Best of Children's Songs

Songs-First published in 1954 John Thompson’s Easiest Piano Course is one of the most-loved and best-selling piano methods in the world. John Thompson’s timeless approach to teaching has been trusted by generations of teachers to start millions of students on their musical journey. This book includes 16 repertoire pieces to complement the Easiest Piano Course helping to reinforce basic technique develop musicality and increase the enjoyment of learning. These simplified arrangements are also ideal sight-reading practice for more advanced pupils. With a great selection of children’s songs including Baa Baa Black Sheep Happy Birthday To You Three Blind Mice and many more there’s something in First Children’s Songs for every beginner pianist to enjoy!

For Children's Choir and Piano . Par PART ARVO. ‘I went to nursery school every day until the end of secondary school!’ Arvo Pärt says and pauses, staring slyly at his listener. ‘My mother worked at a nursery school in Rakvere, and I always went to visit her after my lessons.’ There, the future composer often sat at the piano and played or improvised for his little friends. Arvo Pärt is a composer best known for his 'tintinnabuli' compositions. It is a lesser-known fact that in his earlier years as a composer, he also wrote children's songs and piano pieces along with music for plays and animated films. This volume, 'Songs from Childhood', contains a selection of Arvo Pärt's music for children from the period 1956-1970. In those years he was involved with several children's studios and theatres as the piano accompanist and composer. Most of his music for children came about by way of improvisation in rehearsals and was only later completed and put on paper. These pieces therefore retain all the spontaneity and playful spirit in which they were created. 'Songs from Childhood' includes a CD of the same name, providing recordings of the songs with new and colourful instrumental accompaniments in the roiginal Estonian language for your enjoyment. These new accompaniments, which are also included as backing tracks on the CD, were arranged by the composer Tauno Aints in collaboration with Arvo Pärt. The sheet music of these arrangements is available on hire. The piano version doubles as a piano reduction. • 15 selected pieces for children‘s choir and piano written with all the spontaneity and playful spirit typical of Arvo Pärt‘s music for children • Includes a CD with full and sing-along versions of the songs • The recordings of the songs are in Estonian with new and colourful instrumental accompaniments by Tauno Aints in collaboration with Arvo Pärt/ Répertoire / Choeur d'Enfants et Piano

Par MARA WASBURN. This outstanding children's method for mountain dulcimer is the result of the author's many years of sharing the dulcimer with children, and has been successful with children as young as 5 years old. This single volume combines the best material from the author's two previous volumes, Children's Dulcimer Method Volumes One and Two. In it you will find many traditional songs and folk tunes arranged for the mountain dulcimer. Each song has a simple strum pattern indicated above it with fret numbers for the melody notes and lyrics included where appropriate. There are instructions for strumming, chording, fingerpicking, and for three modal tunings (Ionian, Aeolian, and Mixolydian). Harmony is included for many of the songs, so that two or more dulcimers can play together. / Niveau : Débutant / Acoustic Music - Methods / Méthode / Dulcimer des Appalaches (Cordes pincées)

Alfred's Best series centers around impeccable piano/vocal/guitar arrangements of the most loved and recognizable songs in modern music. Best Top 40 Songs: 49 Hits from the '50s to '70s highlights tunes from such varied artists as Fats Domino, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, Chicago, Sam Cooke, and more. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)

One hundred titles in six categories: pop hits; movie and TV music; pop, rock and country classics; folk and children's songs; classical themes; and all-time favorites. Titles include: All for Love * I Swear * Charlie Brown Theme * Looking Through Your Eyes * Star Wars (Main Title) * Talk to the Animals * Journey to the Past * Tradition * To Life! * As Time Goes By and more.

A Creative and Interactive Piano Course for Children-A book of 20 solo piano pieces to supplement Lesson Book 1 of this definitive beginner method by leading piano educator H-G Heumann. The choice of repertoire includes pieces from the classical period to the present day charming arrangements of folk tunes children’s songs and jazz and pop melodies. Perfect for first concerts! What is Piano Junior? Piano Junior is a superb piano course for beginners. It's creative it's interactive it's colourful it has its own website with additional online material - and most importantly it really works! Its characters PJ the friendly robot and his sidekickMozart the dog motivate and encourage children throughout each level. The course is available as core Lesson Books along with supplementary Theory Duet and Performance Books at each stage.   Who is Piano Junior for? Suitable for children from around the age of 6 Piano Junior takes young students on their first steps and prepares them with a solid foundation for early grades. A method for the digital age Teachers parents and students can visit www.piano-junior.com for demonstration videos and recordings along with a host of other free downloadable resources which really bring practice sessions at home to life!   PIANO JUNIOR - press reviews 'The careful introduction of all aspects of music notation is a standout feature of these books and to my mind Heumann has provided one of the best child-friendly introductions to reading music that I have seen... Piano Junior has in many respects raised the bar in some ways perhaps even setting a new standard by which piano courses for children will be judged.' - PIANODAO.COM

Toddlers and young children love to sing and dance classic nursery rhymes and songs. This activity strengthens bonds with family, encourages brain development and musicality, and most importantly, it's fun! This beautiful keepsake collection of over 100 classic nursery rhymes, playground songs, activity tunes, and memory rhymes ensures that all those bases are covered for parents, teachers, and their kids. Carefully arranged for piano to play and sing with toddlers and young children, each song also includes guitar and ukulele chords for easy strum-and-sing performance. The book features a 'Genre Index' that breaks the titles down into song types and categories---especially useful for educators. Finally, an 'About the Songs' section rounds out the collection with a brief history of all the tunes, and, to demonstrate what the songs should sound like, professional MP3 recordings of every song can be downloaded from alfred.com with purchase. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)

The latest addition to the bestselling Little Voices series features five favourite Songs From The Movies specially arranged in two parts for young groups and choirs. Featuring some invaluable performance hints and tips this is the complete teaching package for some fantastic songs. With five favourite songs from the major animated movies 'Frozen' (Let It Go) 'Despicable Me' (Happy) 'The Lego Movie' (Everything Is Awesome) 'Kung Fu Panda' (Kung Fu Fighting) and 'Toy Story 3' (Le Freak) not only is this a fantastic way to introduce young beginners to part-singing these are also catchy and familiar songs that children will love to sing. Every song appears in standard notation with the two vocal parts as well as the Piano Accompaniment with chord names. Little Voices also includes some invaluable tips for teaching learning and performing these songs both in general and specific to each tune written by the arranger Barrie Carson-Taylor. This makes learning them as easy as possible and coupled with the enjoyable melodies as enjoyable as possible. For young beginners who are just starting out with part-singing this is the perfect package to get children singing songs they know and love. The popular melodies wonderfully arranged harmonies and essential hints make Little Voices - Songs From The Movies a brilliant choice for young choirs and groups.