Three Études. For solo piano. The first of these Études was written in memory of Mark Ray, former Head of Keyboard Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), who died in tragic circumstances in 2006. It makes use of syncopated rhythms and percussive articulation, with a passing reference to Ravel?s G major concerto, the work he performed in concert when he was a student at the RNCM. The Étude was premiered by Peter Lawson in 2006. Études 2 and 3 were added to complete the set in 2020. Étude 2 is dedicated to Murray McLachlan, and is a study in textural control, with ?a quiet wistfulness, floating with reflection calmly over gentle quaver figurations?. Étude 3 is dedicated to Jonathan Scott, and has more than a hint of the motoric rhythms and folk melodies of Bartok. It is ?an extremely energised essay that encourages virtuosic bravura and élan? (McLachlan).

Connections for Piano Duets. Christopher Norton?s distinctive contributions to the literature for the piano successfully bridge the gap between traditional piano literature and music in contemporary popular styles. Christopher Norton ConnectionsTM for Piano contains over 200 newly composed pieces, carefully selected, edited, and sequenced to span ten levels from elementary to advanced.Connections Duets are very much for the beginner pianist (of any age). The attractive accompaniments, which are not too hard to play, add harmonic and rhythmic richness. A teacher can play the Secondo part, or a student. These pieces provide a great opportunity to play ensembles in contemporary styles at a very early stage.As fun and entertaining additions to the performance repertoire of young players, these pieces will prove to be popular selections for recitals, festivals, informal performances, and even examinations. Parents and friends will enjoy them, too, resulting in a positive experience for the performer.

23 Selections Featuring Student Parts in 5-Finger Position-This valuable assortment of teacher-student duets in their original form written by teacher-composers during the 18th 19th and early 20th centuries is a sequel to the Easy Classical Piano Duets for Teacher and Student series. The student parts are limited to a single five-finger position and fall primarily within the grand staff reading range. Book 1 contains works by Berens Foote Gurlitt Löw Sartorio and Wohlfahrt.

Character Etudes in 24 Keys-Circles features 24 original character etudes by Phillip Keveren representing all of the 12 major and minor keys. These brief solos range widely in emotion and each is absolutely delightful to play. The set was inspired by the calendar months from the viewpoint of someone living in the northern hemisphere (where Keveren grew up) therefore the C Major etude is also titled New Beginnings while F Major the penultimate etude is called Sleigh Bells. May be performed as a set in selected keys or individually.

Neuausgabe in einem Band-The book is aimed at pianists who are looking for style-typical rhythmic-harmonic accompaniment patterns. In this combined new edition a wealth of patterns are presented in the following areas: Waltz Ragtime Country

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library-In Piano Lessons Book 5 students are introduced to sixteenth notes in various rhythm patterns. The wide variety of student selections includes 3 folk 4 jazz 13 classical and 8 contemporary original pieces.Scales (in both 8th and 16th note patterns) with their cadences are presented in five major and five minor keys. Root 1st inversion 2nd inversion and open position chords for each key centre are introduced.This package includes both a Piano Lessons Book and access to online audio featuring wonderful tracks to accompany the student during practice or performance.

Op. 599-Czerny's popular piano exercises now available in an easy-to-read edition with performance and historical notes. Includes downloadable online audio of performances demonstrating how the pieces may be thought of as real literature rather than mechanical etudes.

This collection of easy little pieces for piano is for all apprentice pianists, including the beginners or those with small keyboard experience. Composed of only easy pieces, this book will be a delight for those who seek to have fun by playing educative but also fully musical above all. Each piece is indeed an opportunity to tackle one or more difficulties that will ultimately make you a better pianist... but also a happy pianist! It?s about progress and improvement while having fun. We did not find better source of motivation to learn to play music... The various pieces of this collection are of course also available as audio recordings, to help those for whom reading is still a problem. Or those who rely more on their ears than on their eyes. All these recordings can be downloaded for free and very easily by following the instructions from the book.

Quoi de plus plaisant que de pouvoir jouer pour sa famille ou ses amis ? Les morceaux des recueils Solos pour Piano (conçus comme de petites chansons avec ou sans paroles et agrémentés d'illustrations en couleur) sont simples à mémoriser, agréables à travailler et à jouer. Pour rendre le travail à la maison plus agréable, les accompagnements sur compact disc sont disponibles. La pratique quotidienne deviendra un vrai plaisir. / Piano / Partition