foggy Morning.

An exquisite collection of jazz miniatures for the beginner pianist that introduces the player to a range of keys rhythms and performance techniques. Composed especially for the grade 0-1 pianist these tiny moments of cool are designed to delight both player and audience alike. This is the first book in a brand new series by Elissa Milne. There are five books in all each filled with fun jazz pieces that can be used both as pedagogical studies and as repertoire pieces. The pieces have been written with the young pianist in mind avoiding leaps that are difficult for small hands and incorporating suitably short and light-hearted pieces. Technique is developed alongsidemusicality helping young players to move towards grade exams and the other books in the series.

Timeless Hits and Popular Favorites-A supplement to the popular Adult Piano Adventures series this remarkable collection of timeless hits and popular favourites is arranged at just the right level for adult beginners and for those who are returning to the keyboard.Adult Piano Adventures: Popular - Book 1 is organized into three sections: Section 1 has minimal hand position changes and many songs include an optional duet part. Section 2 introduces the I IV and V7 chords in the key of C. Section 3 presents the I IV and V7 chords in the key of G.Enjoy 34 popular melodies from across the decades including: My Heart Will Go On Edelweiss Let It Be Downton Abbey Theme Tomorrow Climb Ev'ry Mountain Someone Like You Yesterday Pachelbel Canon Thinking Out Loud Beauty and the Beast What a Wonderful World and more.

Piano Miniatures For Intermediate-Level Players And Beyond. Par CORNICK MIKE. Six new pieces from UE's resident master of Jazz Piano, Mike Cornick. In these original pieces for intermediate players, Mike looks at various aspects of jazz, exploring the rhythms, melodies and harmonies of the idiom. The highlight of the set is Mike's own homage to the great jazz saxophonist, Charlie Parker, based on a blues progression thought to have been created by Parker himself. In 'Six Jazz Piano Solos”, Mike's own compositions will complement the arrangements in his recent 'Style Collection” series, also for intermediate pianists and upwards./ Recueil / Piano

Promenade Series Of Piano Music No. 40-French composer and pianist Erik Satie?was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism repetitive music and the Theatre of the Absurd. An eccentric ?Satie?was introduced as a 'gymnopedist' in 1887 shortly before writing his most famous compositions the Trois Gymnopédies.The three short atmospheric pieces in ? time are now published as part of the Promenade Series of Piano Music (No. 40). Collectively the?Gymnopédies?are regarded as an importantprecursor to modern ambient music gentle yet somewhat eccentric pieces which when composed defied the classical tradition.