Each book in the Sight Reading Success series has been written by expert examiners to reflect the style of the revised ABRSM tests helping your students to tackle the sight reading exam with confidence and poise.Uniquely each book is accompanied by a CD providing guidance through each test and demonstrating how it should sound (Vocals by Kate Johnson and Piano by Harriet Power). These books are therefore ideal for independent use and study by students of all ages as well as other pianists who desire to improve their ability at this fundamental skill. Sight Reading Success takes the reader throughvarious fundamental concepts to sight-reading such as more advanced fingering compound time signatures starting on an upbeat more difficult keys and key signatures while concluding the book with practice scores allowing you to play and practise what you've just learned. Not only this but the accompanying CD lets you listen to how these should sound so you can test yourself over again making sure you can get them exactly right.   Written by experienced examiners and teachers Sight Reading Success accurately reflects the style of the revised ABRSM tests. This Grade 4 book will cover everything you will need to know for that exam also giving you some really useful tips for most effective practise and what to expect in the exam itself.   The Piano Grade 4 Sight Reading Success book provides a great amount of detail for everything that could be asked in the sight reading exam. For the best possible preparation from a truly thorough and authoritative guide that will put you on the best path to passing check out Sight Reading Success.

A comprehensive tutor series for beginners of all ages. Well presented with color pictures, useful information and guidance material. The aim of the book is to teach in the most natural and enjoyable way, through popular melodies. The method enables the student to progress in a logical fashion through Pre A to F. A recommended and thorough series / Méthodes

Stringpops makes string playing more fun than ever! You can work and play at the same time. Children will love the catchy tunes and at the same time each piece has its own place in a carefully planned progression that gives the young violinist or cellist a thorough grounding in string technique starting with the simplest open string patterns and continuing in first position. The series is designed to be suitable for both class and individual teaching and the violin and cello parts can stand on their own or be combined as a duo. Penny Dann's illustrations perfectly capture the spirit of the music.

Each book in the exciting new Sight Reading Success series contains expert advice and a series of practice tests that will help your students to tackle the sight reading element of their Piano exams with confidence. Uniquely each book is accompanied by a CD providing guidance through each test and demonstrating how it should sound (Voice by Kate Johnson Piano by Harriet Power). The books are ideal for independent use by students of all ages as well as any other pianists who wish to improve their ability at such an essential skill for Piano playing.    Sight Reading Success graduallytakes the reader through various concepts that are essential to sight-reading like rhythm pitch tempo note types and different key signatures while also providing practice scores to illustrate these ideas so that you can play through music and test yourself against the accompanying CD. Written by experienced examiners and teachers the Sight Reading Success series accurately reflects the style of the revised ABRSM tests. This book will cover all the basics that you need to know for the Grade One exam and then gives you some helpful tips for practising and what to expect when you actually get into the exam.    For the best preparation to achieve Grade One Sight Reading Success this book is a truly thorough and authoritative guide that will put you well on your way to passing that exam.

Besides being an influential and prolific composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was one of the great teachers of his day. He was a dedicated master of the keyboard always exploring and expanding his knowledge of the instrument. Technique was of paramount significance to Bach and he was always developing exercises to improve his students??? playing. Bach developed those exercises into the pieces presented in 18 Short Preludes. However these compositions are more than keyboard exercises. They are light airy fun works that reflect Bach???s love of the short simple prelude form. They provide the beginning student with an excellent introduction to the genius ofJ.S. Bach.This edition was carefully and methodically prepared by Willard A. Palmer. An introductory section offers a thorough explanation of trills mordents appoggiaturas and other proper ornamentation applicable to these preludes. This feature helps make this edition of Bach???s 18 Short Preludes the most practical and attractive one available.

The School Of Velocity Op.299 is firmly established as the standard scholarly collection of technical exercises used by piano pedagogues for nearly two centuries.This volume is made up of four books of technical exercises each book consisting of ten studies. Editor Gary Busch's careful and thorough research is reflected in this edition through his insightful commentary about Carl Czerny's life his style and technique and a unique guide to the individual exercises.

Par MOEHRKE PHILIPP. Gain listening and playing experience using the building blocks of the Jazz vocabulary in the most diverse styles, learn about important improvisational patterns and encounter exercises that give you a solid basis for developing your own improvisations. Alongside “Voicing Concepts” and “Solo Concepts”, this book delivers one of the three important pillars in a thorough approach to the Jazz piano and its practical fundamentals. / Jazz / Recueil / Piano

An exciting course for the very young beginner offering a thorough grounding in piano technique through enriching and inventive music. This tutor book covers: Technique Theory Note reading Aural training sight reading improvising transposing composing

Essential Piano Repertoire provides piano students with carefully chosen collections of the very best keyboard literature from the 17th 18th and 19th Centuries. The appropriately graded levels ensure steadyand thorough progress as pianists advance in their study of the baroque classical and romantic styles.Compact Disc Recordings performed by pianist Diane Hidy are included in each volume of Essential PianoRepertoire. The interpretations follow the editions closely serving as practical examples for students.

Bastien Piano Library-A thorough method gently leading through basic keyboard fundamentals.

This thorough method gently leads the student step-by-step through basic Piano fundamentals reinforced by related artwork and activities. Multi-key reading is introduced gradually throughout the course. Music termsand signs are clearly explained as they are presented and carefully reinforced. The sequence of imaginative original and familiar melodies will stimulate enthusiasm and desire in any student.

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for use with an instructor for the beginning student looking for a truly complete piano course. It is a greatly expanded version of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course that will include lesson, theory, technic and additional repertoire in a convenient, all-in-one format. This comprehensive course features written assignments that reinforce each lesson's concepts, a smooth, logical progression between each lesson, a thorough explanation of chord theory and playing styles, and outstanding extra songs, including folk, classical, and contemporary selections. At the completion of this course, the student will have learned to play some of the most popular music ever written and will have gained a good understanding of basic musical concepts and styles. Titles: Alexander's Ragtime Band * Arkansas Traveler * Ballin' the Jack * The Battle Hymn of the Republic * Black Forest Polka * Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair * Bourlesq * Brahms Lullaby * Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin * Calypso Carnival * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Chorale * Circus March * Danny Boy * Dark Eyes * Deep River * Divertimento in D * Down in the Valley * Etude (Chopin) * Farewell to Thee (Aloha Oe) * Fascination * Festive Dance * For He's a Jolly Good Fellow * Frankie and Johnnie * Guantanamera * Hava Nagila * He's Got the Whole World in His Hands * The Hokey-Pokey * The House of the Rising Sun * Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 * Introduction and Dance * La Bamba * La Donna E Mobile * La Raspa * Light and Blue * Loch Lomond * Lonesome Road * Love's Greeting * The Magic Piper * The Marriage of Figaro * Mexican Hat Dance * Morning Has Broken * Musetta's Waltz * Night Song * Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen * Olympic Procession * Overture from Raymond * Plaisir D'Amour * Polyvetsian Dances * Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 * The Riddle * Rock-a My Soul * Sakura * Scherzo * Solace * Space Shuttle Blues * The Streets of Laredo * Swingin' Sevenths * Tarantella * Theme from Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky) * Village Dance * Waltz in G Minor * Waves of the Danube * When Johnny Comes Marching Home * You're in My Heart

The Deluxe Encyclopedia of Piano Chords is a thorough analysis of chords and how to use them as applied to the piano keyboard. Virtually every conceivable chord in all inversions is shown in bass and treble clef notation as wellas in keyboard graphics. This study does not only list chord types; it also explains how each type of chord is constructed. In addition the text provides information on usage scales and rhythm patterns. This valuable volumewill enable the keyboardist to effectively use and apply the full diversity of chord possibilities in creating interesting personal and colorful musical styles.

Par BUSONI FERRUCCIO. Editeur(s) d'origine: Theurich, Jutta/ Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains