Nancy Faber: Classic Sonatina in G: Piano: Instrumental Album

Late Elementary Level Piano Solos-This tremendously appealing 3-movement piece is an ideal first sonatina. Classic Sonatina explores the C major scale in both tetrachord form and with one octave fingering.

Piano Adventures?-The Piano Adventures?: Gold Star Performance Level 2B is an adventurous collection for the late-elementary pianist featuring changing moods keys and hand positions. The series offers performance pieces ???with a challenge.??? This collection may also be used as a graduation book to improve artistic technical and rhythmic skills before advancing to the next level.As the title Gold Star suggests these pieces are especially appropriate for recitals and other musical events. A broad range of styles are presented to enhance the young musician???s awareness of classical jazz folk and impressionistic sounds. Pieces need not necessarily be taught in theorder presented.The Gold Star Performance CD is a discovery in sound for both listening and play-along. Repeated listening with and without the score will familiarize students with diverse musical textures and sonorities an ancient Chinese folk song a gypsy dance by firelight a humorous ???blues??? or a sonatina accompanied with orchestra.The educational recordings provide more than student demonstration they provide settings in harmony style and rhythm which explore the expressive and dramatic qualities of the piano. Solo piano performances superlatively performed by Randall and Nancy Faber are included at the end of the CD.Gold Star characteristics of each piece are listed in the table of contents and a Gold Star music dictionary and certificate conclude the book.G-O-L-D Star Performance: a Guide Offering Lyricism and Drama at the Keyboard!

Piano Adventures®-The Faber Piano Adventures: Level 2A Gold Star Performance book features new piano solos for the mid-elementary pianist from Nancy and Randall Faber some with optional teacher duet parts. These pieces present a broad range of styles to enhance the young musician's awareness of classical jazz folk and impressionistic sounds. Repeated listening and play-along with the CD will familiarize students with diverse musical textures and sonorities including a piano sonatina with orchestra.