Adult Piano Adventures® is a comprehensive course in reading playing and listening to music by Nancy and Randall Faber. It is a logical and effective approach to note-reading and the pace is refreshing and smooth with the language and presentation more suited to adults and late beginners. Book Two continues from the first volume with a broader repertoire and special instruction in harmony and chord accompaniments. All-In-One Lesson Book 2 is a natural progression from Book 1 with carefully sequenced instruction in note reading music theory and Piano technique. It expands on chord playing from lead sheets and offers a review of musicfundamentals a dictionary of musical terms chord chart and an outstanding selection of World-famous popular and classical melodies chosen specifically for adults. Included are musical gems such as: I Want to Hold Your Hand; Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Amazing Grace; The James Bond Theme; Pachelbelâ??s Canon and Scarborough Fair plus plenty more beloved melodies. This book includes lessons technique and theory all in one complete volume for ease of use. Develop musical understanding and reading skills further while playing enjoyable engaging music. This terrific CD edition also contains 2 packed CDs with Background accompaniments to the melodies and pieces in the book. This extra resource will help compound learning and understanding as each piece is played twice once at a slow practice tempo with the piano part included and the other at performance speed.

This unique book and CD will give you the tools you need to transform the music that you read into the way it should sound when played. Written music offers the notes, but it may not completely tell you how to perform them. Playing the blues in an authentic manner requires specific techniques that are difficult to notate. However, it can be achieved by combining note reading along with listening to a recording of how it is supposed to sound. Once and for all, the Listen & Play approach puts an end the often-heard lament, I'm reading it correctly, but why doesn't it sound like the blues? The CD includes performances of all the examples and tunes?--some of the music is played at a slower practice tempo to make learning easier.

Book B from My First Piano Adventure moves the student into staff-reading. Music notation is explored through stepwise directional reading pattern recognition and changing hand positions all in the context of engaging songs games and creative exploration at the piano. Maintaining the child-centered philosophy of the series the ?friends at the piano? from the A Books introduce students to the music of two new composer friends Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. Classic themes share the stage with contemporary pop and jazz sounds for young ears to absorb and enjoy. The Book B CD presents a vibrant mix of sounds from boogie to Beethoven.It serves as a listening CD which educates and as an accompaniment CD for play-along.

For years Jim Lucas has been regarded as one of the more innovative piano arrangers for church music. His contemporary style and fresh approach breathe new life into traditional hymns and spirituals. No church pianist's libraryis complete without this fine book!Includes piano arrangements of wedding favorites such as: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring • Trumpet Voluntary • Wedding March • Trumpet Tune • and 7 others. A listening CD(08739661) and Book/CD pack (08739660) are also available.

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Learn to play Beethoven's Fur Elise with The Concert Performer Series, complete with a special CD-Rom which contains both audio and MIDI to help you practise for a truly great performance. Track 1 contains an audio concert performance, Track 2 is a special audio 'study track', on which you'll hear the same performance as Track 1 at a slower speed. Listening to and playing along with this track can help you resolve questions of rhythm and interpretation as you are learning the piece. / Rép Classique / Répertoire / Piano

Livre De Travail. Par MC NEELY JIM. The Art of Comping is a hands-on (first-of-its-kind) workbook which enables you to practice an often-neglected aspect of jazz piano playing. The text points out important aspects of the comping and offers a number of specific suggestions and chord voicings for each tune. You hear the author comp and you get a chance to comp with the same rhythm section, without the piano track. / method with CD / Recueil / Piano

Improve your Piano playing technique with this easy-to-follow guide. Pam Wedgwood: Piano Basics Volume 2 is filled with useful advice and tips presented in imaginative ways to make learning fun. Featuring theory quizzes and handy fact files this informative book will teach you all of the essential theory required to master the Piano. With Piano Basics Volume 2 musicians will learn while playing along to Wedgwood’s own catchy tunes and other well-known pieces. Pam Wedgwood: Piano Basics Volume 2 comes complete with a CD of backing tracks as well as recordings of complete performances allowinglearners to listen to the songs as they should sound.

This superb 2CD collection of 40 masterpieces by 10 great composers features performances by the world's leading soloists and orchestras including The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Theaudio CDs are accompanied by a specially produced book containing the same pieces for solo piano. Here is an opportunity to enjoy some of the world's most beautiful classical music and to then sit down at the Piano and play themyourself using the accompanying folio. So if you're one of those people who feel like playing as well as listening this is the collection for you!

This clever collection features music of the masters with words that teach about their lives. Includes unison arrangements of well-known works from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century periods. Equip your music history toolbox with the composer caricatures, kid-friendly biographies, and fun-filled activities. Then create a 25-minute program with the optional rhyming script. Recommended for grades three and up. CD includes reproducible PDFs of biographies, activitities, and song sheets, as well as accompaniment and performance tracks. / Tout Instrument

Piano Play-Along Volume 123-Your favorite sheet music will come to life with the innovative Piano Play-Along series! With these book/CD collections piano and keyboard players will be able to practice and perform with professional-sounding accompaniments. Containing eight cream-of-the-crop songs each the books feature new engravings with a separate vocal staff plus guitar frames so players and their friends can sing or strum along. The CDs feature two tracks for each tune: a full performance for listening and a separate backing track that lets players take the lead on keyboard. The high-quality sound-alike accompaniments exactly match the printed music. 8 songs: Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) ·Holy Is the Lord · How Great Is Our God · I Lift My Hands · I Will Rise · Jesus Messiah · Our God · We Fall Down.

Piano Play-Along Volume 125-Your favorite sheet music will come to life with the innovative Piano Play-Along series! With these book/CD collections piano and keyboard players will be able to practice and perform with professional-sounding accompaniments.Containing eight cream-of-the-crop songs each the books feature new engravings with a separate vocal staff plus guitar frames so players and their friends can sing or strum along. The CDs feature two tracks for each tune: afull performance for listening and a separate backing track that lets players take the lead on keyboard. The high-quality sound-alike accompaniments exactly match the printed music. 8 of Katy's biggest hits: California Gurls? Firework ? Hot N Cold ? I Kissed a Girl ? Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) ? Part of Me ? Teenage Dream ? Wide Awake.

Piano Play-Along Volume 97-Your favourite sheet music will come to life with the innovative Piano Play-Along series! With these book/CD collections piano and keyboard players will be able to practice and perform with professional-sounding accompaniments. Containing eight cream-of-the-crop songs each the books feature new engravings with a separate vocal staff plus guitar frames so players and their friends can sing or strum along. The CDs feature two tracks for each tune: a full performance for listening and a separate backing track that lets players take the lead on keyboard. The high-quality sound-alike accompaniments exactly match the printed music.

Piano Play-Along Volume 72-Your favorite sheet music will come to life with the innovative Piano Play-Along series! With these book/CD collections piano and keyboard players will be able to practice and perform with professional-sounding accompaniments. Containing eight cream-of-the-crop songs each the books feature new engravings with a separate vocal staff plus guitar frames so players and their friends can sing or strum along. The CDs feature two tracks for each tune: a full performance for listening and a separate backing track that lets players take the lead on keyboard. The high-quality sound-alike accompaniments exactly match the printed music. 8 songs including: Brown Eyed Girl · CrazyLove · Domino · Have I Told You Lately · Into the Mystic · Moondance · Someone like You · Tupelo Honey.