Piano Discoveries Piano Book 1B

Piano Adventures?-The Piano Adventures?: Gold Star Performance Primer Level is an adventurous collection for the 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 a lively marching band the bass sounds of roaming pterodactyls or ringing French cathedral bells.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!

Theory Book 2-Accelerated Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner is a piano method on discovery creativity and adventure through music making. This book - Theory Book 2 - supplements the Accelerated Piano Adventures: Lesson Book 2 which is designed specifically for the older beginner.This book is divided into fifteen units correlating to the fifteen units of the Lesson Book. Each unit provides valuable reinforcement of basic theory concepts through writing sight-reading and ear-training activities.Although the Theory Book is designed to be used in conjunction with the other books in the series teachers will find that the creative effectiveapproach of this book will enhance instruction with many other piano methods as well.

2nd Edition-Piano Adventures is a piano method based on discovery creativity and adventure through music making.The Performance Book provides a collection of effective pieces in a variety of styles and are to be used in conjunction with the Lesson and Theory books in the Piano Adventures series. However teachers will find that the creative appealing pieces in this book make an ideal supplement with many other methods as well.A superb collection of pieces to enrich your studentâ??s repertoire and to help them to progress and advance to the next level.

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!

Cahier 3A Piano-Conceived for Piano beginners who have already been introduced to music reading Le Voyage magique - Niveau 3A Aventurier follows up on Le Voyage magique - Niveau 2B Explorateur. Fifth in a series of eight it familiarises the students to more complex melodies and rhythms and to the techniques of playing. This volume uses the same characters as the previous books who evolve through new illustrations which guide the young pianists. Le Voyage magique is the translation and adaptation by Stéphane Blet of the American series Piano Discoveries by Janet Vogt and Leon Bates. The pedagogy of this bookhas been studied to be quite close to the language of children in order to develop their interest and concentration. A CD is provided to accompany the player while learning with Le Voyage magique offering some small melodic pieces to develop a musical ear. Janet Vogt is an American pianist professor at the College-Conservatory of Music. She also composed pieces for Keyboards for Choirs and some pop music. Leon Bates (born 1949) is a renowned American pianist who performed with the New York Symphony the Cleveland Symphony and many others. He is also a professor and participated to the conception of this method. Stéphane Blet is an international solo pianist who decided to focus on the composition of pieces and on teaching. He is currently professor in the École Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot”.

'Klassik für Kinder' wants to introduce clarinet pupils to the beauty of Baroque, Classical and Romantic concert literature. Cautiously, not only original clarinet literature was taken up, but catchy tunes and themes from the opera (The Freeshooter, The Magic Flute and others) and the concert hall (Four Seasons, Capriccio Italy, Reverie and others) were used as well. The edition starts with a piece from the Renaissance period, followed by the great composers of the Baroque, European Classical and Romantic eras and completed by several discoveries off the common concert programmes (Blasius, Reinagel, Sullivan). Four centuries of music history which will make the pupils enjoy classical music. The pieces are presented in easy arrangements and can be mastered after about two years of tuition, with the three-line octave being left out. Contenu - V. Haussmann: Tanz und Nachtanz - M.A. Charpentier: Prélude from: Te Deum - H. Purcell: Trumpet Tune - A. Vivaldi: Allegro from: Autumn - G.P. Telemann: Largo - C. Graupner: Air - G.F. Händel: Bourrée from: Royal Firworks Music - Anonym: Menuett from: Notebook fro Anna Magdalena Bach - J. Haydn: St. Anthony Choral - W.A. Mozart: It rings out so joyful from: The Magic Flute - M.-F. Blasius: Grazioso - J. Reinagle: Allegro und Andante from: Sonatine G-Dur - L.v. Beethoven: German Dance - C. M.v. Weber: Through the woods, through the pastures from: Der Freischütz - F. Schubert: EntrÂ’acte from: Rosamunde - F. Mendelssohn: Andante from: Symphony No. 4 (Italian) - R. Schumann: Rêverie from: Scenes from Childhood - J.F. Kranz: Valse lente - J. Strauss: Waltz No. 4 from: Echoes of the Rhine Loreley - P.I. Tschaikowsky: Capriccio Italien - A. Dvořak: Humoresque - A.Sullivan: Hornpipe from: Ruddigore - E. Grieg: Solveig's Song from: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 - E. Humperdinck: Evening Pryer from: Hansel and Gretel - E. MacDowell: To a wild rose - A. Gretchaninoff: A dark day from: Brimborions - M. Ravel: Boléro editor: Warnecke, Ulrike illustration: Schuermann, Andreas piano setting: Birtel, Wolfgang

Nancy and Randall Faber's student-centric Piano Adventures books have enjoyed huge success and are considered by many to be the one of the most complete and accessible methods for learning the Piano. The Piano Adventures series is now the teaching method of choice at many leading universities and music studios around the world. One secret behind the series' success is that it doesn't just teach students to play the Piano - it helps them to develop a 'musical heart and mind' teaching them to analyse the music that they play and encouraging them to explore their own creativity and expression. The winning combination of varied pieces to play accompanied by creativetheory pages will ensure that students gain a sound technical grounding without detracting from the enjoyment of playing the instrument. This 'all-in-two' edition for students at level 3 includes a Technique & Performance Book and this Lesson & Theory Book. Faber Piano Adventures: Level 3 - Lesson & Theory includes: A step-by-step approach to major and minor scale technique primary chords (I IV V7 and i iv V7) the triplet cut time quavers and musical form. A wide range of musical styles from jazz to classical including melodies of Beethoven Grieg Pachelbel and Tchaikovsky. Pianistic fingerings to build technique and graceful movement across the keyboard. Expressive pieces with teacher duets that build tone articulation and phrasing. Discovery questions creative activities and theory pages to develop the student's 'musical mind'. An included CD featuring imaginative orchestrated accompaniments which encourage expressive playing rhythmic accuracy and practice time.

2nd Edition-Piano Adventures is a Piano method based on discovery creativity and adventure. This book the Performance Book Level 1 is the solo collection to be used in conjunction with the Lesson Book.Also included in this book is a selection of delightful illustrations lyrics and teacher duets all to enrich the learning experience.

Level 1. PlayTime Piano Music from China is a musical journey featuring energetic dances, quiet folk melodies, and original Chinese pieces. The book is arranged especially for the early elementary student and correlates with Level 1 in the Piano Adventures method. At this level, five-finger positions reinforce tonalities and intervals. Teacher duets provide a full, rich background. Along the way, students meet LeLe the musical panda, their whimsical guide to exploring the Chinese sound through discovery questions, improvisation, and composition activities. A picture tour of China, unique at each level of the series, introduces highlights of history and culture. Songs include: Fengyang Flower-Drum · Frog Dance · Let's Sing · Pouch Embroidering · Song of the Newsboy · Tune from Xinjiang · What Is the Most Beautiful.

This exclusive folio presents 20 of Ludovico Einaudi?s most popular piano works in special arrangements matched to the grade criteria of the major examination boards. Designed as a progressivecourse for intermediate players Einaudi?s pieces have been adapted to make them accessible to students while retaining their unique beauty. Each piece is preceded by companion exercises which focuson specific techniques or musical ideas and this book is further augmented by SoundCheck* software which provides digital support accessible on any device to enhance your practice. With a specially written Preface by thecomposer this inspirational collection brings the joy of playing Einaudi?s music to pianists of Grade 3-5 level. *SoundCheck is powered by Match My Sound

All-in-two edition-Piano Adventures is an exciting comprehensive piano method that teaches children analysis creativity and musical expression. This Lesson

Théorie 1 (avec portées)-Conceived for Piano beginners Piano Discoveries Theory - Niveau 1 Discovery with staves (equivalent to volume 1B) is progressive and includes many illustrations which enable children to become familiar with music theory only. The second in a series of eight it completes the Piano method. Le Voyage magique is the translation and adaptation by St?phane Blet of the American series Piano Discoveries by Janet Vogt and Leon Bates. The pedagogy of this book has been studied to be quite close to the language of children in order to develop their interest and concentration. Janet Vogt is an American pianist professor at the College-Conservatory of Music. She also composed pieces for Keyboards for Choirs and some pop music. <>br Leon Bates (born 1949) is a renowned American pianist who performed with the New York Symphony the Cleveland Symphony and many others. He is also a professor and participated in the conception of this method. St?phane Blet is an international solo pianist who decided to focus on the composition of pieces and on teaching. He is currently professor in the ?cole Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot”.

This delightful collection from Valerie Roth Roubos will transport you to a whole new world of musical discoveries. There are pieces that promote both hands playing across the keyboard with the LH playing in the treble clef and the RH playing in the bass clef. Students will find pieces that promote musical awareness by playing a variety of tempos within a piece. Roubos' pieces that have the melody switching between the LH and RH will encourage students to develop hand and finger independence. Songs include: Ghost Ship; A Night in Madrid; Postcard from Mars; and more.

Time To Begin , the cornerstone of the Music Tree series, is a unique and highly effective approach to beginning piano instruction. Starting with off-staff notation, it leads the student to reading direction and intervals, and climaxes with the discovery of the Grand Staff. Also included is a carefully designed program of rhythm, technic and creative work. The cassette features electronic renditions of the music: it offers the accompaniment alone, or both the student's and teacher's parts. The Teacher's Handbook is an invaluable tool. This volume contains essays regarding how students learn, on technic, and how rhythm is presented. Teaching aspects are discussed, and suggestions are offered for each unit of the book.

Lesson & Theory - Anglicised Edition-Piano Adventures is an exciting comprehensive piano method that teaches children analysis creativity and musical expression. Piano Adventures: Lesson And Theory Book - Level 2A provides an integrated step-by-step approach to music reading. With a wide range of musical styles from jazz to classical pianistic fingerings to build technique and movement across the keyboard expressive appealing pieces with teacher duets this is an ideal book for anyone learning Piano. Piano Adventures: Lesson And Theory Book - Level 2A includes discovery questions creative activities and theory pages to reinforceconcepts. This version is the new anglicised edition.