A Dozen a day - Mini book

Early Elementary Level-Piano Level: Early Elementary   The A Dozen a Day Songbook series contains wonderful Broadway movie and pop hits that may be used as companion pieces to the memorable technique exercises in the A Dozen a Day series. They are also suitable as supplements for ANY method!Songs in the Mini-Book include: Any Dream Will Do ? Can You Feel the Love Tonight ? A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes ? Heigh-Ho ? I'm Popeye the Sailor Man ? It's a Grand Night for Singing ? Lean on Me ? Love Me Tender ? SoLong Farewell ? You'll Never Walk Alone.

Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of the student's practice session. Performing these technical exercises will help develop strong hands and flexible fingers.

This collection of well-known classical pieces can be used on its own or as supplementary material to the iconic A Dozen A Day techniques series by Edna Mae Burnam. The pieces have been arranged to progress gradually applying concepts and patterns from Burnam’s technical exercises whenever possible.Teacher accompaniments and suggested guidelines for use with the original series are also provided. These arrangements are excellent supplements for any method and may also be used for sight-reading practice for more advanced students.The difficulty titles of certain editions of the A Dozen A Day books may vary internationally. This repertoire bookcorresponds to the first difficulty level.

'Tall Stories for Short Pianists' is an album of a dozen approachable Piano solos along with 5 duets (for pupil and teacher) pitched at the younger Pianist. Each piece connects with a tale or story (some will be more immediately familiar than others) while the level of difficulty starts at ABRSM Prep Test/Trinity College Initial with a couple nudging Grade 3.While in some cases the technical and reading difficulties have been kept to a minimum other pieces include hand-positon changes hand-crossing isolated high/low notes or brief chromatic features in order to widen the interest. The intrepid Pianist is warmly invited to take up a commanding presenceat the Piano (or Keyboard) and perform with authority!Mark Tanner's compositions encompass an impressively wide range of attractive styles. A number of his pieces written or adapted for a variety of instruments feature in current ABRSM TCL and LCM exam syllabuses drawing from a growing oeuvre (60 volumes) of music published by Spartan Press. You will find a few of his pieces within an appealing new ABRSM series due to appear later in 2016: 'Piano Star'. Mark's 'Scapes' series was shortlisted for the 'Best Print Resource' Award at the 2015 Music Teacher Awards and he is co-author of ABRSM's Teaching Notes an informative book to support the latest Piano syllabus. His thought-provoking book 'The Mindful Pianist' was published by Faber Music in 2016.

The purpose of Composer's Desk Reference For The Classic Guitar is to provide the non-guitarist composer with the fundamental tools needed to write idiomatically for the Guitar. The first of its kind for theGuitar the reference was written in consultation with dozens of composers and conceived with three types of end users in mind: Experienced composers with a concern for writing idiomatically for the guitar.Guitarists who are commissioning a work from a composer who has never written for the instrument. Libraries that wish to add this essential sourcebook to their music reference section. The very structureof the book reflects the composer's own intuition by addressing such questions as: How is the guitar constructed? What does successful guitar music look like? How is the guitar played? Howdoes the guitarist interpret music and express emotion? Which musical elements and gestures are most effective? How do these elements combine to create an effective pacing of idioms? By examiningthe parameters of successfully written pieces The Composer's Desk Reference For The Classic Guitar provides an expedient resource of ideas and illustrations contributing to the fluency of both first-time andseasoned Guitar composers.