The Older Beginner Piano Course - Level 1

Designed to supplement The Older Beginner Piano Course . Contains singalong favourites Christmas carols hymns patriotic songs and classical pieces.

Each book from the 'Older Beginner Piano Library' series of books contains theory technique and reading instruction correlated unit-by-unit with the materials in 'The Older Beginner Piano Course' Levels 1 and 2.Each book provides extra reinforcements for the concepts presented in the lesson books.

Par . Designed to supplement the Older Beginner Piano Course Level 1. The arrangements are accessible to the beginning pianist, and the timeless appeal of these well-known themes will provide hours of enjoyment for the pianist.Arranged for piano by James Bastien. / Date parution : 2023-03-28/ Recueil / Piano

With a fully revised and updated edition, Book Two of the renowned John Thompson's Adult Piano Course has been tailor-made for the adult beginner, who is getting to grips with the basics of Piano playing. The accompanying download card will allow you to hear how each example should be played, allowing you to continue your progression smoothly from Book One.John Thompson's Piano Course has long been the standard for beginning Piano tuition, and now the Adult Piano Course ignites the flame for older beginners who have decided to take up that most valuable pastime in later life, as it truly is never too late. Featuring authoritative instructions and advice that is practical and useful, this second volume of the hugely popular Piano tutor series explores the techniques and theory that were introduced in the first book, but in greater depth and detail, as well as introducing new, more advanced concepts that you will be learning for the first time.Book Two of the John Thompson's Adult Piano Course will guide you through concepts such as pedal points, new chord studies, grace notes, syncopation, arpeggios, staccato, major and minor scales and many more essential concepts, all the while using fantastic music to illustrate and contextualise the ideas. With its authoritative tone and comprehensive instructions, you'll be building on everything you learned in the first book in no time at all.As in the previous volume, this book places equal emphasis on musical theory and musicality, providing you with good examples on which to focus your practising of a particular technique. If you have a teacher, they will be able to decide how best to use the book, but if you are teaching yourself it's still an incredibly useful and efficient tool for helping you make the most of your abilities. The unique Download Card is also a hugely beneficial feature, allowing you to hear example demonstrations of each exercise, ensuring you get everything perfect.The John Thompson's Adult Piano Course has been a favourite and a stalwart of beginning pianist's bookshelves for decades. Now, with this full updated edition of Book Two, all of the crucial information and practical exercises have been giving a modern makeover. The addition of the download card technology makes this book so easy-to-use and helpful, ensuring that adult beginners get the most out of their Piano. / Piano

A companion volume to the Older Beginner Piano Course packed with short theory technic and sight reading exercises.

The Waterman/Harewood Piano Series has been devised jointly by the world famous piano teacher Fanny Watermann and the co-founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition, Marion Harewood, and is established as one of the foremost piano methods.This is the second of the central course-books of this highly successful piano methods and is aimed at the older beginner. Technical material is skilfully and imaginatively presented, while each chapter guides the young player towards the successful performance of a comprehensive selection of pieces and studies.Piano Lessons Book 2 includes pieces by Bach, Gurlitt, Mozart, Gounod and Tchaikovsky. The book also contains an extensive appendices of scales, arpeggios and exercises.

This book is designed for the older beginner at the piano without reference to age limits. It is intended to fill the need of the student who has never had lessons or the student who had lessons in childhood and now needs a'refresher' course. This method is equally suitable for individual or class instruction. The following important fundamentals are covered in this book: Directional note reading intervals chords and triads scales (major andminor) keys and key signatures finger technique and more. Teaching points are presented through appropriately graded piano compositions by the author as well as through suitable arrangements from the works of the great masters(Beethoven Brahms Mozart Chopin Tchaikovsky).

Created by Sarah Watts and Rebecca Holt the Hot Keys Piano course teaches instrumental technique and music literacy in a rounded and imaginative way. Both note reading and pattern recognition are of equalimportance to creative opportunities such as composition improvisation and playing by ear. In Hot Keys Piano Tutor Book 1 the basics of reading music are clearly explained with handy diagrams and colourfulillustrations. Duets are featured throughout the book to introduce ensemble playing and improvisation and creativity are encouraged right from the start. Although aimed at students from seven years upwards the up-beatpieces in Hot Keys Piano Tutor Book 1 are just as suitable for older beginners. A CD is included featuring teacher and pupil parts and MP3 backing tracks including a rhythm section are also available todownload.

Piano arrangements of popular folk tunes classical melodies pop and blues pieces.