Pianoworks is written especially for the older beginner - or anyone who prefers a more adult approach to learning. The books will help you to develop the skills to play in a range of styles including classical folk and pop. The attractive easy pieces range from the great works of the past to the music of today. Pianoworks Christmas is packed full of festive treats for the beginner pianist. You'll find traditional carols alongside well-known Christmas songs and each piece is accompanied by the words allowing friends to sing along as you play. An ideal gift for any beginner pianist working towards the end of Pianoworks Book 1.

Every Beginner Pianist Should Learn-Why did you start to learn the Piano? Many people are inspired by seeing an awesome artist perform on this expressive and versatile instrument or they are desperate to play a particular Piano-based song they love. Whatever themotivation there's always a bit of a journey from non-musician to virtuoso and you may not find 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' and other much-loathed beginner tunes the most enthralling pieces to play. Never fear The Top TenPop Songs Every Beginner Pianist Should Learn is here to help with ten of the very best pop songs of all time specially selected for beginning pianists. The songs in this book are both simple to learn andsatisfying to play. We've hand-picked both old-school and modern classics from over 50 years of pop greatness covering a range of styles and artists from Nina Simone to Coldplay and Bill Withers to Adele So if you want to learna few tunes to impress your friends or just for the sheer love of it this little collection will give you just what you are looking for. The songs in this book are all accompanied by black and white photographs and handybackground notes.

Get It Together! brings Carol Barratt's original boogies rags and blues from her famous and much-loved Chester's Easiest Piano series together in one essential collection! The perfect book forbeginner pianists who want to explore the exciting musical styles of jazz and blues.Common jazz concepts such as syncopation changes of time signatures and 'blue' notes are introduced in easy-to-play styles making themaccessible for all beginners and an excellent introduction to the 'jazz' feel.

Elementary Level Book with Online Audio-Fully revised and updated this brand new edition of Book One of the renowned John Thompson's Adult Piano Course is intended for the adult beginner who is learning the basics of Piano playing. The book and download card will give you a quick and thorough grasp on the fundamentals of playing the Piano. John Thompson's Piano Course is most often associated with younger beginners but the adult course has been equally successful proving that it's never too late to introduce vast numbers of older beginners to the joys of playing the Piano. With authoritative instructions and clear practicaladvice this Piano tutor explains the essential techniques and musical forms for any beginner laying the foundation for further development in later books in the series. The Adult Piano Course introduces the pupil to the notes of the Piano the fundamentals of notation different types of notes and varying rhythms while also ensuring that sight-reading is introduced from the very beginning. From there the student is taken through intervals chords phrasing and beginning scales all interspersed with enjoyable and melodic practice pieces that put the theoretical concepts into a musical context. Throughout this adult Piano tutor there is a great balance between developing musical knowledge and practical musical skills. If you also have a teacher many of the pieces feature accompanying music allowing you to play as a duet which will give you hugely beneficial experience playing with another musician. Similarly one of the most unique things about this book is the included Download Card featuring example demonstrations of the exercises so that you will be able to hear how each one should sound allowing you to get it note-perfect. For decades the timeless John Thompson's Piano Course has been helping beginners

With the Really Easy Piano Playalong songbook you can learn 19 Classic Hit Songs with these simplified arrangements for Easy Piano then use the included download card to hear demonstrations andbacking tracks that you can play along to. Featuring a wealth of some of the most famous tunes of all time by the greatest singers and songwriters ever these Classic Hit Songs areessential playing for all pianists and the Really Easy Piano Playalong book lets beginners immediately pick up these wonderful melodies. From classic pop songs like All Shook Up Downtown andWaterloo to those beautiful ballads like Rocket Man Hallelujah and Fields Of Gold this collection offers amazing variety of tunes that can be placed right at beginner pianist'sfingertips.  With the accompanying download card you will get instant online access to fantastic-sounding demonstration and backing tracks for each tune. This means you'll be able to hear how eachClassic Hit Song should sound then learn them using the easy-to-read sheet music before playing your own versions along to the backing tracks. With songs by such bestselling artists as Simon &Garfunkel The Beatles David Bowie and Louis Armstrong this is a fantastic book for learning all of those timeless tunes that everyone loves and with the help of some fingering hints performance tips lyrics and fascinatingbackground information the Really Easy Piano Playalong really is the perfect songbook for pianists who love pop hits. The fantastic selection of brilliant songs from these wonderfulmusicians places some of the greatest tunes of all time at any beginner pianist's fingertips. Your friends and family will no doubt be wholly impressed with how great each of these songs sound on the Piano especially when played

A method and repertory for late beginner to early intermediate piano.-The Joy Of Second-Year Piano is a method and repertory for late beginner to early intermediate pianists developed from the best-selling series by Denes Agay. Following on from the immensely popular First-Year book the numerous pieces have been carefully selected and are further supported by an opening tutorial section specially-written warm-up exercises and helpful written notes throughout.The Joy Of Second-Year Piano aims to provide competent beginners of all ages with the repertory and guidance to develop new skills as they reinforce fundamental techniques. Featuring progressive pieces with an emphasis on repetitionof learned skills the book can be worked through piece by piece or depending on the students' ability.The book includes well-known classical favorites by the most prominent composers and students will likely have heard many of these including William Tell Overture The Can-Can Für Elise and Vivaldi's Autumn among many others.

This Easiest Pop Songs edition of John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course allows the beginner pianist, who is progressing from part one to part two of the world-renowned course, to learn some fantastic and well-known pop songs. With simplified arrangements and large notation, these are popular hits in the familiar John Thompson style.As well as reinforcing basic technique, developing musicality and making learning great fun, the Easiest Pop Songs will be familiar to most young beginners, allowing them to learn and play some of their favourite tunes of the moment. Repertoire books like this have been specially created and graded to be used with the John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course, so pianists who are working through that will recognise the style of this songbook.This book features a number of pop songs, including Taylor Swift's Shake It Off, Sam Smith's Brilliant Stay With Me and Adele's huge smash-hit Hello. There are many more, though, such as Wings by Birdy, Flashlight by Jessie J and I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen. These Easiest Pop Songs are perfect supplementary material for those working through parts 1 and 2 of the course, but also make great sight-reading practice for more advanced students. Since dynamics and phrasing are not introduced until part 3 of the course, they are not included here, although some invaluable hints and tips and fingering guides are featured for all songs.All beginner Piano pupils will love to learn the famous pop songs included in this repertoire book - an ideal complement to John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course. / Piano

This Easiest Pop Songs edition of John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course allows the beginner pianist who is progressing from part one to part two of the world-renowned course to learn some fantastic and well-known pop songs. With simplified arrangements and large notation these are popular hits in the familiar John Thompson style.   As well as reinforcing basic technique developing musicality and making learning great fun the Easiest Pop Songs will be familiar to most young beginners allowing them to learn and play some of their favourite tunes of the moment.Repertoire books like this have been specially created and graded to be used with the John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course so pianists who are working through that will recognise the style of this songbook.   This book features a number of pop songs including Taylor Swift's Shake It Off  Sam Smith's Brilliant Stay With Me and Adele's huge smash-hit Hello. There are many more though such as Wings by Birdy Flashlight by Jessie J and I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen. These Easiest Pop Songs are perfect supplementary material for those working through parts 1 and 2 of the course but also make great sight-reading practice for more advanced students. Since dynamics and phrasing are not introduced until part 3 of the course they are not included here although some invaluable hints and tips and fingering guides are featured for all songs.   All beginner Piano pupils will love to learn the famous pop songs included in this repertoire book - an ideal complement to John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course.

Solo Repertoire consists of twenty-two original solos that may be used as supplementary material for the Older Beginner. The compositions have a variety of keys and progress in order of difficulty through Levels 1 and 2 of theOlder Beginner Piano Library.

The Keyboard From The Beginning: Songbook is a fantastic collection of favourite songs specially chosen for primary school-age children starting to learn the instrument. The Keyboard From TheBeginning series is an ideal introduction to the instrument and this Songbook is a great companion selection of tunes that follow the same format ideal for those working through the bestsellingmethod.   If you've been working through the Keyboard From The Beginning book this songbook will be familiar to you with a similar structure and introduction of new skills and techniquesas you progress through the book. This is a selection of well-loved songs as well as classical favourites that have been notated with simplified arrangements and annotated with fingering guides ensuring you start making greatmusic no matter how much of a beginner you are.   Beginning with very simple tunes for one hand like Jingle Bells When The Saints Go Marching In and Skip To My Lou the book progressesto songs that can be swiftly mastered with both hands such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Swing Low Sweet Chariot and culminating with Spring (from 'The Four Seasons'). Not only has this Keyboard FromThe Beginning Songbook been designed as an ideal complement to the tuition method the songs contained within are matched to different techniques so it will simultaneously build musical technique and construct anexciting repertoire for the student.    As the pupil progresses through this book they will be introduced to techniques like shifting hand positions flats legato rests the pentatonic scales and different chords. Lyrics are included for most songs in the first part of this Beginner's Songbook  helping students with their rhythm as they progress to playing with an independent right and left hand.

Toy Box - Very First Pieces For Piano contains 26 simple yet impressive Piano songs composed by experienced teacher June Armstrong. This book is ideal for a beginner to put theory into practice with a wide variety of pieces in a number of styles.Each title in this songbook is evocative of the way the piece is meant to be played, with songs like Ballerina, Hula Hoop and Kaleidoscope suiting the instructions that Armstrong has provided like ?Daintily? and ?Steadily?. Unique touches like this make Toy Box perfect for a young child who is working their way towards grade one standard, as the composer has skilfully attempted to represent the nature of various toys through the medium of music. This will help a young musician to learn the basic concepts of musical theory in a fun and familiar context, with songs like Jumbo and Slinky sure to entertain all who are within earshot through humour and musicality. If you would like to listen to audio recordings of all the songs included in Toy Box, they are all available to download free of charge from the author's website.What sets this songbook apart from other beginner books is the personality and dedication that June Armstrong brings to her compositions, noting that her pieces are all inspired by her own Piano students and giving detailed and informative notes for each song at the beginning of the book. For the song Dinosaur, Armstrong writes that ?You will want to create a very scary atmosphere?The right hand note heads are strange bird calls in the forest. The left hand Ds, Es and Fs are the dinosaur??. The care that has been put into creating this sheet music shows that Armstrong is acutely aware of the best way for students to learn, and that she truly wants students to learn effectively, but in a fun and light-hearted way.Each song in Toy Box occupies a single page making it easy for a player to track their progress and learning, while there are additional helpful bits of information peppered throughout to clarify anything that may be unfamiliar to the student. Armstrong is keen on developing a student's ear for tone and atmosphere, so these extra notes not only reinforce how to play the piece physically, but also how to include emotion and feeling in music, for example how to conjure imagery like that of Blowing Bubbles. The songbook will be perfect for a child who already understands basic musical terms, will be able to play in a few keys other than C Major and is able to play in simple time signatures. As a first step into new compositions, Toy Box will introduce new concepts as well as reinforce what a student is already accustomed to, nevertheless, Armstrong's message is clear - ?Have fun!?. / Piano

Pianoworks Duets 1 is the perfect resource for beginner pianists to explore duet-playing. They'll develop balance playing in time and sight-reading while learning attractive and accessible arrangements in a huge variety of styles and genres from Offenbach's lively 'Can-Can' and Joplin's 'The Entertainer' to traditional folk tunes from Japan and the West Indies. In addition the collection contains several new and original gems by Alan Bullard the co-author of this celebrated series.21 duets with parts of equal standard compiled and arranged for beginner pianists (approx. Grades 1-2)Wide range of styles includingClassical Romantic jazz folk and contemporaryCD with backing tracks for each part to allow solo practiceUseful tips on style and technique and background information on every piecePerfect companion to Pianoworks Book 1 and Pianoworks Collection 1

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.

This Really Easy Piano songbook features 16 of the best Chart Hits arranged for Piano Duet. Featuring some of the most popular tunes of today as Easy Piano duets every song also includesinteresting background notes and invaluable performance hints and tips. Perfect for two beginner pianists who'd like to play popular songs fresh from the charts together these Really Easy PianoDuets feature primo and segundo parts for al 16 songs creating a wonderfully complete sound that will be instantly recognisable and just great fun. Including some of the most recent pop tunes songs like Carly RaeJepsen's I Really Like You Taylor Swift's Wildest Dreams and Sam Smith's theme for the latest James Bond film Writing's On The Wall. Other songs included in thiscollection of Really Easy Piano Duets are John Legend's modern classic All Of Me Lunchmoney Lewis' upbeat Bills and Ed Sheeran's brilliant Thinking Out Loud. Theharmonies that both pianists will create are guaranteed to make these songs hugely enjoyable for both players. With song background notes useful playing tips as well as fingering guides and chord symbols throughout this is thebest way to learn such popular chart songs for Piano duet. If you and another beginner pianist are looking to learn some popular hits straight from the charts this book of Really Easy PianoDuets is exactly what you need. With 16 Chart Hits and some helpful extras this book will ensure you're both playing your favourites in no time.