Classical and Romantic Pieces Book 1

Want to be a classical guitarist but never had a lesson? No problem ? this hands-on guide teaches you all the fundamental techniques you need to play scales melodies and full-length pieces in the classical style.  You get plenty of practice exercises to stretch your skills selections from the classical repertoire and a bonus audio CD that helps you play along with the music pieces from the book!   Get acquainted with your guitar ? familiarize yourself with the unique make-up and parts of a classical guitar Start making some music ? play melodies on individual strings move on to arpeggios and getyour fingers in shape with scales Ramp up your technique ? play barres slurs and trills; handle harmonics; master right-hand tremolo; and venture up the neck to play in the higher positions Build yourclassical repertoire ? from Renaissance and Baroque to Classical Romantic and Modern play pieces from the major eras in classical music Practice makes perfect ? improve your performance with expert guidancethrough each exercise and piece in the book Open the book and find: Tips and techniques for playing beautiful pieces How to read music notation andtablature Basic finger and thumb strokes Right- and left-hand techniques Musical examples charts and photos Music pieces from the guitar greats The best ways to care for yourguitar A step-by-step tutorial on changing your strings Bonus CD Includes More than 140 recorded performances of the exercises and pieces featured in thebook Pieces performed using a count-off allowing you to play along in time with the music Tuning notes to help you tune up your guitar

Developing Artist Original Keyboard Classics-The Developing Artist: Piano Literature - Book 4 is a collection of authentic Keyboard literature for the late-intermediate level pianist.This book contains carefully selected repertoire from the Baroque Classical Romantic and Contemporary periods. Historical text on the major periods of music history is presented at the beginning of the book. The Developing Artist: Piano Literature - Book 4 offers a wealth of pieces to enrich Piano or Keyboard students' repertoire with works spanning all periods and styles. The pieces presented in this fabulous book have been compiled and edited by Nancy and Randall Faber.

Compiled and edited by Helen Marlais Succeeding with the Masters is a series dedicated to the authentic keyboard works of Baroque Classical Romantic and 20th Century masters.This series provides a complete and easily accessible method for learning and performing the works of the masters. Each book presents the works in historical perspective for the student and provides the means and the motivation to play these pieces in the correct stylistic musical and technical manner. The easily understandable format of practice strategies and musical concepts make this series enjoyable for both students and teachers.To ensure authenticity all of these pieceshave been extensively researched. Teachers will find a wealth of excellent repertoire that can be used for recitals festivals competitions and state achievement testing. Many of these original compositions may be new to you while others will be familiar. This series brings together an essential and comprehensive library of the pedagogical repertoire of the great composers.Succeeding with the Masters: Romantic Era - Volume One is a groundbreaking collection of 22 graded repertoire pieces by Schubert Schumann and Tchaikovsky.

12 Original Works & Transcriptions-The fourth and final volume in this successful series 'Romantic Guitar Anthology' is a graded repertoire book suitable for advanced students of c. 8-10 years of playing experience. Well-established teaching pieces by leading 19th Century composers Sor and Coste are presented alongside more rarely available works by José Ferrer and Johann Kaspar Mertz. This volume includes several pieces which would make effective and charming concert pieces.Composer biographies and extensive teaching notes on each piece are included together with a CD recording of all the works in the anthology performed by the series editor Jens Franke.Also available: Baroque GuitarAnthology: Vol 1 – ED 13357 Vol 2 – ED 13437Vol 3 – ED 13446Vol 4 – ED 13489Romantic Guitar Anthology: Vol 1 – ED 13110 Vol 2 – ED 13111 Vol 3 – ED 13112Bewährte Unterrichtsstücke der führenden Komponisten Sor und Coste aus dem 19. Jahrhundert finden sich darin ebenso wie seltenere Werke von José Ferrer und Johann Kaspar Mertz. Dieser Band enthält mehrere Stücke die sich als wirkungsvolle und reizvolle Konzertstücke eignen würden.Ergänzt wird die Ausgabe durch Komponistenbiografien und umfangreiche Unterrichtshinweise zu jedem Stück sowie eine CD mit allen Werken dieser Sammlung in einer Einspielung des Herausgebers der Reihe Jens Franke.

Succeeding with the Masters-The Festival Collection is a series of eight books designed to give students and teachers a great variety of fabulous repertoire from the Baroque Classical Romantic and 20th/21st Centuries. The series is carefully levelled from elementary through advanced repertoire. These pieces are true crowd pleasers and will showcase students' technical and musical abilities. Each level covers the gamut of your repertoire needs from works that showcase power and bravura to pieces that develop a students' sense of control and finesse. Having a wide selection of works with pedagogically-correct levelling will help make your repertoire selections easier and your students'performances more successful.Each book includes access to online recordings of all the corresponding works to guide students in their interpretation. The editing in the scores reflects these performances. While the performances are consistent with the editing in the books and vice versa they also demonstrate an appropriate degree of interpretive license. This will help to instil an appreciation for accurate performances while nurturing a sense for stylistically appropriate interpretive license.The Festival Collection is a companion to the Succeeding with the Masters series - a series which provides the student with practice strategies and valuable information about the musical characteristics of each era. The Festival Collection expands the repertoire selection with numerous additional top-drawer pedagogical works in a wide array of styles and with different musical and technical demands. There is no duplication of repertoire between these two series and all the pieces presented in both series are motivational and exciting for students to learn as well as for teachers to teach.

Succeeding with the Masters-The Festival Collection is a series of eight books designed to give students and teachers a great variety of fabulous repertoire from the Baroque Classical Romantic and 20th/21st Centuries. The series is carefully levelled from elementary through advanced repertoire. These pieces are true crowd pleasers and will showcase students' technical and musical abilities. Each level covers the gamut of your repertoire needs from works that showcase power and bravura to pieces that develop a students' sense of control and finesse. Having a wide selection of works with pedagogically-correct levelling will help make your repertoire selections easier and your students'performances more successful.Each book includes access to online recordings of all the corresponding works to guide students in their interpretation. The editing in the scores reflects these performances. While the performances are consistent with the editing in the books and vice versa they also demonstrate an appropriate degree of interpretive license. This will help to instil an appreciation for accurate performances while nurturing a sense for stylistically appropriate interpretive license.The Festival Collection is a companion to the Succeeding with the Masters series - a series which provides the student with practice strategies and valuable information about the musical characteristics of each era. The Festival Collection expands the repertoire selection with numerous additional top-drawer pedagogical works in a wide array of styles and with different musical and technical demands. There is no duplication of repertoire between these two series and all the pieces presented in both series are motivational and exciting for students to learn as well as for teachers to teach!

18 Original Works & Transcriptions-Romantic Guitar Anthology Vol.3 is a graded repertoire book suitable for students of c.5-7 years of playing experience. Well-established teaching pieces by leading 19th Century composer-guitarists Carcassi and Giuliani are presented alongside more rarely available works by José Ferrer and Johann Kaspar Mertz. Also included are carefully selected transcriptions of works by Schumann and Johann Strauss. Composer biographies and extensive teaching notes on each piece are included together with a CD recording of all of the works in the anthology performed by Jens Franke.Also available: Baroque Guitar Anthology: Vol 1 – ED 13357 Vol 2 – ED 13437Vol 3– ED 13446Vol 4 – ED 13489Romantic Guitar Anthology: Vol 1 – ED 13110 Vol 2 – ED 13111 Vol 4 – ED 13113

About this book - Duet Collection 1: Duet Collection 1 provides 26 fun duets explicitly linked to the levels of progression (starting with beginners) found in Method Book 1.It comes with a CD on which you can listen to all the pieces performed on a grand piano by professional concert pianists. The CD also contains the accompaniments alone so that you can play your part along as a duet with the CD!This book is a great supplement to Method Book 1 giving you further enjoyable pieces which will help your learning at each stage of your development.In line with The Classical Piano Method these duets are drawn mainly from the classical repertoire and also include a number of modernpieces in interesting and varied arrangements with straightforward accompaniments ideal for a teacher or friend.This book is of course also a very useful standalone collection of progressively-graded duet repertoire in its own right providing relevant repertoire as the pianist’s playing develops. Suitable for pianists in the early stages of learning to play.About The Classical Piano Method:This is ideal for adults and young people looking to learn the piano from scratch or for those returning to the piano after a substantial break from playing. As the learner you will gain a traditional classic technique and will be introduced to interesting varied and well-known classical pieces right from the outset. The method is friendly and is carefully designed to progress in small manageable steps beginning with simple fingering patterns and exercises moving onto some of the most beautiful melodies and pieces from the baroque classical and romantic eras: such as the Ode to Joy Für Elise and the Blue Danube Waltz. The Method Books lead you through a range of exercises repertoire pieces to learn theory checks clear instruction & diagrams on playing and technique tips on practising and composer biographies. They also enclose a CD on which you can listen to all the pieces performed on a grand piano by a concert pianist as

This is a wonderful collection of Classical and Romantic pieces arranged for Violin and Piano by Watson Forbes. These pieces will provide an enjoyable challenge for the violinist and pianist alike.The solo violin part is also included on a separate insert.

This book contains 65 pieces from a broad range of classical literature which has been adapted and arranged for the flute. This collection presents not only music originally written for solo flute but also melodies from symphonicor chamber music from the Classical Romantic and Modern periods. The author has made special effort to provide simple melodies which the beginning player will find both easy and enjoyable. He has carefully chosen the best keysfor flute and made other slight adaptations. Piano accompaniment is included with a pull-out part for the soloist.

12 Short Piano Solos-Composers first began writing character pieces in the Romantic period as a personal inward-looking form of musical expression on a smaller scale than sonatas of the Classical period. These new character pieces emulate this important art form and are carefully graded for students at the late elementary to late intermediate level. Some are bold in character while others are lyrical and introspective. These moods are suggested by each title. Titles: Beneath the Stars * A Brief Interlude * Elegant Dance * A Faded Memory * Hummingbirds at Play * Majestic Iceberg * My Heart's Secret * The Old Diary * The Promise * Reverie * Summer Love * Tranquility

30 Original Works & Transcriptions-Romantic Guitar Anthology Vol.2 is a graded repertoire book suitable for students of around grades 3-4 playing standard. Standard teaching pieces by the 19th Century’s leading composer-guitarists Coste and Sor are presented alongside more rarely available works by Jaime Bosch Franz Tucek and José Vinas. Original pieces by Berlioz and Paganini are included as are carefully selected transcriptions of works by Rossini Schumann and Johann Strauss. Composer biographies and extensive teaching notes on each piece are included together with a CD recording of all of the works in the anthology performed by Jens Franke.

Compiled and edited by Helen Marlais Succeeding with the Masters is a series dedicated to the authentic keyboard works of Baroque Classical Romantic and 20th Century masters.This series provides a complete and easily accessible method for learning and performing the works of the masters. Each book presents the works in historical perspective for the student and provides the means and the motivation to play these pieces in the correct stylistic musical and technical manner. The easily understandable format of practice strategies and musical concepts make this series enjoyable for both students and teachers.To ensure authenticity all of these pieceshave been extensively researched. Teachers will find a wealth of excellent repertoire that can be used for recitals festivals competitions and state achievement testing. Many of these original compositions may be new to you while others will be familiar. This series brings together an essential and comprehensive library of the pedagogical repertoire of the great composers.Succeeding with the Masters: Classical Era - Volume Two is a groundbreaking collection of 23 graded repertoire pieces by Haydn Mozart and Beethoven.

8 Popular Pieces-A wonderful collection of romantic pieces arranged for intermediate string quartet in which every instrument is given an opportunity to demand attention.The Schott String Quartet SeriesWith the first books in the series focusing on baroque classical and romantic styles The Schott String Quartet Series has expanded to cover music ranging from traditional pieces through to Eastern-influenced works. Aside from 'Indian Summer' which features original compositions each book contains original arrangements of well known themes which have often never been arranged for string quartet before. An important characteristic of these arrangements is that they allow all four instrumentsto demand the attention throughout the music. The pieces are suitable for amateur musicians or school students and are ideal for public performance.