Barratt, Carol : Chester's Music Puzzles - Set 4

SKU: HL.14006541

ISBN 9780711956100. 9.0x12.0x0.088 inches.

Twelve easy pieces for piano written and arranged by Carol Barratt. An entertaining selection all about animals: superbly arranged classics plus imaginative original pieces. Includes music from 'Peter And The Wolf', 'Carnival Of The Animals' and Carols Barratt's 'Giraffes'. Suitable for players of grade 1 to grade 2 standard. Contents: Aunty Lizzie's Old Pig * Giraffes * Sheep May Safely Graze * Swan Lake * The Bear * The Cat From Peter and the Wolf * The Cat in the Corner * The Crow * The Cuckoo (Muller) * The Duck (Peter and the Wolf) * The Elephant (Carnival of the Animals) * The Pony (Couppey).

SKU: HL.14003445

ISBN 9780711936676. 9.0x12.0x0.073 inches. English.

Pre-Grade 1 to Grade 1. Progressing from specific hand positions to wider range of notes, the 18 pieces include works by Haydn, Kabalevsky, and Czerny. Contents: Black and Blues (Barratt) * Bugles (Gurlitt) * Chester Wins Again (Barratt) * Clowns (Barratt) * Duck Song (Folk) * Gavotte * Minuet * On the Move (Barratt) * On the Wing * Outdoors (Kohler) * Presto (Turk) * Quadrille (Haydn) * Study (Czerny) * Tara's Rag (Barratt) * Two Russian Pieces (Kabalevsky) * Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid * Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo (Cowboy Song).

SKU: HL.14003457

ISBN 9780711960701. UPC: 196288153474. 9.0x12.0x0.115 inches.

This book provides 60 technical exercises that will help to develop strong hands and flexible fingers whilst having fun. The exercises are divided into five 'sets' which are carefully graded to introduce new technical points gradually, and will help create a regular practice routine. Specifically designed for use from the first few lessons, alongside Chester's Easiest Piano Course Books 1 to 3, though it can be used with any beginners' piano course. Carol Barratt is an established world leader in piano education for young people. She studied at the Royal College of Music winning scholarships in composition, and has written music for many different instruments as well as her famous Chester piano tutor and repertoire books.

SKU: HL.14003446

ISBN 9780711954489. 9.0x12.0x0.088 inches. English.

Repertoire pieces for the young beginner, easy tunes compiled by Carol Barratt. Contents: Double Basses * Gigue * I Got Shoes * Minuet in C * Moderato * Naomi's Number * Ober the Hills and Far Away * Strolling Sam * Superfrog * The Bagpipers * The C Major Scale * The Fox Jumped Over the Person's Gate * The G Major Scale * The Juniper Tree * Twins * Variations On 'Ah Vous Dirai-Je, Maman?' (Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) * What You Will.

SKU: HL.14003444

ISBN 9780711922624. UPC: 884088456344. 9.0x12.0x0.108 inches. English.

Beginner to pre-Grade 1. Ideal for the beginner, with five-finger positions, alternating hands and very simple hands together. Pieces include Purcell's Rigadoon and the beautiful Au Clair De La Lune. Contents: Air Des Bouffons * Au Clair de la Lune * Ballooning * Cossack Dance * Evening Song * Exercise Time * Hop, Skip, Jump * Hot Cross Buns * J'ai Du Bon Tabac * Jody's Cake Walk * Lullaby * March of the Pigs * Merrily we Roll Along * Off to Work * Wold Woman * Oranges and Lemons * Ragtime * Resting * Rigadoon * Three Nursery Rhymes * Waltz for Diddles.

SKU: HL.14003424

ISBN 9780711922914. UPC: 884088434496. 9.0x12.0x0.072 inches.

Fourteen very easy piano solos, perfect for performance in beginner recitals and music festivals and great fun to play. Contents: Bill's Bagpipes * Chatterpie * Dozy Do-Do * Fortune Cookies * Frogmarch * Hang-Gliding * In A Tizzy * Jumping Jack * Merry-Go-Round * Mini Rag * On The Go * Over and Above * Patterns * Spellbound.

SKU: HL.14003425

ISBN 9780711922778. 12.0x9.0x0.125 inches.

Arrangement s of 26 favourite nursery rhymes with full colour illustrations and fascinating information on the pieces' origins. Specially designed for young children to be able to play themselves rather than just be played to. Suitable for pre-Grade 1 to Grade 1 pianists. Contents: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep * Girls and Boys Come Out to Play * Hey Diddle Diddle * Hot Cross Buns * I Love Little Pussy * Jack and Jill * Little Bo-Peep * London Bridge * London's Burning * One, Two, Three, Four, Five * Pop Goes the Weasel * Rock-a-Bye, Baby * Sing a Song of Sixpence * This Old Man * Three Blind Mice * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star * Yankee Doodle * Lavenders Blue * Little Jack Horner * Pat a Cake * Polly Put the Kettle On * Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat * Hickory, Dickory Dock * Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush * Ring-a-Ring o Roses * Humpty Dumpty.

SKU: HL.14003415

ISBN 9781846097355. UPC: 884088433659. 9.0x12.0x0.204 inches. English.

More than forty favourite Christmas songs and carols for the beginning pianist, arranged by Carol Barratt. Many of the songs include both the English and American versions of the traditional carols. Carols include lyrics and chord symbols and are ideal for use alongside The Classic Piano Course books 1 and 2.

SKU: HL.14003423

ISBN 9780711924413. UPC: 888680908386. 9.0x12.0x0.11 inches.

A selection of twenty-one favourite carols and a new piece Christmas Morning by Carol Barratt. They are all arranged as simply as possible, with a range just right for the child's hands and voice. Suitable for pre-Grade 1 to Grade 1. Contents: As Each Happy Christmas * As With Gladness Men Of Old * Away In a Manger * Christmas Morning * Ding Dong! Merrily On High * Good King Wenceslas * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * Infant Holy, Infant Lowly * It Came Upon a Midnight Clear * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old Saint Nicholas * O Come, All Ye Faithful * Once in Royal David's City * See Amid the Winter's Snow * Silent Night * The First Nowell * The Holly and the Ivy * We Three Kings * We Wish You a Merry Christmas * While Shepherds Watched.

SKU: HL.14003430

ISBN 9780711932555. 9.0x12.0x0.073 inches.

Eighteen traditional and well-loved songs of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Carefull arranged by Carol Barratt to sit comfortably under the hands of the young pianist and suitable for all players of Grade One Plus standard. Contents: All Through the Night * Annie Laurie * Auld Lang Syne * Barbara Allen * Blow Away the Morning Dew * Cockles And Mussels * David of the White Rock * Drink To Me Only * Early One Morning * Land of my Fathers * Londonderry Air * Scarborough Fair * The Ash Grove * The Blue Bell of Scotland * The Gypsy Laddie * The Harp That Once * When I Was a Tailor * Will Ye No Come Back Again?

SKU: HL.14003455

ISBN 9780711968004. 9.0x12.0x0.119 inches.

Traditional carols for piano duet, arranged for easy piano by Carol Barratt. Suitable for pianists from grade one standard.

SKU: HL.14003432

ISBN 9780711919310. 8.5x12.0x0.094 inches.

Chester's Music Puzzles is an entertaining series of clear and structured puzzles and questions, by Carol Barratt, designed to help young instrumentalists master the basics of musical theory. Each illustrated set of contains ten question papers, information for teacher and parents and a certificate of achievement for the pupil. These puzzles also take into account limited reading and writing skills of younger children. Each book corresponds with the matching Chester Piano Book. This is Set 1 which covers: clefs, staves, lines and spaces, musical alphabet, bars and bar lines, stems, note and rest values, tied notes, chords, flats and sharps, phrase marks and dynamics. Each book corresponds with the matching Chester Piano Book.

SKU: HL.14003438

ISBN 9780950276779. 9.0x12.0x0.13 inches.

A course of tutor books which moves at a slightly faster pace than the Easiest Piano Course.